At a glance – video round-up of the 10 biggest health and safety prosecutions of 2018
December 6, 2019
Bike and car parts retailer Halfords Ltd has been ordered to pay a total of £213,406.35 by Blackburn Magistrates' Court for breaching a number of health and safety provisions following an accident in which an employee was injured. Read More
December 5, 2019
A manufacturer of agricultural trailers has been sentenced for deliberately putting his workers at risk of developing severe lung disease, after exposing them to substances harmful to health. Read More
December 4, 2019
A Lincolnshire metal fabrication company has been fined for not complying with three HSE improvement notices. Read More
December 3, 2019
A Northamptonshire painting and decorating employer has been sentenced after an employee sustained serious, life changing injuries after falling from height. Read More
December 2, 2019
A company has been fined after failing to protect its self-employed workers from the risk of a cable strike explosion or electrocution. Read More
November 29, 2019
A repetition of clinical failings which led to catastrophic consequences over 40 years, has sparked an investigation at Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust (SATH). Read More
November 27, 2019
Chorley based firm Staveley’s Eggs Ltd has been fined after a forklift truck overturned on a slope, trapping the driver. Read More
November 26, 2019
The director of a waste transfer company has been found guilty and banned from being a company director after knowingly exposing employees to serious unsafe working conditions. Read More
November 21, 2019
A self-employed roofer has been sentenced after leaving a gas appliance flue in an immediately dangerous condition when he removed a chimney stack from a property. Read More
November 15, 2019
A property management and development organisation has been fined after five employees developed Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS). Read More