A Preston steel firm has appeared in court after a working platform slid off the forks of a forklift truck and struck one of its employees.
The 50-year-old fractured a rib, and suffered muscle and back injuries when he was hit by the heavy metal platform at EDV Reinforcements Ltd. on the Redscar …
An illegal gas fitter has been prosecuted for endangering lives at a property in Surrey with shoddy and unsafe work.
Michael Gill, 66, installed a new gas boiler and flue at a house in Kingsmead Park, Elstead, on 5 March 2008, both of which were left in a dangerous condition.
Guildford Magistr…
A Bolton pallet manufacturer has been convicted for health and safety
offences after a factory worker's fingers were cut off by a rotating
saw.
The 27-year-old lost three fingers on his left hand, down to the second knuckle, while working at Frank Hill Ltd. on the Scot Lane Industrial Estat…
A Church Broughton man has been fined after an employee suffered life-changing injuries when his quad bike overturned at a farm in Derbyshire.
The 42-year-old employee, also from Church Broughton, was driving the all terrain vehicle (ATV) along a track at Lodge Hill Farm, Barton Blount, on …
The new Seveso Directive proposal is under negotiation; a report outlining the likely impact on COMAH (Control of Major Accident Hazards) sites of possible changes is now available.
Chemical accidents often have serious, even devastating, consequences. Some well known major accidents like Seves…
A building contractor has been fined over serious safety breaches after a worker was killed by a piece of falling cob wall being demolished by his son.
Alaister Copland, trading as Do it Al, was fined a total of £10,000 and ordered to pay compensation to the family of £2,390 at Dorchester C…
A multinational brick making company has been fined after a worker suffered serious injuries when he was crushed on a conveyor belt at its Worcestershire factory.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Wienerberger Ltd. following the incident on 19 October 2009 at the company's site…
A self-employed builder has been fined for demolishing a building without first carrying out an asbestos survey.
Stuart Pearson, of Verwood, Dorset, was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) at Guildford Magistrates' Court for breaching the Control of Asbestos Regulations between 20…