Plant hire firm fined after employee suffers serious injuries
March 2, 2021
A plant hire company has been fined following an incident in which an employee was seriously injured when an excavator tracked backwards. Read More
At a glance – video round-up of the 10 biggest health and safety prosecutions of 2020.
March 2, 2021
A plant hire company has been fined following an incident in which an employee was seriously injured when an excavator tracked backwards. Read More
March 1, 2021
The HSE found that the repair work was carried out without appropriate safety precautions in place. The planning and supervision of the work was completely inadequate, which also put a self-employed worker assisting with the repairs at risk. Read More
February 24, 2021
A Clevedon pub landlord whose health and safety failings caused a boy to suffer serious head injuries has been given a suspended prison sentence. Read More
February 22, 2021
A property partnership has been fined £4,000 after an employee fell through a roof light. Read More
February 17, 2021
A landlord has been sentenced for failing to maintain gas appliances at a rental property in accordance with the law. Read More
February 16, 2021
A roofer was fatally injured when he fell six metres whilst working on a replacement roof at a property. Read More
February 15, 2021
A manufacturing firm has been fined after two workers were seriously injured in an incident where a forklift truck crashed into an onsite refuse skip. Read More
February 12, 2021
Two companies have been fined after a worker sustained serious injuries by falling approximately three metres through a hole cut into a floor during the refurbishment of a property. Read More
February 10, 2021
National Grid Gas plc has been fined for failing to ensure its records relating to gas risers in some high-rise multi occupancy building were up to date. Read More
February 9, 2021
An unregistered self-employed kitchen fitter has been sentenced after carrying out illegal gas work. Read More