Fast food giant McDonald’s has been taken to court recently by Wandsworth Council following an incident that left one of its employees half-blinded in one eye. The company was prosecuted after a member of staff suffered burns to his face and eyes that left him with only around 55% vision in his left eye. The injuries were caused when the… read more →
A Newmarket retail display firm has been sentenced after an employee was crushed to death by a stack of glass he was unloading on his first day at work. Vitalijus Orlovas, 29, an agency worker originally from Lithuania, was unloading sheets of glass from a shipping container at Arken PoP’s site in Hawkesden Road, St Neots when they fell on… read more →
Communications company BT has been fined £300,000 following the death of a worker who fell from a ladder while carrying out installation works. Power construction engineer David Askew, 52, from Braintree, Essex, suffered fatal head injuries after falling from a wooden ladder at London’s Canonbury Telephone Exchange on 27 October 2006. British Telecommunications Plc (BT) was prosecuted after an investigation… read more →
Two companies and a manager have been fined a total of £440,000 after a worker suffered 90 per cent burns and died, when the aerosol canisters he was crushing caught fire. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Deeside Metal Company Ltd, of Saltney, Chester, and Jeyes UK Ltd, of Bromfield Industrial Estate, Mold, for failing to have proper controls… read more →
A Teeside diner has been gutted by fire, demonstrating the necessity for business owners and all Responsible Persons to carry out fire risk assessments. The fire services got to Grubbs Diner, in the Newport Road area of Middlesbrough, at 7.27 and had the blaze under control within the hour, reports the Evening Gazette. Cooking equipment such as microwaves and grills… read more →
The owners of a new karaoke bar in Manchester risked the lives of workers and the public after a string of fire safety procedures were ignored during construction. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) at the site of the K2 nightclub on George Street in the city centre found large quantities of cardboard and other packaging discarded… read more →
A hotel group has paid out more than £127,000 after a judge ruled that guests at a 160-capacity luxury hotel in Cheshire had been put at ‘substantial risk’. The failures at the Belfry House Hotel, which is situated in Wilmslow, resulted in owners Hallmark Hotel Group pleaded guilty to three serious breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order. Fire-fighters… read more →
A landlord of a house in multiple occupation has been served with an emergency prohibition notice for alleged major fire safety shortcomings, resulting in nine tenants being rehoused. The six flats in a four-storey property in Newton Abbott, Devon, were closed by Teignbridge Council housing officers acting with fire safety officers from Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service. The… read more →
A landlord of a house in multiple occupation has been fined £2,600 for failing to adhere to regulations, including rules set out in Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. Inspectors discovered a catalogue of danger in the converted three-story property in Liverpool, which included a faulty fire detection system and hazardous wiring. The dangerous flats were first discovered after fire… read more →
The landlord of a north Yorkshire property has pleaded guilty to eight violations of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 at Scarborough Magistrates Court. Lazlo Banki appeared at the court after North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service discovered breaches including lack of an adequate means of escape, a fire alarm, a fire detection system or an emergency lighting system.… read more →
