Property firm fined £63k after ignoring repeated warnings about dust exposure
Exposure to large amounts of silica dust was among a “catalogue of failures” at an east London construction site, a court heard.
By Belinda Liversedge on 19 March 2025
Prosecutions
Skiing company fined after boy killed in tobogganing collision
An indoor skiing company has been fined £100,000 after a schoolboy at a tobogganing party was killed when he ploughed into a member of staff.
By Belinda Liversedge on 12 March 2025
Recycling firm managers admit safety failings in manslaughter case
Managers at a recycling firm where a scrap metal worker was killed after suffering head injuries have been convicted of health and safety failings in a case brought by CPS Special Crime Division.
By Belinda Liversedge on 08 March 2022
Worker crushed after untrained worker allowed to drive forklift
A mechanic was killed after a forklift truck he was trying to fix reversed into and crushed him, Crewe Magistrates Court heard.
By Belinda Liversedge on 02 May 2023
Waste firm fined £3m after two workers killed in ‘avoidable incidents’
Valencia Waste Management Limited, formerly known as Viridor Waste Management Limited, has been fined £3 million after two workers died in separate incidents.
By Belinda Liversedge on 26 September 2023
Funfair boss jailed after child killed on faulty trampoline
An operations manager at a funfair company has been jailed after a three-year-old girl died playing on a defective trampoline on a Norfolk beach.
By Belinda Liversedge on 30 November 2023
Shell fined £1m after offshore worker’s feet crushed
Oil giant Shell has been fined more than £1m after an offshore worker's feet were crushed on a gangway.
By Belinda Liversedge on 04 January 2024
Company fined £900,000 after dad crushed to death
A company in Leicestershire has been fined £900,000 after a father-of-two was crushed to death.
By Kerry Reals on 10 January 2024
Director prosecution thrown out in Crown Court
A judge’s decision to dismiss a local authority’s prosecution of a director for alleged safety offences illustrates the circumstances where a director can be held not liable for offences committed by their company.
By Chris Green, Keoghs on 01 October 2023
Recycling firm fined £2m after worker crushed to death by onsite vehicle
Ward Recycling Limited has been fined £2.15 million and found guilty of corporate manslaughter, after an agency worker was run over and killed by a loading shovel at its site in Hartlepool.
By Kerry Reals on 14 January 2024
Roofing company fined after worker falls through skylight
A Manchester-based roofing company has been fined £20,000 after an employee fell through a skylight while carrying out repairs and broke several bones.
By Kerry Reals on 16 May 2024
Biomass fuel supplier fined for exposing workers to carcinogenic wood dust
A recycling company that specialises in supplying biomass fuel derived from waste wood has been fined £160,000 for endangering the long-term health of its workers by exposing them to excessive wood dust.
By Kerry Reals on 05 June 2024
