Wheel loader toppled during training
An incident in which a trainee wheel loader driver was knocked unconscious when his vehicle overturned on a sand stockpile has cost a quarry firm more than £40,000 in penalties.
29 Jul 2010

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

Road surface paver crushed worker’s foot
An incident in which a road paving machine crushed a worker’s foot has cost a construction company more than £18,000 in penalties.
26 Jul 2010

Builder ignored work at height warnings
A construction firm that failed to protect workers from the risk of falls despite previous warnings has been fined £10,000.
23 Jul 2010

Robot almost paralysed maintenance worker
An automotive firm that developed a “culture of violation” must pay £50,000 in penalties after an industrial robot struck a worker in the throat, damaging his voice box and almost…
22 Jul 2010

£13k penalty for fourth guarding case in a week
In the fourth HSE prosecution in a week involving machine guarding lapses, a European frozen vegetables supplier has been fined £10,000 after an operator lost a finger when his hand…
21 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

85-metre scaffolding collapse drops contractor in court
A contractor has been handed a £6500 penalty after scaffolding spanning an entire street collapsed in high winds, injuring a passer-by.
21 Jul 2010

Lathe tore off operator’s hand
A company that flouted machine guarding rules has been fined £15,000 after a worker’s hand was ripped off by a metalworking lathe.
20 Jul 2010

Pirelli fined for forklift failures
An incident in which a forklift truck hit a contractor as he walked through what should have been a pedestrian-free zone has landed Pirelli Tyres with penalties of more than…
19 Jul 2010

Workers left to balance on steel roof structure
A worker’s eight-metre fall through a barn roof has cost three men more than £10,000 in penalties after they admitted failing to protect his safety.
15 Jul 2010

Severed digits weaken engineers' bottom line
An engineering firm has admitted breaching basic equipment safety regulations after a worker severed four fingers and part of his thumb in a milling machine.
15 Jul 2010

Roofer fell short on work at height controls
A contractor that neglected to assess the risks of replacing a cottage’s metal sheet roof and failed to use any fall arrest measures has been prosecuted after a teenage apprentice…
13 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