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Worker trapped between shovel loader and her lorry
UPDATE* Worker was trapped between shovel loader and her lorry 6 February 2018 A lorry driver who died after being hit by a shovel loader at a waste disposal site in Hinckley, Leicestershire, was not wearing a high visibility jacket when the accident happened, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)…
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Tata Steel fined £1.4m after health and safety failings lead to death of worker
Date:2 February 2018 A steel producer has today been fined after the death of 26-year-old maintenance electrician, Thomas Standerline. Hull Crown Court heard how, on 23 April 2010, Mr Standerline, an employee of Tata Steel, was examining a crane as part of his inspection duties as a maintenance electrician. Whilst…
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North West farmer sentenced after man electrocuted date 24/1/18
A North-West farmer has been sentenced to a conditional discharge after a man was electrocuted when the arm of his lorry mounted crane contacted overhead power lines. Manchester Crown Court heard how, on 8 April 2016, Matthew Drummond, 29, a self-employed tipper wagon driver, had been in the process of…
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Construction company fined after worker killed
Date:19 January 2018 A construction company has been fined after an employee died after falling over 6 metres. Plymouth Magistrates’ Court heard how an employee of C & R Construction (SW) Ltd suffered fatal injuries after falling whilst carrying out work installing roof sheets on a new agricultural building. An…
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Engineering comany fined after worker injured 5/1/18
An engineering company has been fined after a worker lost his leg from the knee down when he was hit by a forklift truck. West Hampshire Magistrates’ Court heard how a Puma Engineering and Construction Limited employee was seriously injured whilst carrying out a lifting operation involving the transporting and…
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HSE food manufacturing inspections target the causes of workplace ill-health
Date: 2 January 2018 Companies and people working in food manufacturing are being told they must pay closer attention to how they manage workplace health risks or face serious penalties. The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) programme of proactive inspections will review health and safety standards in food manufacturing businesses…
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Two companies fined after workers and public put at risk Date:15 December 2017
Two Yorkshire-based companies were today fined after putting both their workers, and members of the public, at risk through asbestos exposure. Leeds Crown Court heard how, on 18 August 2014, the now-liquidated Hallmark Design and Shopfitting began refurbishment works for Berry’s jewellery outlet owned by Berens and Company Ltd when…
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HSE issued with Crown Censure over worker injury
Date:5 December 2017 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has accepted a Crown Censure after a worker at its laboratory was injured when conducting an experiment at a testing facility. On 4 October 2016 a worker at HSE’s Laboratory in Buxton suffered serious burns while setting up an experimental hydrogen…
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Company fined after exposing workers to Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS)
HSE is reminding companies of the necessity of monitoring workers’ health after a South Wales Housing Association was fined for exposing workers to Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS). Cwmbran Magistrates’ Court heard how Charter Housing Association Ltd. reported six cases of HAVS following a health surveillance programme launched in June…
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Food manufacturer fined after worker’s fingers severed
Date:22 November 2017 An Essex based food manufacturer has been fined after a worker had four fingers amputated while operating a metal working lathe. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard how Mr Mark Goodge an employee of Marcantonio Foods. Ltd had been using an emery cloth to clean steel shafts on a…
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