by theEHP | May 10, 2011 | Health & Safety
A metal engineering company has been fined £5,000 after one of its workers was serious injured when a forklift truck tipped and the load landed on him. Overview The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) reported that on 28 July 2009, Mark Connett, from Crewkerne, was...
by theEHP | May 9, 2011 | Health & Safety
Property developer Prestige Homes Construction Company Ltd was fined £10,000 after being ordered to stop work three times over safety fears at a construction site in Greater Manchester. Overview The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reported that Prestige Homes...
by theEHP | May 6, 2011 | Health & Safety
A Hertfordshire-based electrical company has been fined £120,000 after a man was left paralysed when he was knocked from a scissor lift. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Skanska Rashleigh Weatherfoil Ltd after the incident happened on the 25 January...
by theEHP | May 5, 2011 | Health & Safety
An Oldham company has been fined £10,000 for putting its workers’ lives in danger from poorly maintained and dangerous electrics. Townfield Manufacturing Co Ltd was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after inspectors uncovered a series of...
by theEHP | May 5, 2011 | Health & Safety
Hertfordshire farm owners fined £4,000 each after an employee fell through a fragile barn roof suffering multiple fractures. The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) reported that on 6 August 2010, Stefan Wasilewski, 39, was cleaning the roof of a barn at Ugley Hall...
by theEHP | May 5, 2011 | Health & Safety
A company has been fined £80,000 after three people die in a Newquay hotel fire. The fine has been described as a “travesty”. 24dash.com reported that the fine was given to O&C Holdsworth for health and safety failures at a hotel where three people...
