Galvanizing company prosecuted after employee fatally injured
Hereford Galvanizers Limited, a company that undertakes hot dip galvanizing for the corrosion protection of steelwork, has been fined after an employee was fatally injured.
Kidderminster Magistrates’ Court heard that on 2 February 2019, an employee was operating an overhead crane adjacent to the molten zinc bath, when a tubular steel...Read More »
Concrete supplier fined after tyre explosion fatality
A concrete supplier has been fined after an agency worker contracted to work at its site suffered fatal injuries following a tyre explosion.
Dudley Magistrates’ Court heard how the contractor suffered fatal injuries when using an air hose/compressed air to inflate the tyre of an articulated wheel loader.
An investigation by the...Read More »
Company prosecuted for failing to control risks to employees using vibrating tools
A company that manufactures and sells medical devices for the healthcare industry has been fined for failing to adequately control the risk to its employees from exposure to vibration when using vibrating tools. .
Newport Magistrates’ Court heard that employees of Frontier Plastics Ltd worked at the company’s Blackwood site in...Read More »
Estate management partnership and tenant fined for gas safety breaches
Burghill Farms, a partnership trading as Dalhousie Estates, and Mr Piers Le Cheminant have been fined following an incident where one of the occupants of a holiday cottage was found collapsed in a bathroom heated by a portable cabinet propane gas heater.
Forfar Sheriff Court heard that on 28 October 2015,...Read More »
Estate management partnership and tenant fined for gas safety breaches
Burghill Farms, a partnership trading as Dalhousie Estates, and Mr Piers Le Cheminant have been fined following an incident where one of the occupants of a holiday cottage was found collapsed in a bathroom heated by a portable cabinet propane gas heater.
Forfar Sheriff Court heard that on 28 October 2015,...Read More »