Welcome to HSE prosecutions in brief. An overview of this weeks prosecutions by the HSE.
Bupa care home company fined after resident death
A Bupa care home company has been fined £100,000 after an elderly resident died after falling from a hoist while being moved.
Irene Evans, 91, suffered head injuries in the incident at Parklands Court Nursing Home, Park Road, Bloxwich, on 31 January 2007. She died in hospital ten days later.
Bupa Care Homes (CFH Care) Ltd, of Bridge House, Outwood Lane, Horsforth, Leeds, pleaded guilty to breaching Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. The company was fined £100,000 and ordered to pay £50,000 costs.
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Firms fined £70,000 and £40,000 after Bristol man left with severe brain injuries
Two firms have been fined today at Bristol Crown Court after a Bristol man suffered severe head injuries when a scaffolding tube fell on him from 15 stories.
Richard Chodkiewicz, 53, from the Lawrence Weston area of Bristol, was working for Hoistway Ltd on a lift installation at the construction site for a new Radisson Blu hotel in Marsh Street, Bristol, when the incident happened on 22 July 2008.
Hoistway Ltd, based in Martock, Somerset, pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and was fined £70,000 with £14,616 costs. Miller Construction (UK) Ltd, based in Edinburgh, pleaded guilty to breaching Section 3(1) of the same Act and was fined £40,000 plus £17,232 costs.
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