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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…

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…

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…

MS Properties (Northern) Ltd have been fined for safety breaches after employees were exposed to asbestos on 22 March 2019 after removing false ceiling tiles during a shop conversion at 309-315 Hessle Road, Hull. Beverley Magistrates’ Court heard that the company had not commissioned a refurbishment asbestos survey prior to the work commencing. Employees removed…

The Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland (HSENI) has successfully led prosecutions against Mr William (Liam) McColgan, a self-employed contractor, and Riverview Farms Limited of Deerpark Road, Newtownstewart. The prosecutions follow construction work at a farm where two workers fell while working at height. Mr McColgan and Riverview Farms Limited earlier pleaded guilty at Dungannon…

A construction firm has been fined after a worker was paralysed after falling 11 metres down a stairwell at a football stadium when the concrete floor he was working on collapsed. Workers were constructing a new hospitality and seating stand at the stadium of Watford Football Club, Peterborough Magistrates’ Court was told. On 14 June…

William Henry Swanson, trading as LTS Construction has been fined following an incident when a worker suffered serious injuries after falling through a fragile roof light of a grain store. LTS Construction has now ceased trading. An employee of Mr Swanson was working on a grain store roof to remove and replace damaged cement roof…

The London Fire Brigade has prosecuted a West London building owner after major breaches of fire safety law were discovered following a significant blaze on 9 August 2018. Three years ago, firefighters were called to a fire at a flat above a shop on Queensway in Bayswater, West London. It took 70 firefighters and 10…

A construction contractor has been fined after multiple health and safety issues were identified during a proactive COVID-spot check at a site in Manchester. Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard that on 9 July 2020, a HSE inspector performed a proactive COVID–19 spot check at a construction site in the city. During the inspection, a host of…