Sawmill fined over two injuries in three months

Two workers were seriously injured in three months because of lax safety procedures for maintenance operations at an Ayrshire sawmill, a court has heard.

Missing light curtain lands directors in court

Two former directors of a sheet metal making company have been convicted of breaching work equipment regulations after an employee severed two fingertips in a hydraulic press brake.

Worker impaled on steel cable

An incident in which a grip holding a 61-metre-long stretched steel cable failed, sending the metal shooting through a worker’s leg, has cost a concrete manufacturer £15,000.

Lack of edge protection led to drowning

A council has been fined £20,000 after a man drowned when his car fell over the unprotected edge of a pier car park and into the sea.

Crane company drops £23k after hook snaps

The HSE has successfully prosecuted a tower crane operator after a hook came off one of its cranes sending a four-tonne load crashing down onto a college campus.

BP fined record £33 million for Texas City

Embattled oil giant BP must pay a £33 million ($50.6 million) penalty for safety violations that led to the 2005 Texas City oil refinery explosion.

Unsupervised pool death costs hotel £135k

Liverpool’s largest hotel must pay a £135,000 penalty after a visitor drowned in its swimming pool.

Builders vented deadly fumes into customers’ home

The director of a building firm who tried to use a sewage pipe and a washing machine vent hose to lengthen the flue of a gas boiler has been prosecuted, along with his company, for putting two customers at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Police resume search for Suzy Lamplugh

The Metropolitan Police have begun a new search for the body of missing estate agent Suzy Lamplugh, who disappeared after going to meet a client almost 25 years ago.

Rotary valve severed miller's arm

A cereal mill has been fined £16,750 after an employee’s arm was ripped off when it became entangled in a rotating valve.