A construction company has been fined after failing to ensure the safety and welfare of workers on site during the renovation of a property. Between 12 December 2015 and 14 June 2018, Navkaar Limited put its workers at serious risk…
An event management company has been fined for failing to ensure the safety of employees during the lifting and moving of a 14-foot-wide park home chassis. Employees at Woodcorner Farm, Coventry were transferring the 14-foot-wide park home chassis through a…
Two companies have been fined after putting workers at risk of falling whilst accessing a roof to repair pipework. In April 2016, contractors who worked for Kingswinford Engineering Co Limited had been hired to repair a section of pipework on…
An absorbent product manufacturing firm has been fined after an agency worker’s hand was caught in a rotating fan blade, causing her life-changing injuries. Manchester Magistrates’ Court was told how a 34-year old agency worker, on just her second shift…
In the past five financial years, Network Rail has out paid a total of £1m for slips, trips and falls across UK stations, according to research conducted by the BBC. Network Rail is in charge of 11 stations in London, and 20 across the…
Two firms have been fined after an employee of a construction company fell through a roof light onto a concrete floor. On 23 January 2018, an employee of Zamperoni F.Iii srl, an Italian construction company, was refurbishing a shed structure…
A concrete production company has been fined £400,000 after a welder lost four fingers during an unsafe lifting operation. On 27 September 2016, a welder from Hanson Quarry Products Europe Ltd, suffered injuries to his hand at the company’s Kings…
An engineering firm has been fined £32,000 after a worker suffered extensive injuries whilst attempting to light burners on mould making machine at a Northampton plant. On 11 April 2018, an RSM Castings Ltd employee leaned into a mould making…
A car and commercial vehicle component manufacturer has been fined £1m after two employees suffered burns whilst cleaning a distillation tank. On 11 July 2017 two employees of Delphi Diesel Systems Limited were burnt when the vapour of a flammable…
An electric gate company has been fined after a six-year-old boy was fatally crushed whilst playing on a sliding gate installed by the company. Leeds Crown Court was told how, on 31 October 2015, the boy was playing with friends…
