Holiday apartments owner fined for serious fire safety breaches
February 7, 2022
Holiday apartments owner, Philip Hunt, has been ordered to pay a £12,800 fine for failing to put in place suitable fire safety measures. Read More
CFTS issues warning to employers over dangers related to use of second-hand trucks
December 14, 2021
Employers purchasing a used truck are being urged to check that equipment has a valid Thorough Examination Report or otherwise risk serious accidents. 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 January 2020
February 11, 2020
The most read articles in January 2020 includes a vehicle repair company worker killed on his first day, a teacher run over by delivery man. Read More
Vehicle struck overhead power line
February 4, 2020
Fairhurst Stone Merchants Ltd has been fined for safety breaches after a vehicle came into contact with an uninsulated overhead electric power line. Read More
Scaffolder tagged for abusing safety inspector
July 3, 2018
A Kent-based scaffolder has been given a suspended jail sentence and has been tagged after abusing a safety inspector. Read More
Grenfell could spark more prosecutions for extended duty holders
June 29, 2018
It’s not just the owners of a building that are responsible for upholding fire safety, and “ignorance is not bliss” when it comes to fire safety responsibilities, says Kizzy Augustin, Partner at Russell-Cooke. Read More
Troubled Carillion: the safety history of the construction giant
January 15, 2018
Construction giant Carillion has entered liquidation following two profit warnings. SHP looks at its H&S record. Read More
Southern Health NHS Trust admits guilt after woman’s death
November 21, 2017
At Oxford Magistrates’ Court yesterday, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 3 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, following the death of 45-year-old Teresa Colvin at Woodhaven Adult Mental Health Hospital, in Southampton on 22 April 2012. Read More
Gross negligence manslaughter: ‘Precedent set’ as technician jailed in gate installation case
October 31, 2017
A technician who fitted an automated gate to the garden of a house has been jailed for manslaughter after it fell onto the home owner and killed her. Read More
