News and Prosecutions
Trench collapse trapped worker for two hours
11 March 2010
A small building firm faces a £8178 penalty after a trench collapsed and trapped a worker from the waist down.
Royal Mail fined £90,000 over distribution centre death
11 March 2010
Royal Mail has been fined £90,000 after it admitted failing to ensure the safety of an employee run over by a reversing heavy goods vehicle (HGV) at its Heathrow worldwide…
Builder ignored advice over unsafe roof working
10 March 2010
A builder has been fined £1500 after an HSE inspector saw two men working on a pub roof without proper safety equipment.
Firm blows £31,000 after scaffolding collapsed in high winds
26 February 2010
A contractor has been prosecuted for endangering members of the public and violating the Work at Height Regulations after unsecured scaffolding was blown over into a residential street.
WaH and CDM breaches land refurbisher in court
25 February 2010
Six safety breaches have landed a property developer with a £20,000 penalty after a refurbishment site inspection revealed missing scaffolding supports, unsuitable ladders and unguarded edges.
Articles
Down to penalties
12 January 2010
The revised proposals for guidance to judges on how to set corporate manslaughter and fatality fines has polarised opinion, reports David Bergman.
Talking out of turn
5 January 2010
Stuart Armstrong reveals common tactics used by the police and HSE inspectors in interviews after workplace incidents.
Only human
1 May 2009
Early in the morning of 22 May 2006, a senior lifeguard at a Total Fitness gym in the Wirral mistakenly added chlorine granules to an acid tank rather than the…
Life of PI
3 April 2009
Jocelyn Dorrell finds out the best ways to deal with employee personal injury claims.
Deterrent? What deterrent? Part 2
2 April 2009
Only the smallest
The penalties imposed on the 10 convicted companies were all fines, ranging from £4,000 to £90,000, with no consistency in the reasons for why a particular level was…
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