Fine for council after man ‘who loved life’ killed by falling tree
Cheshire East Council (the council) has been fined £500,000 after ‘the most amazing man’ was killed by a falling tree.
Christopher Hall, 48, from Wilmslow, was walking his dog in The Carrs – one of the town’s parks – on 28 August 2020, when the large limb of a tree fell...Read More »
Manchester engineering firm fined after apprentice loses fingers
A Manchester-based engineering company has been fined £500,000 after a young apprentice lost the use of two fingers when using a horizontal bandsaw.
The apprentice, who was just 18 at the time, suffered the serious injuries to his fingers in an incident at Proline Engineering Limited in Worsely, on 7 November...Read More »
Fine for construction company after father of three left paralysed
A father-of-three was left paralysed from the chest down after falling through a ceiling at a house renovation in Derbyshire.
Chesterfield builder Andrew Clifford remained lying face down on the floor for around six hours before he was found by a delivery driver. He judged the time by hearing hourly news...Read More »
Stress Awareness Week: Employers have to fulfil legal duty
Britain’s workplace health and safety regulator, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), is calling on all employers during Stress Awareness Week 2024 to carry out their legal duty to prevent work-related stress and support good mental health at work.
HSE figures show the average employee suffering from work-related stress, depression or...Read More »
School trust fined after pupil injured
A school trust in Surrey has been fined after part of a pupil’s finger was amputated.
The five-year-old boy, a Year 1 pupil at Danetree Primary School in Epsom, had been leaving the toilet on 15 June 2022 when his right hand slipped and went into the hinge side of a...Read More »