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 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 39 year old man sustained serious neck injuries in an accident at work involving unguarded machinery. CRF (UK) Ltd, a Shropshire steel engineering company, has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for serious safety failings. The man, who has not been named, was working with a twin pillar drill when the […]
A four year old died when a negligently installed fireplace toppled onto him. A stonemason, Kristian Childs, has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive. Mr Childs, trading as KD Childs Stonework of Luton, was subcontracted to install stone fireplaces in new homes, which included the one in Coulthard Close in Towcester, which 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 49 year old man from South Shields has lost the sight in one eye after an accident at work. The man was working at Faltec Europe Ltd.’s when a compressed air hose whipped him in the face in July 2012. The man, who has asked not to be named, was carrying out maintenance work […]
A 53 year old man has lost his finger in an unguarded machinery accident at work while feeding metal sheets into a conveyor. Brian Allen was working for Ardagh Metal Packaging in Merthyr Tydfil, a tin can factory, when the accident occurred in January 2011. He was feeding metal sheets into the conveyor of the […]
A plumber from Lincolnshire has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for carrying out illegal gas work after a couple suffered serious burns following a major explosion at their home. Daniel George Hickling, trading at DGH Plumbing and Heating, was hired by the couple, who have asked not to be named, to […]
A Durham firm has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after an accident at work resulted in a 61 year old man suffering horrific injuries and having to have his arm amputated. John Wyatt from Northumberland, fell into dangerous machinery at an asphalt production plant when employed by Tynedale Roadstone Limited. He […]