Prosecution

Employees exposed to asbestos risk during dismantling of wall panelling. Asbestos had not been identified in previous surveys of the studio buildings. HSE investigation found failures in assessment, training and emergency arrangements. A film studio in Hertfordshire has been fined £6,000 after poor management of minor building works led to the disturbance of asbestos – […]

Worker sustained serious injuries when his foot was trapped in machinery. Company had failed to prevent access to dangerous parts. HSE guidance is available. A Yorkshire animal feed manufacturer has been fined £500,000 after a worker lost part of his foot when it was entangled in machinery. William Thompson (York) Limited pleaded guilty after failing […]

Employee died after being trapped under fallen pallet Company failed to undertake a suitable and sufficient risk assessment Systagenix Wound Management Manufacturing Limited t/a Scapa Healthcare Limited fined £600,000 A global manufacturing company has been fined £600,000 after an employee suffered fatal injuries following an incident at the premises in Airedale Mills, Gargrave, Craven. On […]

A Staffordshire-based home improvement company has been fined £16,500 after a worker sustained serious injuries when he fell from height while carrying out gutter replacement work. Birmingham Magistrates’ Court heard how the worker had been tasked with replacing guttering on a domestic garage building in Hednesford on 12 August 2024. He had not been given any […]

More than 200 people infected with disease. Victims’ described experience as ‘the worst diarrhoea and vomiting ever they had ever had’ Extensive HSE and industry guidance is available. A farm owner on the Isle of Wight has been fined £8,000 after an outbreak resulted in 264 people being infected with Cryptosporidium – a zoonotic disease. […]

Employee became trapped in unguarded machine and died at the scene. Company failed to carry out suitable and sufficient risk assessment. Reflex Flexible Packaging Ltd fined £277,500. A plastics conversion company based in Derbyshire has been fined £277,500 after an employee sustained fatal injuries when he became trapped in the moving parts of an unguarded […]

HSE inspectors called in after man’s body found on site. Multiple failings found at site risking workers to falls from height. HSE guidance is available. A construction client has been handed a suspended prison sentence after a worker was found dead on a building site in London. Moses Meisels received a 12-week prison sentence, suspended […]

Worker died after falling through unprotected skylight opening at domestic property. Company failed to take measures to prevent falls from height. HSE reminds employers of guidance for safe working at height. Skyladder Construction Limited has been fined £33,500 after a man died when he fell through a skylight opening at a domestic property. The company […]

Multiple workers exposed to vibration-related ill-health. Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome can make everyday tasks impossible. HSE guidance is available. An East Midlands social housing provider has been fined £32,000 after multiple workers were diagnosed with vibration related ill-health conditions such as Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS). The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) launched an investigation after it […]

Man died due to company’s failures Company had never carried out the tasked before. HSE guidance is available. A Middlesbrough road haulage company has been fined £250,000 after a man died while working inside a shipping container. Gary Lee James, 30 was working for Ward Bros (Malton) Ltd at its yard at South Bank, in […]

·       Man fell from height while installing roof sheeting to barn. ·       Work at height was not properly planned. ·       HSE has guidance on working at height. A construction company has been fined after a worker fell from the roof of a partially constructed barn in Shropshire. The man had been appointed by Dewi Williams […]

A Cambridgeshire logistics business has been fined £133,000 after an employee suffered multiple injuries after falling from a sugar beet conveyor. The employee was loading sugar beet for transport using a conveyor at Knowles Logistics Limited, on 28 November 2023, when the system became blocked with waste product. They fell after climbing the side of […]

Resident, 96, choked on food after being left on her own. Care workers did not know about her care plan. Company only made improvements following her death. A care home company has been fined over £1.8 million after a resident choked on a piece of food while consuming her evening meal alone in her room. […]

A company has been sentenced after an employee became entangled in a horizontal borer while carrying out cleaning operations. Newcastle Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 30 November 2023, while cleaning swarf from a horizontal borer, an employee became entangled around the rotating tool piece, which had been left running. An investigation by the Health and […]

  Supervisor turned machine on in devastating mix-up Employee suffered fractured shoulder, torn ligaments, and a broken finger HSE guidance highlights the importance of isolating machinery during cleaning A North East waste and recycling company has been fined £270,000 after an employee was injured while cleaning a waste picking line. On 24 March 2023, during […]

A horticultural company has been fined after an employee suffered serious injuries after falling from a ladder. The employee had been tasked to check irrigation that was watering plants contained in hanging baskets at the site in Banbury on 7 June 2023. As the man climbed the ladder, it fell and collapsed under him, resulting […]

An unregistered gas installer has been sentenced after carrying out illegal gas work at two houses in Cheshire. The work was undertaken on several occasions between 2021 and 2023, resulting in a gas leak inside one of the properties, leaving one of the homeowners without a working appliance for an extended period. The Health and […]

Worker trapped for more than 20 minutes before he was freed The man, in his 40s, has been unable to return to work HSE guidance on managing risks is available A manufacturer of rolled aluminium products has been fined £300,000 after a worker was crushed under a 1.5-tonne hydraulic arm at its site in Bridgnorth. […]

A waste management company has been fined £2.48 million after a worker was run over by a reversing skip wagon at a waste transfer station in Bradford. James Tabiri, 57, was working as a sort line operative at Biffa Waste Services Ltd’s waste transfer site in Bradford. On 10 August 2023, while making his way […]

Man had been helping with roof work on an extension when he fell No measures were in place to stop falls from height. HSE guidance is available. A self-employed builder from Reading has been given a suspended prison sentence after a man fell to his death while assisting with roof work. Raffaele Vigliotti, 68, who […]