Dundee Firms Fined After a Fall from Height
A 23 year old man was seriously injured at work in 2008. He has been left with constant pain and is continuing to make a slow recovery more than 3 years after an accident which could have been prevented while at work. Christopher Carson was an electrician’s labourer and at the time of his accident …Read the Full Post
Gas Safety Failings Sees Landlord Fined
As a landlord it is your responsibility to your tenant to ensure that the gas fires and other gas operated appliances in properties are kept in good order and well maintained. A Tenby Landlord, David Ian Douglas-Law has recently been prosecuted and fined after the Health and Safety Executive investigated a property owned by the …Read the Full Post
Two Separate Accidents Results in Fine for Chicken Company
One of the largest companies which produce both raw and produced Chicken in Europe has been fined after being prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive. The prosecution came as a result of two separate incidents which happened at the factory in Suffolk. Both of the accidents were preventable and two workers have suffered awful …Read the Full Post
Dorset Firm Receives Fine after Employee Injured by Fork Lift Truck
On October 17th 2011 a Dorset Company received a fine after being prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive. The fine came as a result of one of their workers being injured while working on the Verplas Ltd site in Dorset back in 2010. Kelvin Davey, a lorry driver, was hit by a fork lift …Read the Full Post
Serious Injuries to Worker Result in Huge Fines for Tree Surgeon
Health and safety services are available to all self-employed individuals as well as larger companies in the UK. As so many companies are fined and even imprisoned after their workers suffer injuries at the workplace it is hard to imagine any business owner ignoring the health and safety consultants and turning a blind eye to …Read the Full Post
Suspended Prison Sentence after Worker Falls from Height
An unfortunate death of a worker has led to his friend and the contractor of the job to a suspended prison sentence. The self-employed roofer asked a friend to help him with a job replacing a flat roof. The roof was to be placed on a double garage on a house in Chelmsford, Essex. Steve …Read the Full Post
Saw Injures Worker- Timber Firm Fined for Breaching Laws
A timber company were held responsible for the injuries sustained by one of their teenage workers back in 2009. The young man, aged just 18 years old when the accident occurred. Lewis Maker was operating a panel saw to cut a piece of board. As he was holding the board with his hand it was …Read the Full Post
Driver Suffocated By Straw Bale
A delivery driver was suffocated after a huge straw bale weighing 700kg fell onto him at a renewable energy plant. The accident occurred at the Elean Power Station which is located in Cambridgeshire. The driver, Gary Darnell, was delivering a batch of straw bales to the biomass plant. As the bales were being removed from …Read the Full Post
Health and Safety Training
How can you fulfil all of your health and safety obligations and provide a safe environment for you and your staff? Well, health and safety training is one of the easiest and most affordable ways to achieve just that. It allows you or any one of your staff members to learn the latest rules and …Read the Full Post