Company fined for multiple safety failings
A company has been fined after multiple health and safety failings were found at a site in Bishop Auckland.
Acting on concerns raised, HSE visited the steel supplies site in 2019 ,finding wholly inadequate management of health and safety. It also came to light that two workers had been injured on...Read More »
Building owner jailed after worker left paralysed
A building owner has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after an employee was left paralysed when a hoist platform he was working from plummeted from the third floor to ground level.
On 9 January 2017 an employee of Mr Nicholas Devine was working at a premise on School Lane,...Read More »
Firefighters left seriously injured in quarry training exercise
A fire service has been prosecuted after two of its firefighters received serious head injuries – with one paralysed from the chest down – after a training exercise.
A team of four firefighters from Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service were carrying out a rope rescue training exercise at a disused quarry...Read More »
Director and companies fined for failing to manage the risk of asbestos
Two engineering companies and their director have been sentenced for failing to manage the risks from asbestos to employees within the workplace.
A large quantity of asbestos containing materials, including asbestos insulating board, were identified during a HSE inspection at factory premises in Kidderminster owned by Kespar Engineering Limited in February...Read More »
MoD issued with Crown Censure by HSE after Marine recruit died during an exercise
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been issued with a Crown Censure by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a Royal Marine recruit died during a routine training exercise.
On 21 January 2020, Royal Marine recruit Ethan Jones drowned while taking part in a training exercise involving a night beach...Read More »