A concrete production company has today been fined after a welder lost four fingers during an unsafe lifting operation. The Crown Court heard how on 27 September 2016, at a company’s site, a forklift was being used to lift and swivel a large metal gate attached to the truck. They used a chain on a...
A car and commercial vehicle component manufacturer has been fined after two employees suffered burns whilst cleaning a distillation tank. The Magistrates Court heard how on 11 July 2017 two employees of the company were burnt when the vapour of a flammable chemical, which was being used to clean the distillation tank part of a...
A manufacturer of calcium carbonate products has today been sentenced after a worker suffered fatal injuries when struck by a forklift truck. The Magistrates Court heard how, on 24 July 2017, an employee of the company was struck by a forklift truck whilst walking in the designated pedestrian area of the site’s roadway. She suffered...
A construction company has been prosecuted after failing to ensure suitable welfare facilities were provided for workers on site. The Magistrates’ Court heard that the company had been issued with multiple Improvement Notices, following an inspection by a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspector, at one of the company’s sites, on 7 July 2018. The...
A restaurant owner has been fined after asbestos was disturbed during the conversion of rooms above the restaurant into flats. The Magistrates’ Court heard that during September 2016, above the restaurant, asbestos insulation board was removed and broken up which resulted in workers being exposed to asbestos fibres. An asbestos survey was only carried out...
A construction company was sentenced for safety breaches after a worker collapsed and lost consciousness while working at a site The Magistrates Court heard how, on 11 January 2018, the worker was cutting a drain into the factory floor as part of the construction of a new processing room within the packaging area of the...
A grain store company has been fined following the death of a worker at one of its sites. The Crown Court heard how on 27 July 2016 an employee of the company suffered fatal injuries after being struck by a lorry at the site. The gentleman had left the control room to walk across the...
A ferry company has been fined after a worker fell from the unprotected edge of one of its ship’s mezzanine car deck. The Crown Court heard how, on 24 September 2015, a worker was uncoiling a reel of electrical cable on a mezzanine deck at the docks, when he inadvertently stepped off a raised edge...
An Energy company have been fined after an explosion killed four workers and seriously injured another at an oil refinery in 2011. Four died after a storage tank exploded at the site and one also sustained major injuries. The Crown Court heard how on, 2 June 2011, the five workers were emptying a tank in...
