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Simon Pedder was crushed under a reversing recovery truck and now needs crutches, a frame and a wheelchair. More than 10 months on, he has been unable to return to work and says, “life will never be the same”. HSE found the company had no suitable traffic management system and no adequate precautions for reversing […]

Worker suffered fractured jaw and chest and arm trauma when he was pulled into a conveyor mechanism A section of fixed guarding had been removed two weeks earlier and not replaced Company’s guarding checks did not include non-electrical fixed guards A Peterhead fish processing company has been fined £245,000 after a worker was dragged into […]

Worker suffered a partial finger amputation when he reached into an inadequately guarded saw. HSE investigation found the company had failed to take effective measures to prevent access to dangerous moving parts. Company fined after pleading guilty to breaching PUWER 1998. An engineering company has been fined £20,000 and ordered to pay £15,000 in compensation […]

Two car wash companies in Runcorn found to be unsafe and ordered to stop work Company hired to carry out repairs issued false certificates declaring they were safe Sites continuing operating despite electrocution risks to workers and members of the public A company has been fined after it falsely supplied electrical safety certificates to two […]

Gary Taylor, suffered multiple injuries when he was hit on the head by a one- tonne metal hopper He spent three weeks in hospital and had to take seven months off work E H Hassell & Sons Limited fined £300,000 for failing to properly plan for work A Staffordshire-based manufacturing company has been fined £300,000 […]

CCTV captures moment a ride-on pallet truck collides with fork lift truck inside busy warehouse in Barnsley 20-year-old worker suffered several fractures to his foot and nerve damage Leggett & Platt Components Europe Limited had failed to consider impact of changes it had made to workplace transport routes CCTV has captured the moment a young […]

Three-tonne steel beam fell into bath of molten zinc that created wave that covered worker 33-year-old man spent 11 days in intensive care requiring 13 operations Wedge Group Galvanizing Limited fined more than £500k after HSE investigation finds chains used to lift beam were damaged and deteriorated One of Britain’s leading steel galvanizers has been […]

CCTV shows recovery driver being dragged beneath runaway Range Rover on Bournemouth hill Member of the public suffered broken legs and spinal fractures after trying to help HSE investigation found recovery driver failed to secure two-tonne vehicle before it rolled out of control A vehicle recovery driver has pleaded guilty after a runaway Range Rover […]

40-year-old father of one was crushed by load weighing over 200kg His injuries were so serious he now lives in a care home City Electrical Factors Limited failed to plan work properly and fined £4million A Telford-based electrical wholesaler and manufacturer has been fined £4million after an employee sustained life-changing injuries when he was crushed […]

Apprentice engineer Conor Moseley, 20, died when a fire suppression system unexpectedly activated, filling the engine room with toxic gases. HSE investigation found no safe system of work existed for coordinating multiple contractors working in the cramped engine room, and no effective emergency plan was in place. Company fined after pleading guilty to two charges […]

Company fined £45000 Injured person has been unable to return to work No risk assessment had been carried out for the filming activity A media company has been fined and its director given a suspended custodial sentence after an employee suffered life-changing head and brain injuries when he fell from the back of a moving […]

New campaign highlights how employers can prevent permanent hearing loss, tinnitus and hand-arm vibration syndrome through effective workplace action  Around 15,000 workers develop hearing problems caused or made worse by work every year, with an estimated one in five exposed to harmful noise levels.  HSE launches a new campaign during Bone and Joint Health Week, […]

Adam Evans was landlord of property and failed to get safety checks on gas boiler for eight years His tenant was a woman who lived in the property with her five children Annual gas safety checks are a legal duty A landlord has been sentenced after failing to ensure gas safety checks were carried out […]

World Mental Health Day: Listen, identify and act on work-related stress  HSE urges employers to listen to workers, identify stress risks and take action this World Mental Health Day.  An estimated 964,000 workers are suffering from work-related stress, depression or anxiety, resulting in 22.1 million working days lost.  HSE’s Working Minds campaign offers free tools, […]

Employee lost part of his right thumb and suffered a crush injury to his hand during a manual handling task, just days after a near-identical incident HSE investigation found employee had not been given clear instructions on how to carry out task safely Worker was amateur boxer before hand injury – describing hobby as his […]

Connor Lambert, a trainee painter, was electrocuted while working in Chester The 24-year-old and his partner were expecting their first child His step dad has been sentenced for failing to properly plan for the work A sole trader has been sentenced after his stepson was fatally electrocuted while working on a domestic property in Chester. […]

Woman suffered burns to hands, face and legs when disposing of pyrotechnic waste at site in Lincolnshire GMK Limited had not risk assessed the work or provided her with suitable PPE HSE investigation also found company was in breach of its explosive licence One of the country’s leading distributors of firearms for sports shooting and […]

25-year-old man crushed while repairing excavator bucket HSE investigation of incident also uncovered failure to control exposure to welding fume A company in Northumberland that manufactures earth moving attachments, such as excavator buckets, has been fined a six-figure sum after a man was crushed during repair works. The 25-year-old suffered multiple fractures when he was […]

59-year-old father of two was killed when he fell from first floor The work had not been properly planned or measures put in place Falls from height remain leading cause of fatalities in construction industry An Oxfordshire-based construction company has been fined £120,000 after a carpenter died when he fell through an unsafe first floor […]

23-year-old fell from ladder while erecting fence near the A19 The work had not been properly planned Falls from height remain leading cause of death and injury A fencing and land services company in Ripon has been fined after an employee suffered spinal fractures when he fell from a ladder during the erection of an […]