Birmingham City Council has successfully prosecuted a care home company which failed to fit adequate safety catches on windows, allowing a vulnerable resident to fall and sustain life-threatening injuries.
A sunbed operator has been fined over £5,000 for failing to give proper advice and supervision to its customers, following an investigation by Caerphilly County Borough Council’s Environmental Health Service.
An investigation by Havering Council led to a company being ordered to pay £25,000 in fines and costs for selling ‘pre-lit’ Christmas trees which proved to be unsafe.
A Blackwood shop owner has been taken to court and fined for allowing the sale of a sunbed session to a child during a council test purchase operation.
Surrey Heath Borough Council has prosecuted Bob Potter Leisure Limited for breaching health and safety regulations.
In March 2013, Environmental Health Student Ms Anca Stroe posted a questionnaire on the theEHP for her student research project. Having completed her studies, Ms Stroe has kindly made her research available to all.
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