Employee died after being trapped under fallen pallet Company failed to undertake a suitable and sufficient risk assessment Systagenix Wound Management Manufacturing Limited t/a Scapa Healthcare Limited fined £600,000 A global manufacturing company has been fined £600,000 after an employee suffered fatal injuries following an incident at the premises in Airedale Mills, Gargrave, Craven. On […] read more
A Staffordshire-based home improvement company has been fined £16,500 after a worker sustained serious injuries when he fell from height whilst carrying out gutter replacement work. Birmingham Magistrates’ Court heard on 12th November 2025 how the worker had been tasked with replacing guttering on a domestic garage building in Hednesford on 12 August 2024. He […] read more
More than 200 people infected with disease. Victims’ described experience as ‘the worst diarrhoea and vomiting ever they had ever had’ Extensive HSE and industry guidance is available. A farm owner on the Isle of Wight has been fined £8,000 after an outbreak of resulted in 264 people being infected with Cryptosporidium – a zoonotic […] read more
Employee became trapped in unguarded machine and died at the scene. Company failed to carry out suitable and sufficient risk assessment. Reflex Flexible Packaging Ltd fined £277,500. A plastics conversion company based in Derbyshire has been fined £277,500 after an employee sustained fatal injuries when he became trapped in the moving parts of an unguarded […] read more
HSE inspectors called in after man’s body found on site. Multiple failings found at site risking workers to falls from height. HSE guidance is available. A construction client has been handed a suspended prison sentence after a worker was found dead on a building site in London. Moses Meisels received a 12-week prison sentence, suspended […] read more