Company fined £450k and director and site manager sentenced following death of labourer
February 16, 2024
A company has been fined £450,000 and the firm’s director has received a suspended prison sentence after a labourer was crushed to death at a construction site. Read More
Diving instructor sentenced after student dies in a training dive
March 17, 2023
Technical diving instructor, Lance Palmer, has been sentenced after student Roger Clarke, 55, drowned during a training dive in June 2018. Read More
Sentencing for companies and employees after 18-year-old worker dies
September 8, 2022
Two companies and two people have been sentenced after an 18-year-old construction worker was fatally injured while working on a house-build construction site in Boston, Lincolnshire. Read More
Waste management company fined after fatal fall
August 26, 2022
A waste management company has been fined £190,000 after a contractor died when he fell seven metres while carrying out maintenance work. Read More
£600K fine for construction company after death of seven-year-old
August 10, 2022
A civil engineering firm has been fined £600K for safety breaches after a seven-year-old child became trapped and suffocated on a construction site. Read More
Top 5 most-read in February 2020
March 5, 2020
The most read fines and prosecution articles in February 2020 includes a £733,333.33 fine for supermarket giant, Tesco after a pensioner slips on wet floor, a golf-course crash and a car bodywork sprayer developing occupational asthma. Read More
Top 5 most read in October 2019
November 12, 2019
The most read fines and prosecution articles in October 2019 includes, a £2.6m fine to DHL after a worker was killed by a stack of tyres. Read More
£1m fine following preventable death
October 14, 2019
Cemex UK Operations Limited has been fined £1m after a worker suffered fatal injuries when he was struck on the body by a centering machine lifting mast. Read More
Paddington rail crash 20 years on: Are safety standards slipping?
October 8, 2019
On the morning of 5 October 1999, two trains traveling at 130mph collided and crashed into each other, causing the death of 31 passengers at Ladbroke Grove. Read More
Apple Watch Series 5: Employee health benefits of new Apple Watch
September 26, 2019
Construction workers, lone worker and employees that suffer with heart conditions, could all benefit from the new features of the Apple Watch Series 5. Read More