A Sussex port and an Italian shipping company have today been fined a total of £185,000 for health and safety failings after a worker drowned at Newhaven Docks. Croydon Crown Court heard today that the Sardina Vera ferry, which was owned by Forship S.p.a, had docked at Newhaven late on 12 January 2005 when the incident happened. Crew member Luigi… read more →
A fabric manufacturer has been fined after a worker’s arm was so badly crushed he had to have metal plates inserted to help support his broken bones. Agency worker Robert Dunn, 32, of Ringwood, South Bretton, Peterborough, was operating a fabric winding machine on 4 November 2009 when his left arm was drawn into the roll of material and crushed,… read more →
A major construction firm has been fined £160,000 after a labourer fell to his death while building Premier League side Everton FC’s new training academy. Karl Davis, who was married and lived in Wallasey, was working on the first floor of a building on the Finch Lane site in Halewood when a guardrail gave way and he fell out of… read more →
A fire that led to the evacuation of patients and staff at Ninewells hospital in Dundee is believed to have been caused by a faulty light fitting. The fire broke out in a nurses’ changing area situated on level 5 in the main supply block at around 11.45am on Thursday. 9th September 2010. Hundreds of employees – mainly administrative staff… read more →
A landlord has been ordered to pay over £16,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to breaches of fire safety legislation following a prosecution brought by the London Fire Brigade. Jagjit Singh Rai pleaded guilty to seven contraventions of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. These included no suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment, no appropriate firefighting equipment,… read more →
A hotel company and its chief executive have been found guilty of ten offences under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. Awan Investments Ltd were ordered to pay £27,000 in fines and costs, while Malik Mohammed Bashir paid £5000. The company manages Ventures hotel in the Paddington area of London. Officers from London Fire Brigade visited the hotel on… read more →
A glass company has been prosecuted for health and safety offences after putting workers’ lives at risk at a site in Bradford. Workers at Intercity Glazing Systems Ltd, based in Drighlington, had been made to work at height without a safe system in place, leaving them at risk of falling up to six metres. During work at a building in… read more →
A Croydon company has been fined after a young worker suffered multiple fractures and internal injuries when he fell through a roof-light after only weeks into his job. Lewis Edwards, 17, from Sidcup, had only been at STP Solutions Ltd a few weeks when the incident happened and it was his first job since leaving school. An investigation by the… read more →
Fire safety equipment helped to prevent a “catastrophe” at a store in Ilkeston, it has been claimed. Owner Kieron Armstrong thought there had been some sort of mistake when the fire alarm went off at Armstrong’s Mill on Wednesday, August 25th 2010. Nevertheless, his customers were shown to the exit, and it was only as the last shopper was leaving… read more →
A company director has been warned he could be jailed for flouting a court order relating to fire safety regulation compliance. Hugh McGinley of McGinley Construction was found to be in contempt of a High Court injunction on 03 September 2010, which was obtained by Dublin City Council. The injunction was granted in a bid to prevent the usage of… read more →
