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Two companies have been fined after a worker fell from a warehouse racking system, suffering serious head injuries. Liverpool Magistrates’ Court was told how, on 1 February 2016, recommissioning work of a warehouse racking system was being carried out at premises on Stopgate Lane, Simonswood. While working on this project, one of the workers fell…

A Norwich-based contractor has been fined £90,000 for carrying out unlicensed asbestos cleaning work. Norwich Magistrates’ Court was told how the company began a project to refurbish parts of Rose Lane Business Centre in Norwich, including a former kitchen and canteen. Works started in late April 2015 and various phases continued into late October, early…

A Director of a construction company has been sentenced after the partial collapse of a building during roofing work. On 24 February 2016, Jason Lycett, a Director of Brooke Ren Limited, the Principle Contractor, was responsible for constructing two, two storey blocks of flats at Church Street, Jump, Barnsley following the demolition of a former…

Whiterose Scaffolding (Leeds) Ltd has been sentenced after a worker was crushed by a forklift truck. An employee of the scaffolding company was using a forklift truck in the yard when the vehicle overturned, trapping him underneath it for some time. The employee sustained serious life changing internal injuries. He now lives with constant chronic…

The UK’s nuclear weapons factory has been fined £1m for failing to ensure the safety of its staff. It was also ordered to pay costs of £26,096. An electrician suffered burns to his arm in June 2017, while carrying out routine testing at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) in Berkshire. The prosecution was brought by…

A smoke alarm playing a recording of a mother’s voice is more likely to wake a sleeping child than one with a conventional high-pitched alarm, according to a new study. In a study published in the Journal of Paediatrics, researchers from the Center for Injury Research and Policy and the Sleep Disorders Center at Nationwide…

British Airways Avionic Engineering Limited has been fined for failing to assess the risk to workers from hand arm vibration (HAVS). Cardiff Crown Court heard how people working at the company were exposed to vibration from use of a wet blasting cabinet and vibrating hand tools. It was not until late in 2013 that action…

The company pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety laws following the incident, which occurred at its Bristol branch on 21 November 2016. The worker suffered amputation of parts of two fingers while checking a fault to a fan on the roof of the building. Investigating, Bristol City Council found that: The fan and eight…

A Manchester-based businessman has been prosecuted after failing to check whether asbestos was present in a building he owned before starting major refurbishment works. The HSE reports that Mr Whaid Ahmed did not survey his property at 1-3 Stephenson Square, Manchester for asbestos before carrying out renovations to the building between 1 April 2012 and…