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
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
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
