Company fined as worker has leg amputated
April 24, 2024
A company that grows mushrooms has been fined after an employee’s leg became trapped in a machine and was later amputated. Read More
April 24, 2024
A company that grows mushrooms has been fined after an employee’s leg became trapped in a machine and was later amputated. Read More
July 16, 2019
Leyton Group Construction Ltd, a manufacture staircases, fined following an incident where a worker became trapped at a site on Fenchurch Avenue in London. Read More
January 30, 2018
A North East based foundry has been fined after a serious incident at its site left an employee needing a leg amputation above the knee. Read More
January 23, 2017
National car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover has been fined after a worker lost their leg following a car collision on Read More
June 8, 2015
A 17-year-old girl has had her leg amputated following a rollercoaster crash at Alton Towers. Leah Washington was on the Read More
March 3, 2015
Two firms have been ordered to pay nearly £50,000 in fines and costs following an incident in which a Tameside Read More
June 25, 2014
The HSE has reminded employers in the waste sector to recognise risks and take action to protect their employees, following the sentencing of a scrap metal company and a businessman, after serious safety breaches led to a site worker losing both legs as the doors of a 16-tonne baling machine closed on him. Read More
January 31, 2014
An engineering firm has been fined £20,000 after a worker's lower leg was badly crushed in an unguarded machine. The employee now has a prosthetic leg and still needs ongoing physiotherapy. Read More