Illegal Asbestos Removal Unacceptable
A demolition company based in Cheltenham have been fined after exposing workers to asbestos fibres. DA Environmental Services were prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive after they were found to be removing asbestos illegally from a Gloucestershire property. They pleaded guilty at Cheltenham Magistrates Court on 5th November 2012. The company did undertake an …Read the Full Post
Teenager Loses Four Fingers at Work
A young apprentice was working on a machine when he lost four of his fingers in an unnecessary accident. The 18 year old man, who has asked not to be named, was an apprentice for W P Metals Ltd based near Walsall. On his fifth week in his new position he was helping a worker …Read the Full Post
Failure to Protect Worker Results in Fines for Company and Company Director
A scaffolding firm in Dartford have been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive after one of their workers was injured. Mr James Froud fell while working on a fragile roof and suffered terrible injuries as a result. The 22 year old spent ten days in hospital and many months off work so he could …Read the Full Post
Diving Instructor Fined for Death of Inexperienced Diver
A diving company based in Bristol have been fined after one of their customers died on an organised dive in Dorset. The inexperienced diver, Janek Karon, was allowed to dive by the instructor and director of the company, Ian Johnson. Mr Karon had some serious medical conditions when he went for the training and recreational …Read the Full Post
Worker Lost Leg in Collision with Vehicle at Work
Johnson Controls have been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive at an accident involving one of their employees. The builders were working at a nuclear site in Cumbria when he was run over by a cherry picker. Ken Brown was guiding the vehicle on foot when he was hit, and as a result of …Read the Full Post
Hand Injury Results in Fine for Packaging Company
A young employee of a packaging company in Essex suffered a nasty injury while working on a machine. The 20-year-old man who asked to remain anonymous was operating a machine that is used to make cardboard tubes. Unfortunately the machine had not been correctly set up for use, resulting in his right hand being pulled …Read the Full Post
Concerned Neighbour Reports Dangerous Working Conditions
A landscape gardener was reported by a concerned neighbour who witnessed some very dangerous working conditions. The gardener, John Holland, was felling a tree for a customer along with one of his employees. Each of the men were using chainsaws on the tree and they were wearing everyday work clothes rather than the expected safety …Read the Full Post
Worker Killed by Slabs in Tragic Accident
A father of four was killed while working for an Essex based granite manufacturer in April 2008. Martin Rice was unloading a vehicle which had delivered stone slabs to the warehouse. Mr Rice was moving the slabs over to A-frames to be stored when the accident happened. He was lowering a load which weight around …Read the Full Post
No Excuses for Falls from Height
A manufacturing company have been fined for breaching Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act and Regulation 5(1) of the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations. The Health and Safety Executive prosecuted the Derbyshire firm Storetec Limited, and one of their directors after an incident at Sawpit Lane Industrial Estate in 2009. Two …Read the Full Post