A Derbyshire window manufacturer has been fined after an employee's arm was dragged into a poorly guarded machine.
Wayne Marshall, 29, of Eastwood, was using a corner cleaning machine at Frame Trade UK Ltd. in Langley Mill when the incident happened on 13th May 2010.
A build-up of plastic debr…
A company installing fans on the roof of a South Wales crematorium
endangered workers and members of the public with a haphazard approach
to safety.
Employees of IFZW Maintenance Ltd. were allowed to work on the roof of Morriston Crematorium in Swansea without any protection from falls - a …
An Edgware contractor has been fined after the routine inspection of a construction site discovered dangerous working conditions.
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Inspectors saw contractors working some three metres above ground without measures in place to prevent them from falling. HSE vi…
A West Midlands food production company has been fined after a 16-year-old worker had to have his finger amputated.
The teenager was clearing a blockage on a biscuit crumbing machine at Phoenix Brands Ltd. in Bilston on 25 November 2011.
He reached too far into the hopper and his right hand wa…
A Staffordshire kennel company has been fined after a worker amputated his finger on a circular saw.
Antony Capewell, of Abbey Hulton, Stoke-on-Trent was working at Ultra Kennels Limited at its Chesterton site when the incident happened on 11 May 2011
He was using a circular table saw to make …
A Hampshire glazing company has been fined for safety breaches after a worker lost part of a finger in a woodworking machine at its factory in Aldershot.
Norbert Pietrzkiewicz's little finger on his right hand was drawn into a cutting block rotating at 7,000 rpm as he worked on reducing the …
A Suffolk haulage operator has been prosecuted after one of its
workers suffered a fractured skull as he tried to recover a 17-tonne
abandoned excavator.
Experienced fitter Paul Collins, 51, had worked for Tannington Transport for only three months when he was struck on the head by a heavy-…
A Leek company that makes webbing for seatbelts and harnesses has been fined after an employee trapped both arms in a machine and suffered severe burns.
Stewart Wood, a dye machine operative at Marling Leek Limited, was working a night shift on August 2 last year when webbing became wrapped …
A Cardiff manufacturing company has been fined after a worker lost the tip of a finger while using an unguarded drill.
Vaughan Thomas, 21, from Caerphilly, was working at MIB Manufacturing Limited's factory on Rising Sun Industrial Estate, Blaina, when the incident happened on 26 April 2011.
T…
Managing a workplace safely is crucial for business owners and managers. Not only are there laws to adhere to, but there’s the ethical considerations of workplace conditions, and valid financial concerns such as insurance and compensation.
Whilst some actions are not specified as legal requiremen…
A Derbyshire manufacturing firm and its director have been fined after two teenage agency workers fell from a lifting platform.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Storetec Limited and one of its Directors after Leon Payne, 18, from Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, broke his ba…
A carpenter died when a large slab of concrete fell on him during construction of a new accommodation block at Bath University.
Philip Hames, of Weston-super-Mare, was working for Creagh Concrete Products on the University’s Claverton Down Campus when he adjusted a metal prop without realising …
There have been several recent prosecutions of employers who have not effectively protected their employees and/or members of the public from asbestos:
A licensed asbestos removal contractor has been fined for putting its workers at risk of exposure to the dangerous substance during a refurbishment project in Warwickshire.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted AG&M Ltd. for failing to properly maintain a decontamination unit and respi…
The black and yellow warning signs that we see displayed in different places play an important role in our lives. They protect us from many potentially hazardous situations.
Regardless of the hazardous place, it is always the responsibility of someone to warn all parties concerned about the hazard…
A Leicester construction company has been fined for safety failings after a 19-year-old worker was hurt falling from a roof.
Apprentice joiner Jonathan Hill was working on a housing development in Croft Road, Cosby, fitting wooden batons between roof trusses when he slipped and fell around two …
A former Croydon construction company has been prosecuted after a worker fell eight metres from a scaffold tower that he hadn’t wanted to build for safety reasons.
Green Acre Homes (South East) Ltd., which ceased to operate a year ago, failed to listen to the concerns raised by handyman Joh…
A former England kick boxer has had to give up the sport after being injured at work, a court was told.
On 13 June, Nottinghamshire engineering company Phil Watson Civil Engineering Limited was fined for the incident which saw 36-year-old Zak Davis, of Billinghay, Lincolnshire, buried up to his…
A building firm has been sentenced after a bricklayer broke his back
when he fell through exposed floor joists at a site in Widnes.
The 40-year-old man from Southport was working on a project to refurbish a corner shop and construct four one-bedroom houses when he fell three metres from the f…
Potentially deadly asbestos fibres were spread in part of a shop by unqualified workmen and left on the premises for three weeks.
In a prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), on 13 June, Cardiff Magistrates heard that Timberwise (UK) Ltd., a national company specialising in damp and…