Health and Safety Executive regional press releases 2017 - West Midlands

March

• 06/03/17: £300k fine for concrete firm after employee has leg amputated
  A producer of concrete blocks has been fined £300,000 after an employee had to have a leg amputated.

February

• 10/02/17: Company fined for safety failings resulting in workers death
  A Midlands based construction equipment hire company has been fined after a worker’s death.
• 02/02/17: Fencing business owners receive suspended sentences after worker injury
  The two owners of Kidderminster based fencing firm Hoo Farm Fencing have been given suspended sentences after a worker was hit by timber posts and frames which fell from a fork lift truck.

January

• 27/01/17: Packaging manufacturer in court over workplace injury
  A West Bromwich supplier of corrugated packaging has been fined after a maintenance employee was injured when he was pulled into machinery.
• 18/01/17: Jaguar Land Rover fined £900,000 after worker injured
  National car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover has been fined after a worker lost their leg following a car accident.
• 18/01/17: Warburtons fined £2million after worker fall
  National bread makers Warburtons has been fined £2million after a worker was hospitalised following a fall.
• 17/01/17: Asbestos removal firm fined after poor safety practices
  Midlands based firm Enviro-Safe Limited have been fined for failing to meet the standards required when removing asbestos.