Posts by Sylwia Wolska
£90k fine for care home lift shaft fall
A care home firm in Flintshire, Wales has been fined £90,000 after one of its staff – a newly-recruited care home manager – fell down a lift shaft. Pearlcare Wellfield Limited was found guilty of four health and safety breaches at Mold Crown Court after Lorraine Carter was seriously injured in the incident at the…
Read MoreUnregistered gas fitter sentenced after carrying out illegal work
A self-employed gas fitter from Burnley has received a 15-month community order after carrying out gas work without being Gas Safe registered. Adam Kilbride carried out work at two properties in Burnley in December 2018 and January 2019, whilst falsely claiming to be Gas Safe registered, Preston Crown Court was told. Following notification of installation…
Read MoreHoliday Inn fined after wedding staircase collapse
The owners and operators of the Holiday Inn Hotel in Hemel Hempstead have been ordered to pay almost £160,000 after the wooden staircase that a wedding party was standing on for a group photograph collapsed beneath them. The incident occurred in 2017 during a wedding that was being held at the Holiday Inn Hotel…
Read MoreManufacturer fined £200k after labourer suffers injuries in forklift incident
A yacht manufacturer has been sentenced after an employee was injured when his forklift truck overturned. A 57-year-old employee of Princess Yachts Limited was injured whilst assisting the unloading of a delivery at the company’s Langage site, Plymouth Magistrates’ Court was told. The victim was using a forklift truck in tandem with another driver to…
Read MoreCompany fined after employee sustains serious injuries in fall from height
A manufacturer has been sentenced after an employee suffered serious injuries when he fell from height. A warehouse operative, was gathering artificial tree, plants and flower products from shelf racking, Newcastle Magistrates’ Court was told. The products were stored in boxes, unwrapped on pallets up to four bays high. Access to the racking was gained…
Read More£160k fine for scaffolding company after crane operator electrocuted
A company has been fined after a worker was fatally electrocuted whilst operating a lorry mounted crane. ASL Access Scaffold Limited employee Martin Tilby was fatally electrocuted when the crane he was operating struck an overhead powerline whilst he was unloading materials in a field at Cowbridge, South Glamorgan, Cardiff Crown Court. The incident happened…
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