Fife Council plead guilty to breaches after gas pipe is ruptured endangering lives
May 7, 2014
Fife Council has been fined £24,000 for serious safety failings after workers struck and ruptured an underground gas pipe releasing almost four tonnes of gas leading to the evacuation of one hundred homes and businesses and a primary school. An HSE inspector described events as entirely foreseeable and preventable. Read More
Scottish council lands fine after failing to protect school janitor
November 11, 2013
Fife Council pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the HSWA and was forced to pay £20,000 following an incident at a school in Dunfermline that left a school janitor with significant and serious injuries. Read More