Health board fined following the death of an elderly patient and failure to comply with an Improvement Notice
A Health Board has been fined following the death of a vulnerable patient who left a hospital ward unnoticed through an unsecured door.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation concluded that Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board failed to act on previous absconding incidents, which would have better protected 74-year-old Lynwen...Read More »
Manufacturing company fined after worker loses part of hand
Laxtons Limited, a West Yorkshire manufacturing company, has been fined for safety breaches after a worker lost part of their hand in a textile machine.
On 24 March 2021 an employee of Laxtons Limited was running a number of textile machines. When he opened a guard to check on a build-up...Read More »
Company fined after gable wall collapses
A building company has been fined £40,000 after the unsupported gable wall of a house collapsed on to a neighbouring property leaving a resident with a fractured sternum and collarbone.
The wall fell during a home refurbishment project in which the existing property had been reduced to a shell with its...Read More »
Workplace fatality figures published
- 123 workers died in work-related accidents in 2021/2022
- 2,544 deaths in 2020 through past exposure to asbestos
A hundred and twenty-three workers were killed in work-related accidents in Great Britain in the last year, according to figures published today (Wednesday July 6) by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
The annual data...Read More »
Building contractor sentenced over unsafe work practice
A Blackburn based building contractor has been sentenced after unsafe work methods constituted a public risk and resulted in asbestos being disturbed.
Preston Crown Court heard that in November 2020, Mr Mohammed Shafiq, owner of a roller shutter business, purchased a former warehouse in Manner Sutton Street, Blackburn to convert into...Read More »