Company fined after agency worker injured using unguarded machine
A packaging manufacturer has been fined for safety breaches after a worker received severe hand injuries at a factory in Yorkshire.
On 15 June 2020 an agency worker injured their fingers when using a table saw without a guard at Loadhog Limited’s site at Hawke Street, Sheffield.
The worker, who was operating...Read More »
Fine issued after workers exposed to asbestos during hotel demolition
A company director has been fined after workers were exposed to asbestos during the demolition of a hotel in Cornwall.
Mr Paul Stephens, director of the now liquidated Stephens and Stephens Developers Limited, was fined more than £60,000 as a result of failures at the former Cliffdene Hotel in Newquay in...Read More »
Farming business fined for multiple health and safety risks
A farming business that refused an offer to take part in a course on farm safety has been fined following a subsequent site visit from Britain’s workplace regulator.
Seymour Stevens Limited operate a beef and arable farm in Faversham, Kent.
To help farmers understand what they need to do to comply with...Read More »
Drinks company fined after employee loses finger in bottling machinery
A drinks company has been fined £14,000 after a man’s finger was amputated after being caught in bottling machinery.
Daniel Richardson, then 32, assisted a colleague who was encountering problems with a bottle capping machine at the plant in Wigston, Leicestershire on 17 January 2022.
Mr Richardson, from Leicester, was able to...Read More »
Housing company fined more than £500,000 after worker suffers burns
A housing company based in Kent has been fined £528,000 after an employee repairing a fence post inadvertently struck an underground cable, suffering burns to his face.
The MHS Homes employee and a colleague had been tasked by the company to repair three fence posts in a back garden of a...Read More »