A Hampshire firm has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a worker’s fall from height. The 27 year old man, who has asked not to be named, sustained a fractured forearm in a fall from height when he fell two metres from an unguarded office roof that was being used to […]
A 19 year old has suffered a serious hand injury in an accident at work. Jack Ward, from Jarrow, was polishing a component on a manual lathe when his hand became caught in the machinery at Premier Precision Engineering Ltd in July 2012. Mr Ward suffered a dislocated knuckle to his right hand as well […]
Rolls Royce has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after an employee was diagnosed with a permanent injury which has left him with nerve damage. The HSE prosecuted Rolls Royce after Allan Thornewill, from Derby, developed bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome following exposure to high levels of vibration at the firm’s premises in […]
Two men were injured at work when a brick archway weighing two tonnes collapsed on them during a major refurbishment project Both men are joiners, and they were shoring up the arch after it became unstable during the removal of some masonry on one of the support pillars. One man suffered a fractured foot and […]
A Lincolnshire firm that manufactures frozen potato products has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a man was burned by hot oil in an accident at work. Harvey Hopwood, 62, from Melton Mowbray, was working for PAS (Grantham) Ltd when he sustained 10% burns to his shoulder, upper arms, neck and […]
A construction company and a roofing company have been prosecuted by the HSE after an accident at work left a man paralysed from the waist down. Giovanni Mastrodomenico, 56 and from Swindon, fell through a waterproof membrane into an unguarded hole whilst working on the Marlborough Park development in the town in August 2011. He […]
An engineering firm in Leeds has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after safety failings resulted in a fatal accident at work. Graham Britten, 46, was killed whilst carrying out maintenance in a vacuum furnace at AETC Ltd in Yeadon. The main isolation valve closed suddenly trapping Mr Britten’s head. He was […]
Bradford Council have been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after serious safety breaches resulted in a near fatal accident at work. A 23-year old employee was working from a height of about 35 feet and was pruning dead branches when the cherry picker overturned which sent him crashing to the ground. As […]
A Northampton chocolate company has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive after an employee sustained a severed finger using an inadequately guarded machine. Joao Countinho was cleaning the “Depositor”, a machine that pipes liquid chocolate into moulds, when the accident at work happened in February 2012. Mr Countinho removed the rotors and reached […]
A man from North Wales has suffered severe crush injuries in an accident at work at a Bolton company. The 61 year old worker, who has asked not to be named, was crushed between two trucks at the DS Smith Paper Ltd.’s recycling plant in February 2010. He suffered fractured ribs, a fractured right collar […]