Newsagent dangled fireworks from live cables
A newsagent has been fined £20,000 for breaching safety rules after trading standards officers found fireworks hanging from power cables above the shop floor.
18 Mar 2010

Trench collapse trapped worker for two hours
A small building firm faces a £8178 penalty after a trench collapsed and trapped a worker from the waist down.
11 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

Builder ignored advice over unsafe roof working
A builder has been fined £1500 after an HSE inspector saw two men working on a pub roof without proper safety equipment.
10 Mar 2010

Firm blows £31,000 after scaffolding collapsed in high winds
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.
26 Feb 2010

WaH and CDM breaches land refurbisher in court
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.
25 Feb 2010

Window firm in the frame over employee’s lost finger
A window manufacturer that traded without liability insurance has been fined £10,000 after an employee sliced his hand on an unguarded saw.
18 Feb 2010

Bakery finds WAH Regs are not waffle
The HSE has prosecuted a family-run bakery for failing to comply with the Work at Height Regulations after an employee fell 1.2m off a structural steel girder.
18 Feb 2010

Overloaded steel prop killed labourer
A basic error of judgment that led to an overloaded steel prop falling and killing a construction labourer has landed two demolition firms with fines totalling £115,000.
16 Feb 2010

Carillion fined £185,000 after employee struck by truck
Traffic management failures that led to a truck running over a worker on a building site have cost major construction contractor Carillion £194,821.
15 Feb 2010

Veolia worker killed by falling bin
The UK’s largest waste management company, Veolia, must pay £350,000 after an 1100-litre recycling bin fell from a faulty hoist and killed a refuse collector.
15 Feb 2010

Unguarded bowling machine crushed technician to death
A major retail management group has been ordered to pay £54,838 after a worker was killed in a bowling machine at one of its 22 Hollywood Bowl outlets.
12 Feb 2010

Council worker killed by digger driven against one-way system
The death of a council employee run over by a wheeled shovel loader has cost Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council and the vehicle’s driver £51,250 in penalties.
12 Feb 2010

Property firm failed to check contractor competence
A property company, which failed to manage a construction project properly and employed a contractor without checking his competence, has been ordered to pay over £11,000 in fines and costs…
11 Feb 2010

Fire fine reminds pub co of liability for licensees
Fire doors screwed shut and blocked fire escapes have landed a national pub management company penalties of £15,000 under the Fire Safety Order.
10 Feb 2010