Takeaway boss fined for "worst" wiring
A Manchester takeaway owner has been fined £4000 after she admitted putting staff and customers at risk from electric shocks.
28 Jul 2010

£10,000 fine follows power press amputation
A specialist food packaging firm has been ordered to pay more than £15,000 in fines and costs after a worker lost three fingers when she caught her right hand in…
21 Jul 2010

Food factory boss admits seven fire breaches
A food factory manager has been fined £14,000 after she admitted seven offences under fire safety legislation.London Fire Brigade inspectors discovered the failings during a visit to the New Kong…
7 Jul 2010

Comet fined £75k for contractor’s roof light plunge
The death of a contractor’s employee at one of its outlets has landed electrical retail chain Comet Group with penalties of almost £100,000.
6 Jul 2010

Unguarded shop heater set fire to child’s clothing
An incident in which a three-year-old girl narrowly escaped serious injury when her clothes caught fire from an unguarded space heater has cost a fabric shop owner over £12,000.
21 May 2010

Goods lift left unserviced for 15 years
A judge has levied penalties totalling £38,500 on a Nottingham food store for serious injuries an employee suffered when he caught his leg in a defective goods lift.
20 May 2010

Pub chain fined for child’s electric shock
An electric shock that burned a three-year-old boy’s hand has landed national pub chain Mitchells & Butlers with a £10,000 fine.
6 May 2010

Lamentable fire failings cost Co-op over £200k
National retailer the Co-operative Group has been fined £210,000 after admitting basic fire safety breaches that created a “potential death trap” at one of its Southampton stores.
27 Apr 2010

Tesco lands £95k fine for fire safety lapses
Supermarket giant Tesco been fined £95,000 after it admitted five breaches of the Fire Safety Order at one of its north London stores.
21 Apr 2010

Food group fined for second night shift injury
Icelandic food firm Bakkavör Fresh Cook has been fined £3500 after a worker fell into a 1.5 metre-deep tank while cleaning processing machinery during a night shift.
16 Apr 2010

Grocer traded without liability cover
A Northumberland fruit shop owner who traded without employers’ liability insurance must pay penalties totalling nearly £4000.
23 Mar 2010

Royal Mail fined £90,000 over distribution centre death
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…
11 Mar 2010

22kg box fell on toddler
Discount retailer TJ Morris, trading as Home Bargains, has been fined after a two-year-old was hit by a 22kg box at one of its stores.
18 Jan 2010

Porter fell from moving delivery lorry
A courier company which was aware that loading dock workers could be left in the back of delivery vehicles as they drove off faces a £40,000 penalty after an employee…
22 Dec 2009

National Tyre Services paid lip service to training
Magistrates have criticised fast-fit tyre firm National Tyre Services for paying only lip service to health and safety training.
1 Dec 2009