Cheshire-based property developer fined £45,000 for multiple construction site failures
- Company fined for serious health and safety failures at a Manchester construction site
- The company repeatedly failed to improve standards or fulfil principal contractor duties.
- Free guidance on managing health and safety in construction is available
A Cheshire property developer has been fined £45,000 after the Health and Safety Executive found multiple failures...Read More »
Manufacturer sentenced after a sawmill worker lost his leg following an accident at work
- Worker had one leg amputated below the knee and sustained significant injuries to the other
- Major injury rate for sawmilling is over two and a half times that of general manufacturing
- Free guidance is available, developed in collaboration with HSE and the sawmill industry.
A large wood manufacturer in Shropshire has been fined...Read More »
Buncefield 20 years on: Turning lessons into safer industry practices
- Two decades after one of Europe’s largest industrial incidents, the legacy of Buncefield continues to shape safety standards across the UK’s major hazards sector
This week marks 20 years since the Buncefield explosion in Hertfordshire – one of the largest industrial incidents in Europe and the UK’s largest peacetime explosion.
The incident
Tree specialists fined after worker falls from height
- Worker suffered life-altering back injuries after falling from a MEWP basket.
- HSE found the company failed to plan, supervise or safely carry out work at height.
- AP Tree Specialists Ltd fined £20,000; director fined £1,000.
An arboriculture company based in Derby has been fined £20,000 after an employee suffered life-altering back injuries when...Read More »
Manufacturing firm fined after apprentice suffers serious injuries
- 18-year-old was still learning how to operate machinery when incident occurred
- Harry now has to live with permanent scarring and a loss of feeling on the side of his chest.
- HSE guidance on preventing access to dangerous parts of machinery is available.
A manufacturing company in Newbury has been fined £187,600 after the...Read More »