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Fatally injures worker
Steel beam falls and fatally injures worker Date: 13 January 2012 Release No: COISE/1301B A specialist crane supplier has been fined £180,000 ...
Worker suffers severed finger
Worker suffers severed finger at plastics firm Date: 17 January 2012 Release No: HSE/296/EM A plastics firm which manufactures cases for ...
Workers put at risk
Firm fined after workers put at risk Date: 16 January 2012 Release No: HSE-e-59-12 A construction firm and its company secretary have been fined ...
Paralysed in crane crush
Manchester worker paralysed in crane crush Date: 9 January 2012 Release No: WM565/12 A HGV driver from Manchester will never walk again after ...
Fined £100k - forklift death
Firms fined £100k over forklift death at Macclesfield factory Date: 9 December 2011 Release No: HSE/NW/37Millennium Two companies have been fined ...
Roofer suffers severe injuries
Fines after roofer suffers severe injuries Date: 14 December 2011 Release No: HSE-e-48-11 Three contractors from Essex have been fined a total of ...
Factory worker's death
Global manufacturer prosecuted over factory worker's death Date: 15 December 2011 Release No: HSE/NW/60KimberleyClark A global manufacturer has ...
Fined after death of worker
Leicester firm fined after death of worker Date: 27 October 2011 Release No: HSE/251/11 A Leicester manufacturer of quarrying plant and equipment ...
Construction Sites Bournemouth
Crackdown on Unsafe Construction Sites in Bournemouth Date: 26 September 2011 A crackdown on unsafe construction sites is due to begin today ...
Worker hit by forklift
Firm fined after worker hit by forklift Date: 12 October 2011 Release No: HSE/243/11 A Lincolnshire farming company has been fined after a worker ...
Worker killed by forklift
Meat plant worker killed by forklift Date: 18 August 2011 Release No: SCO/073/11 A Livingston firm has been fined £100,000 after a worker was ...
Man hit by Forklift Truck
Burton brewery fined after man hit by forklift truck Date: 4 August 2011 Release No: WM483/11 A Burton-on-Trent brewery has been sentenced after a ...
Poole builders fined
Poole builders fined after scaffold fall Date: 4 July 2011 A Poole construction company has been sentenced after a carpenter was seriously injured ...
Father-of-two falls to death
Father-of-two falls to death through rooflight Date: 6 July 2011 A father-of-two died after falling through a rooflight and sustaining fatal head ...
Essex school fined
Essex school fined over caretaker injury Date: 12 July 2011 Release No: HSE-e-29-11 A Shenfield school has been prosecuted after one of its staff ...
Design firm fined
Design firm fined after workers injured at fashion chain Date: 8 July 2011 Release No: COILON/0807 A Staffordshire-based interior design company ...
Construction worker death
Third company ordered to pay £33k after construction death Date: 8 July 2011 Release No: COILON/0807 A third company has been sentenced over an ...
Fatally Crushed
Worker fatally crushed in forklift incident Published: July 12, 2011 A Sheffield engineering firm, DavyMarkham, has admitted breaching health ...
Father-of-two falls to death
Father-of-two falls to death through rooflight Date: 6 July 2011 A father-of-two died after falling through a rooflight and sustaining fatal head ...
Cornwall timber firm fined
Cornwall timber firm fined £20,000 after worker's panel saw injury Date: 1 July 2011 A teenage worker severed part of his hand while operating a ...
Fined for finger injuries
Car components firm fined for woman's finger injuries Date: 6 July 2011 Release No: WM465/11 A global car components manufacturer has been fined ...
Sentenced over finger loss
Global chemical firm sentenced over finger loss Date: 4 July 2011 Release No: HSE/NW/36Ineos A global chemical firm has been prosecuted for ...
New figures of fatally injured
New figures published of fatally injured workers Date: 28 June 2011 New official statistics published today show the number of workers killed in ...
Firms fined £70000 and £40000
Firms fined £70,000 and £40,000 after Bristol man left with severe brain injuries Date: 24 June 2011 Two firms have been fined today at Bristol ...
Fines for plastering firm
Workers' injuries lead to fines for plastering firm Date: 29 June 2011 Release No: HSE/EM/203/11 A specialist plastering contractor has been fined ...
