Construction firms fined combined GBP 250,000 - November 21, 2008

Two construction companies have been prosecuted after health and safety breaches led to the death of an employee.

PC Richardson has been fined £100,000 plus £25,000 in costs after failing to prevent Neil Cannon from unnecessary exposure to [read more...]

Inquest suggests accident 'due to lack of communication' - November 18, 2008

An inquest has held a man who died while at work in a power station was unaware he was in a restricted area.

Operations were being carried out by a consortium of firms on behalf of German energy producer RWE when [read more...]

Cake scheme inspects Thames Gateway firms - November 17, 2008

An initiative has targeted health and safety conditions in businesses across the Thames Gateway region.

Council workers and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) worked together to conduct 160 inspections across the area since November 10th, [read more...]

Construction safety training day held in Colwyn Bay - November 14, 2008

A construction safety event has been held in Colwyn Bay to highlight issues which affect workers in the sector.

Organised by the Working Well Together group, it was attended by 140 delegates representing various businesses from the industry.

Among the areas tackled [read more...]

Calderbrook Estates and contractor fined - November 13, 2008

A company and contractor have been prosecuted after an incident which left a roofer with two broken heels.

Calderbrook Estates has been fined £2,500 plus costs of £3,355, whereas Michael Stephenson will pay a total of £3,500 for his breaches of [read more...]

Working at height accident costs firm GBP 30k - November 12, 2008

An East Sussex firm has been fined £20,000 after an employee working at height suffered serious head injuries in a fall.

E and F Joinery will also pay £11,895 in costs after pleading guilty to breaching health [read more...]

Nevis Range Development fined GBP 2,000 - November 11, 2008

A firm and one of its workers have been prosecuted after an accident involving a cableway left five people seriously injured.

Nevis Range Development has been fined £2,000, while employee Kevin Byrne will pay £1,000 after both pleaded guilty [read more...]

Firm pays GBP 4,022 after working at height accident - November 7, 2008

A Barnsley company has been fined £2,000 after an accident occurred while an employee was working at height.

Berneslai Homes will also pay £2,022 in costs after pleading guilty to breaches of the health and [read more...]

Thirsk Racecourse event targets high-risk workers - November 7, 2008

Safety training is being offered at Thirsk Racecourse for agricultural workers, the industry with the highest risk of injury.

The Health and Safety Executive is organising the event in conjunction with Lantra, the land-based environmental sector's skills [read more...]

Failure to provide safety training contributed to accident - November 5, 2008

A firm has been found to be at fault after a failure to offer safety training to one of its employees contributed to an accident while he was working at height.

Demolition Dismantling Services was [read more...]