Company fined after worker’s leg amputated
A waste and recycling company has been fined after an employee’s leg was amputated after he was run over by a telehandler.
The man, who was 51 at the time, was working for Eco Waste and Recycling Limited at the company’s waste transfer site on Hullocks Pit Hill, Newnham Road, Newnham,...Read More »
Building company fined £234,000 after worker falls from platform
A building company has been fined after a demolition worker suffered serious injuries after falling from a platform in Kensington in London.
Ovidiu Dobra was working for Henry Construction Projects Limited at a building site on Kensington High Street when the incident happened on 2 March 2021.
Birmingham wall collapse deaths: Directors jailed after five men lost their lives
Two company directors have been jailed after a wall collapsed killing five men – with both firms having to pay combined fines of £1.6million.
Wayne Anthony Hawkeswood and Graham John Woodhouse ran a Birmingham metal recycling business where a wall toppled over and killed five workers.
The pair were found guilty...Read More »
HSE to prosecute Cambridgeshire County Council over busway deaths
A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecution is being brought against Cambridgeshire County Council following the deaths of three people in separate incidents, and the life-changing injuries sustained by a fourth person in a collision, on Cambridgeshire Guided Busway.
Jennifer Taylor, 81, died when she was hit by a bus as she...Read More »
HSE targets construction workers’ lung health with nationwide inspection campaign
Failure to prevent life-threatening diseases caused by dust at work is unacceptable, says the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), as it gears up for a summer targeting construction sites across Great Britain.
Supported by HSE’s Dust Kills campaign, which provides free advice to businesses and workers on the control measures required to prevent...Read More »