Worker killed in 12 metre fall
Sentences after worker killed in 12 metre fall Date: 3 June 2011 Energy giant, RWE npower and contractor AMEC Group Ltd must pay a total of ...
Worker's crush death
Gearbox firm fined over Oldham worker's crush death Date: 25 May 2011 Release No: HSE/NW/09Renold A gearbox manufacturer has been fined £180,000 ...
Crushed by Excavator Bucket
Triple prosecution after construction death Date: 19 May 2011 Release No: COI/LON Fines totalling £18,700 have been handed down after a foreman ...
£120,000 Fine
Company fined after Crawley employee paralysed Date: 5 May 2011 Release No: COISE/0505 A Hertfordshire-based electrical company has been fined ...
Forklift Death
Bucks company and mechanic fined after forklift death Date: 28 April 2011 Release No: COISE/2804 A Bucks plant hire company and one of its ...
Broken back in roof plunge
Worker suffers broken back in roof plunge Date: 12 April 2011 Release No: YH/55/11 A Halifax man's life was shattered after he plunged from the ...
Fall from excavator bucket
Stonehaven grain company fined after worker's fall Date:14 April 2011 Release No:SCO/033/11 A Stonehaven animal grain company has been fined ...
Fined £400,000 after fall
Companies fined £400,000 after labourer's fatal fall Date: 12 April 2011 Release No: SCO/032/11 Two companies have been fined a total of ...
Construction companies fined
Construction companies fined after workers exposed to asbestos Date: 28 March 2011 Release No: COISE/0111 A plant hire company and a ...
Fined over crane injuries
Cheshire car parts maker fined over crane injuries Date: 31 March 2011 Release No: HSE/NW/83Mitras A Cheshire motor component manufacturer has ...
Tower Scaffold accident
Construction company fined after worker blinded in fall Date: 30 March 2011 Release No: HSE-e-14-11 A construction company from Cambridgeshire ...
Fall from height
Taunton company fined after man falls through fragile roof Date: 28 March 2011 A Taunton roofing company has been fined after one of its ...
Employee dies at work
Llanelli company fined £400,000 after employee dies at work Date: 18 March 2011 A Llanelli-based automotive manufacturer has been fined £400,000 ...
Teenager injured by forklift
Nuneaton firm sentenced after teenager injured by forklift Date:21 March 2011 Release No:WM387/11 A Nuneaton recycling company has been ...
Worker crushed to death
Aerospace firms sentenced over worker's death Date: 25 March 2011 Release No: HSE/NW/85Brookhouse Two aerospace firms have been fined a total of ...
Site asbestos failings
Construction firm fined for demolition site asbestos failings Date: 23 March 2011 Release No: HSE/EM166/11 A construction company has been fined ...
Asbestos training
Asbestos training The use of all asbestos containing materials was not banned until 1999. This means any building built or refurbished before the ...
Telford firm fined
Telford firm fined after man's fall from youth centre roof Date: 24 March 2011 Release No: WM396/11 A Telford construction firm has been ...
Crushed to death by concrete
Firms fined after worker crushed to death by concrete Date: 14 March 2011 Release No: HSE-e-12-11 Two companies have been fined a total of ...
Not a competent trainer
Roofing firm fined for worker's death by electrocution Date: 14 March 2011 Release No: COISE/1403 A Newbury-based roofing company has been ...
Worker's life put at risk
Roofing firm sentenced after worker's life put at risk Date: 14 March 2011 Release No: HSE/NW/84MDRoofCoatings A roofing firm has been sentenced ...
Severely injured right hand
Theme park worker severely injures hand with saw blade Date: 15 March 2011 Release No: SCO/024/11 A theme park worker severely injured his right ...
Mobile crane overturns
Corus fined after mobile crane overturns Date: 12 March 2010 Release No: YH/095/10 A worker at one of Europe's biggest manufacturers escaped ...
First Corporate Manslaughter
Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings convicted of first corporate manslaughter charge under new Act 15/02/2011 Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings has today ...
Suprise Site Visits!
Suprise Site Visits! As part of the Construction Inspection Initiative 2011 Health & Safety Inspectors will be visiting construction sites from ...
