Lakeside fined after working at height accident - September 23, 2008

An Essex company has been fined £13,400 after an accident which took place while working at height left a worker with a number of injuries.

Lakeside Container Services also paid £3,380 in costs after admitting a breach [read more...]

Crane accident costs construction firm GBP 21,248 - September 22, 2008

A construction firm is fined £15,000 plus £6,248 in costs after an accident left an employee unable to work for months.

The company, Corus UK, pleaded guilty to breaches of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.

A man [read more...]

Firm fined GBP 20,000 after forklift accident - September 19, 2008

A firm has been fined £20,000 after an accident cost an employee her leg.

NYK Logistics will also pay costs of £5,941 after pleading guilty to breaching health and safety legislation.

Employee Lisa Ramos was struck by a reversing forklift [read more...]

Firm fined GBP 15,000 after liftshaft fall - September 15, 2008

J and D Property Services is being fined £15,000 after an employee suffered an accident while working at height.

In addition, the company will pay costs of £5,000.

A subcontractor was injured when he fell down a liftshaft well which [read more...]

Hospital fined GBP 8,000 after shock accident - September 15, 2008

A hospital has to pay over £16,000 after an employee suffered an electric shock while operating a steam cleaner.

East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust is being fined £8,000 plus £8,466 in costs.

The worker was operating the machine in a damp [read more...]

HSE prosecutes head over asbestos removal - September 12, 2008

A headteacher is being prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) over the removal of asbestos from his school.

David Dibb of Westonzoyland Primary School is accused of using an unlicensed firm to remove asbestos from [read more...]

Company fined after worker suffers cement burns - September 12, 2008

A company is being fined by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after an employee suffered chemical burns on a building site.

O'Brien and McIntyre is paying £500 plus costs of £150 after pleading guilty to contravening the Control [read more...]

Crane collapse costs companies GBP 38,000 - September 11, 2008

Two companies have been prosecuted after an accident in which a telescopic crane collapsed at a building site in Warrington.

Both the AMEC Group and Leach Structural Steelwork have each been fined £10,000 and are paying £9,143 in costs.

No-one [read more...]

Fines issued for accident leading to two machinery deaths - September 10, 2008

Two companies are being fined for the deaths of two employees in an accident involving machinery cleaning.

Galloway and MacLeod will pay a total of £18,750 and Barr Electrical Contractors is being fined £45,000 for the accident. [read more...]

Two companies pay nearly GBP 58,000 after glass accident - September 10, 2008

Two companies have been fined after an accident in which a lorry driver was injured beneath a 600 kg glass panel.

Scheldebouw UK is being fined £20,000 and Brookfield Construction £18,000, with costs of £10,000 and £9,962 respectively.

John Rooney [read more...]