Engineering firm BAM Nuttall has been fined £800,000 over the death of a labourer during the construction of a wind farm on the Shetland Islands.
By Kerry Reals on 19 December 2024
Retailer John Lewis has been fined £1.2 million after a warehouse worker fell from steps that did not have a handrail and suffered serious injuries.
By Kerry Reals on 09 December 2024
The owner of well-known food brands including Ginsters pasties and Soreen malt loaf has been fined more than £1 million over the death of an employee who was struck by a lorry that was delivering supplies to one of its bakeries.
By Kerry Reals on 13 November 2024
The National Grid has been fined £3.2 million after a worker suffered “life-changing” burns from a 33,000-volt shock while working on a pylon, to which the electricity had not been switched off.
By Kerry Reals on 01 October 2024
Construction firm Balfour Beatty has been fined £285,000 after a worker fell and died when a scissor lift was knocked over by a crane during building works at the University of Birmingham.
By Kerry Reals on 29 September 2024
A South Yorkshire-based metal recycling firm has been fined £1.2 million after a skip wagon struck a worker, leaving him with a fractured skull and collar bone.
By Kerry Reals on 10 May 2024
The director of a company that developed a commercial unit into student accommodation has been jailed for eight months after illegally removing large quantities of asbestos insulating board (AIB) from the building and exposing unqualified workers to health risks.
By Kerry Reals on 02 May 2024
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has reiterated warnings about the dangers of applying emery cloth by hand to automatic lathes, after it fined a County Tyrone-based engineering company £25,000 in relation to serious injuries sustained by an employee.
By Kerry Reals on 11 March 2024
A scrap metal recycling firm has been fined £200,000 after an employee’s arm became entangled in a catalytic sampling machine and later had to be amputated.
By Kerry Reals on 11 March 2024
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has been fined £480,000 after an employee lost consciousness and suffered a brain injury while unblocking a drain.
By Kerry Reals on 30 January 2024
