The director of a Totton company has been fined after an employee suffered burns while cutting the top off an unused propane gas tank at the director's home.
The 29 year-old worker from Winchester suffered burns over his left arm, torso and abdomen when he was asked, by Jamie Thomas Jewell, …
The director of a building firm has been prosecuted after a self-employed contractor fell to his death through a fragile roof at an industrial building in Penryn.
Paul Gibbons, 59, who lived in Porthleven, was carrying out re-roofing work for Acryflor Ltd. at the Kernick Road Industrial Estat…
The Managing Director of a St Helens gas supply firm has appeared in court after he and an employee suffered multiple burns in an explosion.
John Webster was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after he and another worker received burns to their faces, hands and legs at North West Ga…
A construction company and director have been fined following the death of a worker at a site in Hampstead.
Father-of-one, Craig Page, of Islington, was working on a building site in Denning Road, when a mini-crawler crane was in the process of lifting a skip onto the site.
The skip, containing li…
The number of directors and senior managers prosecuted under section 37
of the Heath and Safety at Work etc. Act, 1974 has rocketed by more than 400 per cent in the last five
years, reports SHP.
The total number of individuals convicted under s37 in 2010/11 was 35 – a substantial increase on the …
A Pembroke Dock construction company and its director have been prosecuted after a labourer suffered serious injuries on a construction site.
Karl Kraus, 31, from Pembroke Dock was employed by Preseli Construction & Maintenance Ltd, and was working on the build of a large domestic property at Inclin…
A chemical company has been sentenced after a worker suffered toxic burns to his arms and chest at an Ellesmere Port factory.
The employee at Abacus Chemical Ltd was mixing two chemicals together on 7 May 2009 when they exploded, causing him to be drenched in a hot, toxic chemical solution.
Abacus C…
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