 A car wash owner has been fined £2,500 after failing to produce a current Employers Liability Compulsory Insurance (ELCI) certificate when visited by a Health and Safety Awareness Officer on 26 October 2009. Chelmsford Magistrates Court heard how the Officer visited [ read more...]
 A worker was injured when a reversing vehicle failed to see him at a site in Southall. The incident occurred when a mechanic working for S.H.B Hire Ltd was required to repair a vehicle. To access the vehicle and remove [ read more...]
 Aston Villa Football Club has admitting breaching the Work at Height Regulations after a worker fell through a roof while redevelopment was taking place at the Club's training ground. Mechanical Cleansing Ltd had been employed to drain fuel tanks on a [ read more...]
 The death of a 21 year old employee led to a £150,000 fine for Flowserve (GB) Ltd. Lewes Crown Court heard how 21 year old Philip Locke was carrying out a pressure test on a high pressure valve when he received [ read more...]
 City of Lincoln Council has been fined £10,000 after a family were left exposed to dangerous asbestos fibres for three days. Lincoln Magistrates Court heard how the Council were refurbishing the bathroom of a property in Lincoln in June 2008. [ read more...]
 A food manufacturer has been fined £4,000 after one of its employees was severly injured by a mixing machine. Bradford Magistrates Court heard how an Arcadia Food Industries Ltd employee was preparing the spice mixing machine for use on 6 October [ read more...]
 A wood processing plant has been fined £20,000 after an employee's foot was completely severed by a machine after just two weeks of working for the company. Penrith Magistrates Court heard how the 24 year old, A W Jenkinson Forest Products [ read more...]
 Two workers of an engineering firm were potentially exposed to asbestos fibres leading to a £3,000 fine for their employer. Darchem Engineering Ltd were prosecuted for failing to adequately manage the risks from asbestos on the site in Stockton on Tees, [ read more...]
 Failure to safeguard a machine led to a worker having the tip of his finger severed and a £10,000 fine for Federal Mogul Bradford Ltd. On 10 March 2009, Allan Formoy used his finger to free a mechanical jam in a [ read more...]
 An intensive inspection initiative aimed at stopping dangerous practices on construction sites has led to work being halted at numerous building sites across the North East. The Health and Safety Executive made unannounced visits to 77 contractors on 39 sites across [ read more...]
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