News Director fined after worker fractures bones in excavation collapse A company and its director have been fined a combined £18,000 after a man was injured during excavation work in West Sussex.
News Company and operations manager fined after fall from height death A company now in liquidation and its operations manager have both been fined after a worker fell to his death through a roof at the firm’s site in Dudley.
News Developer fined £63k after failing to meet ‘most basic H&S standards’ A London property developer has been fined £63,000 after HSE inspectors found health and safety failures “so serious” that led to a construction site in east London being closed down on two separate occasions.
News Company fined £30k after workers climbed rungs of unsafe scaffold A scaffolding company has been fined £30,000 after failing to assemble safe scaffolding following an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
News Construction firm fined after ignoring deep excavation safety warnings A South Wales renovation company has been £40,000 and ordered to pay almost £6,000 in costs after defying enforcement notices from the HSE.
News CCTV footage captures moment welder crushed at shipyard CCTV footage shared by the Health and Safety Executive shows the moment a welder was crushed while working at a shipyard in Sunderland.
News Wood company fined again after repeated safety failures at Cowie plant A multi-national wood manufacturer has been fined more than £1m after two workers were injured in separate incidents at its plant in Cowie.
News Network Rail fined £3.75m after two track worker deaths Network Rail has been fined £3.75m and ordered to pay costs of £175,000 after the deaths of two track workers in 2019.
News Suspended sentence for roofer after father of three falls from scaffold A self-employed roofer has received a suspended prison sentence after a man suffered serious injuries after falling from a scaffold in Devon.
News Contractor with ‘outdated H&S attitudes’ fined after fatal church steeple fall A specialist contractor with “outdated attitudes to managing health and safety” has been fined £60,000 after a worker fell to his death from a church steeple in Birmingham.
News Company fined £120k after worker breaks leg in roof fall A solar panel installer business has been fined £120,000 after one of its employees broke his leg while working on a property in Salisbury.
News BAM fined £800,000 after young worker dies on Shetlands wind farm BAM Nuttall has been fined £800,000 after a 23-year-old agency worker died when a skip’s bale arm fell on top of him during the construction of a wind farm on the Shetland Islands.
News Amey FM arm fined after prisoner dies from legionella Amey Community Limited has been fined £600,000 after a prisoner contracted Legionnaires’ disease and died while serving a prison sentence at HMP Lincoln.
News Company fined £1.6m after young worker crushed in lifting operation A temporary access equipment company has been fined £1.6m after a 24-year-old worker was crushed to death.
News Video shows moment tank explodes seriously injuring two workers CCTV footage shared by HSE shows the moment a metal tank where two men were working exploded and was projected into the air before crashing to the ground nine seconds later.
News Company fined after telehandler overturns and kills worker A construction company has been fined £160,000 after a man was killed by a telehandler at a house build site in Glasgow.
News Company fined after fall from height leaves builder paralysed A Mansfield-based construction company has been fined £40,000 after a builder was left paralysed from the chest down as a result of falling through a ceiling at a house renovation in Derbyshire.
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