family-owned and run farming business has today been fined after an employee sustained severe injuries following a fall from height. The Court heard how, on 29 November 2017, a potato farm asked an employee to install an electric cable through four barns at a height of approximately 4 metres. A potato box lifted by a...
A former gas engineer has been sentenced today after conducting gas work he was no longer registered or competent to do and leaving it in a dangerous condition. The Crown Court heard how the gentleman undertook the installation of a new gas boiler at a property in September 2017. A matter of hours after he...
A construction company has today been fined after a chauffeur fell to his death at a concealed basement void in a domestic property undergoing construction work. The Magistrates Court heard how, on Saturday 16 September 2017, a visitor to the house who was not associated with the works, entered the construction area and stepped onto...
A facilities management contractor has been fined after multiple safety failings at a laboratory site for the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency in Weybridge. The Crown Court heard how, on Sunday 21 September 2014, mains power was lost at the site which includes high containment laboratory facilities required to safely handle high hazard pathogens...
A Wiltshire-based construction company has today been fined after an employee operating a 2.5 tonne dumper drove into a 5-foot-deep excavation. The Magistrates court heard how, in August 2017, A gentleman was undertaking installation of a French drain and soakaway in a church yard along with roofing work. The gentleman was involved in the excavation...
A Liverpool-based waste and recycling company has today been fined and its director has been jailed after the death of a 39-year-old worker. The company and the director were sentenced both for their part in the death in 2010 of an employee, and for continuing to operate the same baling machine in a dangerous manner...
A garden shed manufacturing company was today sentenced for safety breaches after a worker was killed. The Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 23 July 2012, the worker was pushing a trolley when he was struck by a side loader fork lift truck (FLT) that had been unloading a delivery wagon at the time of the...
A Renewable Energy company has been sentenced after a contractor was injured by a falling steel wire coil. The Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 23 April 2017, a contractor was working at a pre-assembly site in Great Yarmouth when a steel wire coil, weighing 50kg, dropped onto their left forearm and wrist. The worker suffered...
A steel fabricator has been sentenced after a young employee fell through a fragile roof whilst at work. The Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 23rd August 2017, a 19-year old employed by a steel fabricating company was on his first day of working on a roof replacement project at a petrol filling station. Whilst assisting...
