accident at work

UK Coal heavily fined after death of miner in accident at work

October 24, 2013

The former UK Coal mining company has been heavily fined by the Leeds Magistrates’ Court after a series of health and safety failings led to the death of a miner in 2011. On 21 September 2011 there was a roof collapse in one of the mines at the Kellingley colliery, a colliery operated by the […]

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Firm heavily fined after worker suffers serious burns in accident at work

October 16, 2013

A Warwickshire manufacturer of car components has been heavily fined after a worker was seriously injured in an accident at work. The worker – who did not wish to be named for personal reasons – was working at Grupo Antolin Leamington Limited when the accident occurred in January 2012. The worker was working on a […]

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Firm heavily fined after chemical explosion seriously injures three employees

October 9, 2013

A chemical firm based in Wales has been heavily fined by the Crown Court after it was found that serious health and safety breaches had resulted in an explosion and severe injuries to three employees. The accident – which occurred when aerosol cans were forced through an industrial shredder – happened at Personnel Hygiene Service […]

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Firm in court after employee injured by excavator at work

September 30, 2013

A Nottingham-based plant hire company has been prosecuted and fined after a Health and Safety investigation found health and safety breaches had caused or contributed to serious injuries to a worker. The un-named 40 year old worker – who asked to be anonymized for personal reasons – was working for L&M Glazing Ltd when the […]

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Firm fined after worker suffers serious injuries in fall at work

September 24, 2013

A Walsall-based firm has been fined by a Magistrates Court and ordered to pay the prosecution’s costs after one of its workers suffered serious injuries in a fall at work. Mr Stephen Bassford, 58, had worked for Data Contracts Specialist Maintenance Ltd for a period of 18 years when the accident occurred in July 2012. […]

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Hampshire building firm heavily fined after worker suffers injuries in fall at work

September 20, 2013

A Hampshire building firm has been heavily fined after an employee sustained serious injuries in a fall from an office work in the course of employment. The worker, who worked for Cannon Technologies Limited, was standing on the internal area over the office which the company used as an improvised storage room when the accident […]

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Firms hit with fines and costs after injuries to workers

August 12, 2013

Two firms have been fined and ordered to pay costs after a brick archway collapsed during a major refurbishment project, injuring both workers. The two men – who ask not to be named – were working as joiners on the refurbishment project of a former confectionary building at the time of the accident in February […]

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Police force heavily fined after death of officer

July 17, 2013

A police force and a police officer have been prosecuted and fined after a fellow police officer was killed in training in 2008. The court case came about after PC Ian Terry, 32, was killed by a colleague during a firearms training session in Manchester after a number of health and safety failings. The incident […]

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New figures from the Health and Safety Executive show drop in workers’ deaths

July 5, 2013

The Health and Safety Executive released figures on Wednesday 3 July 2013 which showed that the number of deaths suffered by workers in the workplace has fallen over the last year. Provisional data released by the Health and Safety Executive showed that there were 148 fatal injuries to workers between April 2012 and March 2013, […]

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North Wales company heavily fined after worker injured in fall

June 18, 2013

A business based in north Wales has been heavily fined after a worker suffered a serious injury in a fall at work. A haulage firm in north Wales has been heavily fined and ordered to pay the prosecution’s costs after a worker suffered a serious injury in a fall from height in 2011. The unnamed […]

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