£500,000 fine for firework firm after young father killed in blast
A Peterborough company has been fined £500,000 after a young father was killed in an explosion at a firework factory.
Twenty-four-year-old Brendan Ledgister was working for Le Maitre Ltd when one of the products he was using ignited and caused an explosion on 2 October 2018.
Safety won’t be forgotten in the race to Net Zero
Safety will be a central part of Great Britain’s move to Net Zero the top scientist at the country’s workplace regulator says.
The government has committed to...Read More »
Inaugural conference for new building safety regulator
- The new Building Safety Regulator held its first conference in Westminster
- Over 900 practitioners attended the event to prepare for the new building safety regime
- Minister for Building Safety, Lee Rowley said: “We need to ensure that those working in the building industry have the knowledge and confidence to properly engage with...Read More »
Company fined £2.3m after workers put at risk of death
A major pipeline transportation company has been fined £2.3million for safety breaches after its employees were exposed to risk of serious injury and even death while working on a leaking pipeline containing petrol under pressure.
Workers at Exolum Pipeline System Ltd, formerly known as CLH Pipeline System (CLH-PS) Ltd, were excavating...Read More »
Kent waste company fined £150k for failing to comply with HSE notices
A Kent waste company has been fined £150,000 for several health and safety breaches.
City of London Magistrates’ Court heard that a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspection in August 2020 found that employees of BSP (Knockholt) Limited manually sorting through waste in its yard near Orpington were at risk of...Read More »