Firm failed to act on well-founded asbestos concerns expressed by employee A hotelier has been fined £80,000 after asbestos containing materials (ACMs) were disturbed during a major refurbishment at The Park Hotel in Barnstaple, Devon between Oct 2016 and May…
Thakeham Tiles Ltd, a concrete wall blocks company, has been sentenced after a worker’s hand was crushed in an unguarded machine. On 25 April 2018, an experienced worker was making concrete screen wall blocks at their site on Rock Road,…
A Cheshire-based woodworking company has been sentenced after a worker was struck by a forklift truck (FLT). The incident occurred on 27 March 2017 at Woodford Park Industrial Estate, Winsford. An employee of Mid Cheshire Pallets Ltd was carrying a…
Contractor Westdale Services Limited has been fined £160,000 after a 12-year-old boy slipped off a scaffold ladder on an inadequately guarded site. On 6 May 2017, two boys were able to climb the rungs of a ladder within scaffolding erected…
A construction company has been fined after two workers were injured when they fell through a ceiling at a site in Watford. Luton Magistrates’ Court was told how, on 6 December 2017, four bricklayers were working on a new build…
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has increased its fee for intervention (FFI) hourly rate from £129 to £154. FFI was designed to recover costs incurred by the HSE during regulatory action against organisations that fail to comply with safety…
Excavation for sign erection struck live electrical cable A sign-fitting contractor has been fined £35,000 after a worker suffered multiple, serious burn injuries when the breaker he was using struck a live electrical cable at a hotel near Rotherham in…
A building contractor has been sentenced after exposing workers to danger of falls from height and exposure to silica dust. Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard how, in July 2018, whilst carrying out repointing work at a house in Altrincham, Kenneth Morris…
A Devon based hotelier has been found guilty and fined £80,000 after materials containing asbestos were disturbed during a major refurbishment at The Park Hotel in Barnstaple. Newton Abbot Magistrates’ Court heard that between October 2016 and May 2017 construction…
A worker fell about three metres through a roof light and suffered a fractured pelvis and spinal injuries. In March 2016, the self-employed roofer, who was working for PNR Roofing and Building Services Limited (PNR), was on a roof laying…
