HSE: Latest Prosecution Results: June 2024
HSE: Latest Prosecution Results: June Edition Construction company fined £2.345m after worker drowned in river A construction company has been fined following the death of a worker. Gary Webster lost his life two days after drowning in the River Aire on 30 October 2017. Mr Webster and another worker had been on a boat removing […]
HSE: Latest Prosecution Results: April 2024
HSE: Latest Prosecution Results: April Edition Company fined after worker crushed to death A company in Doncaster has been fined after an employee was killed when a mixer wagon fell onto him. The 52-year-old man was fatally crushed by the vehicle at Booth Mixer Hire Limited’s site at Bankend Quarry on 9 December 2019. He […]
HSE: Latest Prosecution Results: February 2024
HSE: Latest Prosecution Results: February Edition Company fined after worker injured by 300kg batteries A recycling company in West Yorkshire has been fined £120,000 after batteries weighing at least 300kg fell onto an employee and severely injured him. The man was working with two colleagues at Wastecare Limited’s site on North Dean Business Park, Halifax when […]
HSE: Latest Prosecution Results: January 2024
HSE: Latest Prosecution Results: January Edition Recycling company fined after worker killed by loading shovel A recycling company has been fined £2.15million after an agency worker was killed by a loading shovel at its site in Hartlepool. Dean Atkinson lost his life when he was struck and run over by the vehicle at Ward Recycling Limited’s […]
HSE: Latest Prosecution Results: November 2023
HSE: Latest Prosecution Results: November Edition Lift maintenance company fined after engineer fatally crushed A lift maintenance company has been fined after an employee died while working at a factory run by Muller Yogurt and Desserts. Lift Monitoring Systems Limited, previously known as RJ Lift Services Limited, was fined £200,000 on Monday following a Health […]
HSE: Latest Prosecution Results: October 2023
HSE: Latest Prosecution Results: October Edition Companies fined as child suffers fractured skull Three companies have been fined a total of £420,000 after a slate tile fractured the skull of a three-year-old child. The slate came off a roof at a construction site at the Moonfleet Manor hotel in Weymouth, Dorset, and struck the young […]
HSE: Latest Prosecution Results: September 2023
HSE: Latest Prosecution Results: September Edition Waste management company fined £3m following HSE investigations A waste management firm has been fined a total of £3 million following the deaths of two workers in separate incidents. Michael Atkin and Mark Wheatley died following incidents in 2019 and 2020 respectively. The families of both men say they are devastated […]
HSE: Latest Prosecution Results: August 2023
HSE: Latest Prosecution Results: August Edition £1.2million fine for Network Rail after grandad died doing maintenance work Network Rail has been fined £1.2million following the death of a grandad who was crushed while carrying out maintenance work. Long-serving employee Kevin Mauger was crushed by a railway track weighing six tons while working at a rail […]
Ceiling Collapse Injures 15 Children – HSE Impose Fine
Ceiling Collapse Injures 15 Children – HSE Impose Fine A recent incident involving a school trust being fined by the HSE has highlighted the importance of assessing the load-bearing capabilities of storage areas. The incident occurred when fifteen Year Three children, aged 7 and 8, and their teacher were injured after a classroom ceiling collapsed […]
HSE: Latest Prosecution Results: July 2023
HSE: Latest Prosecution Results: July 2023 Tissue manufacturer fined £1million after employee loses an eye A Welsh company that manufactures kitchen and toilet tissue paper has been fined £1million after an employee was seriously injured when he was struck in the face by a crane hook. On 5 November 2019, the man who worked for […]
