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
Prosecutions
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
Openreach fined £1.3 million after engineer swept to his death in flooded river
Telecoms company Openreach has been fined £1.34 million in relation to the death of one of its workers, who was swept away by a flooded river while attempting to repair a telephone line in Wales.
By Kerry Reals on 06 June 2024
Building firm fined £2.3 million over failings that led to worker drowning in river
A construction firm has been fined more than £2 million after a worker drowned in a river when the boat that he was using to help remove debris from the bottom of a weir capsized.
By Kerry Reals on 13 June 2024
Livestock auctioneer fined after cow escapes and tramples man to death
A company has been fined £75,000 after a cow broke free from Whitland Livestock Market in Wales and killed a 75-year-old man who was crossing a nearby street.
By Kerry Reals on 21 June 2024
Veolia fined £3m after worker died while dismantling North Sea gas rig
A recycling company has been fined £3 million in relation to the death of one worker and the serious injury of another when part of a gas rig fell on them while they were carrying out decommissioning work.
By Kerry Reals on 30 July 2024
