Health and Safety

Manchester firm fined after workers exposed to asbestos risks

A Manchester-based construction company has been fined after workers were put at risk of exposure to asbestos.

A1 Property Maintenance Management Limited was acting as the principal contractor during work at the former Unicorn Public House on Liverpool Road, Eccles, Greater Manchester.

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Sole trader fined after worker suffered serious injuries

  • Man fell from height due to lack of edge protection.
  • Second time HSE action against sole trader.
  • HSE guidance on working safely at height is available.

A worker suffered serious injuries after falling from a flat roof that did not have any edge protection.

A sole trader has been fined following a prosecution by...Read More »


Glasgow care home provider fined after death of patient

  • Vulnerable man walked more than 300 steps from his room to a carpark.
  • Care home staff did not notice he had left and falsified records.
  • HSE guidance is available on vulnerable residents

A care home provider has been fined more than £50,000 after an elderly patient died in the early hours of Boxing...Read More »


TATA Steel fined £1.5 million after father-of-three crushed to death at Port Talbot plant

  • Grandfather Justin Day would have turned 50 this year
  • Family says their world has been “shattered”
  • HSE guidance on safe use of equipment is available

Tata Steel has been fined £1.5 million following the death of a contractor at its Port Talbot steelworks plant.

Justin Day’s family learnt of his death while they were...Read More »


Company fined after man seriously injured during home extension work

A Herefordshire-based conservatory manufacturer and installation company has been fined £40,000 after an employee fell through the roof of a first-floor orangery home extension.

Leslie Baker was one of several employees of Atrium Conservatories Limited, working to install an orangery extension covering the footprint of a former first-floor balcony at a...Read More »


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