An electrician employed by East Ayrshire Council died because of failings of his employer, a court heard. At a hearing at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court, on 16 June, 2010, East Ayrshire Council pled guilty to a charge under section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and was fined £56,000 the following day. The Court heard how… read more →
The directors of a Bedfordshire bakery have been fined after a series of health and safety breaches exposed staff to serious danger – including electrocution and exposure to flour dust. Genaro Saiano and Dejan Durkin, the directors of DG Bakery Ltd, based in Harrowden Road, Bedford, appeared at Bedford and Mid-Bedfordshire Magistrates’ Court today facing health and safety charges. The… read more →
A West Sussex-based company, Flowserve (GB) Ltd, was fined £150,000 today (4 June 2010) at Lewes Crown Court following the death of a 21-year-old employee. The prosecution follows an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after an incident on 7 May 2008 at Flowserve (GB) Ltd’s site in Burrell Road in Haywards Heath. Philip Locke, a 21-year-old employee… read more →
Two self-employed roofers have been fined today (7th June 2010) at Chippenham Magistrates Courts for failing to take appropriate safety precautions when working on a private building in Wiltshire. Antony Brian Sweet, of Wood Lane, Chippenham, and Christopher Ernest Cole, of Chippenham Road, Langley Burrell, Wiltshire, were prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for working dangerously at height… read more →
American Airlines has today (4th June 2010) been fined £70,000 after one of its workers had to have his leg amputated following an incident at Heathrow Airport. On the evening of 11 November 2008 ground support worker Kulwant Bhara, 45, from Slough, was preparing an aircraft at Terminal 3 at London Heathrow Airport. A 70-tonne ‘pushback tug’, used to move… read more →
The owner and general manager of The Park Hotel in Leicester has this week been handed down fines and costs totalling £40,000 for ten serious breaches of fire safety regulations. On 13 August 2009 fire crews attended The Park Hotel in response to a fire that had broken out on the first floor of the premises. As firefighters attempted to… read more →
The employers of a man whose hand was severely injured on a poorly-guarded spice mixing machine were sentenced today. Bradford food manufacturer Arcadia Food Industries Limited was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after the incident in which the machine severed one of the employee’s fingers and badly cut the other. Bradford Magistrates Court heard the man was… read more →
An Essex car wash owner who failed to purchase compulsory insurance to protect his employees was fined yesterday. Bledar Shtylaa, who owns Blue Flag Hand Car Wash on Station Industrial Estate, Burnham-on-Crouch, was fined £2,500 at Chelmsford Magistrates Court. The court heard how he failed to produce a current Employers’ Liability Compulsory Insurance (ELCI) certificate when a Health and Safety… read more →
A County Durham man has been successfully prosecuted after he injured himself and another person when repairing a sign over eight metres from the ground. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Sohail Hussain, 40, trading as Haris Signs based at Seaham, following the incident at the Metro Inn, Stockton on 19 November 2009. The company had been hired by… read more →
A business owner has been fined £80,000 and ordered to pay Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service over £50,000 in costs after pleading guilty to serious breaches of fire safety legislation. Paul Ashley of P and S Ashley Timberworks appeared before Chester Crown Court on Tuesday 11 May 2010. He pleaded guilty to eight counts of breaching the Regulatory Reform (Fire… read more →
