Author Archives: HSE

Bed springs company fined after worker injured in warehouse collision

CCTV captures moment a ride-on pallet truck collides with fork lift truck inside busy warehouse in Barnsley 20-year-old worker suffered several fractures to his foot and nerve damage Leggett & Platt Components Europe Limited had failed to consider impact of changes it had made to workplace transport routes CCTV has captured the moment a young […] read more

Bed springs company fined after worker injured in warehouse collision

CCTV captures moment a ride-on pallet truck collides with fork lift truck inside busy warehouse in Barnsley 20-year-old worker suffered several fractures to his foot and nerve damage Leggett & Platt Components Europe Limited had failed to consider impact of changes it had made to workplace transport routes CCTV has captured the moment a young […] read more

Half-a-million pound fine for company after worker suffers 40 per cent burns

Three-tonne steel beam fell into bath of molten zinc that created wave that covered worker 33-year-old man spent 11 days in intensive care requiring 13 operations Wedge Group Galvanizing Limited fined more than £500k after HSE investigation finds chains used to lift beam were damaged and deteriorated One of Britain’s leading steel galvanizers has been […] read more

CCTV captures terrifying runaway Range Rover incident that left passer-by with life-changing injuries

CCTV shows recovery driver being dragged beneath runaway Range Rover on Bournemouth hill Member of the public suffered broken legs and spinal fractures after trying to help HSE investigation found recovery driver failed to secure two-tonne vehicle before it rolled out of control A vehicle recovery driver has pleaded guilty after a runaway Range Rover […] read more