by theEHP | Jun 30, 2011 | Health & Safety
Welcome to HSE prosecutions in brief. An overview of this weeks prosecutions by the HSE. Marine company put diver’s life at risk The owner of a Falmouth marine company has been fined £10,000 for a raft of safety breaches which put one of its diver’s lives...
by theEHP | Jun 30, 2011 | Health & Safety
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....
by theEHP | Jun 23, 2011 | Health & Safety
Energy giant Shell UK Limited has been ordered by Ipswich Crown Court to pay a total of £1.24million in fines and costs over the explosion and fire at its Bacton gas terminal in Norfolk in 2008. Experts from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said it was only good...
by theEHP | Jun 23, 2011 | Health & Safety
A Wiltshire man has been prosecuted for illegally carrying out gas work at a neighbour’s home which could have put them at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. Graham Nicholls, 66, who was not registered as a gas installer with CORGI, incorrectly fitted a flue to...
by theEHP | Jun 16, 2011 | Health & Safety
Castle Point Borough Council has been fined £18,000 following an incident where a seven-year old girl was trapped by a water outlet at the Waterside Swimming Pool on Canvey Island. Overview A seven-year old girl was using the swimming pool with her...
by theEHP | Jun 16, 2011 | Health & Safety
Welcome to HSE prosecutions in brief. An overview of this weeks prosecutions by the HSE. Solihull man fined for carrying out illegal gas work A Solihull man has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for carrying out gas work at an elderly...