Manager in court over teen’s broken ankle
The manager of a commercial diving company has been prosecuted after a steel plate fell from a fork-lift truck, that he was operating without a licence, and struck a 17-year-old…
14 Jun 2010

Lifeguard's lifting injury costs council
A lifeguard has received £50,000 in an out-of-court settlement after he seriously injured his back lifting broken swimming pool steps.
24 Aug 2009

Teen's hand fried at doughnut stand
A teenage worker was left with severe burns and blisters after her hand dipped into a fryer at a Dinky Donuts stand, Teeside Magistrates' Court has heard.
21 Aug 2009

Network Rail fined for potentially catastrophic incident
Network Rail has been hit with a £70,000 fine after a train derailed on a poorly maintained level crossing.
17 Jul 2009

Firm ignored 200 urgent faults before traumatic amputation
A food manufacturer that knew it had 866 faults with the electrics and wiring system at its meat processing plant has been fined after an employee lost two fingers while…
3 Jul 2009

Factory prosecuted after ignoring 19 notices
Persistent health and safety failings, which resulted in a total of 19 enforcement notices, have left a chemicals plant on Merseyside with a £55,000 bill.
24 Jun 2009

Bakery 'threw severed arm in rubbish'
A Spanish union is suing a bakery in Valencia for allegedly throwing the severed arm of an employee in the bin following a work accident then resuming production.
17 Jun 2009

£100,000 penalty for engineer's electrocution
A company has received a £100,000 penalty following the fatal electrocution of an engineer during a residential call-out.
11 Jun 2009

Heavy weather for Shorts
A demolition company has been fined £5000 after a labourer was trapped beneath a dumper and suffered serious foot injuries.
26 May 2009

Tesco back in court after teenaged worker badly injured
Supermarket giant Tesco has been fined for its failure to safeguard a 17-year-old employee who suffered a severed Achilles tendon when a roll cage struck her.
19 May 2009

Nightclub fined £85,000 for customer's death
A nightclub has been fined £85,000 after a customer died when he was thrown out and trapped in its enclosed car park.
7 May 2009

Reversing recycling lorry killed worker
East Dunbartonshire Council has been fined over the death of a kerbside worker who was hit by a reversing recycling lorry.
17 Apr 2009

Driver killed under trailer wheels
A haulier has been fined over the death of a lorry driver at an East London depot.
25 Mar 2009

Forklift toppled in fatal stunt
A young warehouse worker has been crushed to death while trying to "doughnut" a forklift truck, which he was not trained to drive.
13 Mar 2009

Worker jumped for his life from falling road roller
A South Wales building firm has been fined £30,000 after a worker was seriously injured when the road roller he was operating slipped into an excavation.
6 Mar 2009