A construction worker defied death after falling four metres from the cage of a 20-tonnes cherry-picker into the path of a moving bus, which then pushed him another 15 metres along the Euston Road.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted national construction firm Galliford Try Const…
A former scaffolding company director has been fined after two employees were injured in a scaffold collapse.
A 26-year-old man working for Robert Leslie Butler fractured his left ankle and right heel as he jumped six metres from a scaffold tower at student accommodation on Radford Boulevard, N…
Seven construction workers were lucky to survive when more than 250 tonnes of wet concrete collapsed at Liverpool John Moores University, a court has been told.
Two companies have been fined a total of £100,000 over the incident, which occurred during the construction of an atrium for a new A…
Grand Plans (UK) Ltd. has been fined after a worker's hand was severely injured by an unguarded power tool.
A prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) was brought after the incident on 14 October 2009, when the self-employed carpenter was working on the refurbishment of flats.
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Two companies have been fined following separate incidents at a Derbyshire lead smelting works.
Both incidents happened at HJ Enthoven Ltd in South Darley, near Matlock. The first happened on 19 August 2009 when an employee suffered severe burns following an explosion at the site.
The 43-year-…
A building firm from Stratford-upon-Avon has been prosecuted after a worker suffered severe injuries when he fell from a damaged scaffolding plank at a site in South Warwickshire.
The 62-year-old man, Frederick Stuart, from Stratford-upon-Avon, was standing on a single piece of scaffolding bo…
A Cardiff-based cargo company has been fined after a lorry driver had part of his leg amputated after being struck by a reversing forklift truck.
Robert Deverell, from Risca in Caerphilly was at the Cardiff Docks premises of Cargo Services (UK) Limited, as his lorry was being loaded with 18m stee…
A Darlington engineering firm has been fined after a delivery driver was seriously injured when a steel bar penetrated his chest.
Jason Ripley, 42, of Darlington, was delivering timber to Henry Williams Group Limited in the town's Dodsworth Street when the incident happened on 19 August 2008.
Exova (UK) Limited has been prosecuted after putting workers at its Tyneside premises at risk of exposure to asbestos.
An investigation was launched into the activities of the laboratory testing firm following a complaint the company had not dealt with damaged asbestos at its site at The Grubb Pa…
A recycling company has been fined after a teenager with a promising career in motocross had his foot broken by a 16-tonne machine.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Countrystyle Recycling Limited of Lenham, Maidstone, for failing to operate a safe system at working at their si…
The director of a Cardiff construction firm has been fined for failing to take measures to ensure his workers' safety while working at height.
Paul Cartwright, of Llandaff, trading as Cartwright Construction, was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) over safety failings at a …
A Sheffield man is lucky to be alive after suffering multiple injuries in a three metre fall down a flight of stairs at his home.
Michael Hall fell from the top of a new staircase that had been left without a handrail by a local builder during refurbishment work at his home in Dobcroft Road.
…A Cheshire property developer has been sentenced after putting the lives of its workers at risk, by allowing them to work in an unsupported excavation.
A Cheshire property developer has been sentenced after putting the lives of its workers at risk, by allowing them to work in an unsuppo…
A Lancashire animal feed firm has been sentenced after an employee lost one of his fingers in machinery.
The 25-year-old worker was trying to clear a blockage at Merit (Feeds and Storage) Ltd. when his hand became trapped at its factory at Oakenclough Mill near Garstang.
The company was prosec…