The director of a waste transfer company was found guilty and banned from being a company director after knowingly exposing employees to serious unsafe working conditions. Preston Crown Court heard that, in November 2018, despite a conviction for transport related...
A Northamptonshire painting and decorating employer has been sentenced after an employee sustained serious, life changing injuries after falling from height. Wellingborough Magistrates’ Court heard that, on 7 August 2018, an employee of Ian Ramsay was severely injured...
A Hitchin-based construction company has been sentenced after a carpenter sustained nerve and tissue damage to his lower back after a fall from height. Luton Magistrates’ Court heard on 2 May 2017, the employee was working for and under the control of MP Building...
Your duties to protect the health and safety of people affected by your work will not change with Brexit. HSE guidance, health and safety made simple: the basics for your business, will help you to comply with the law. See...
Falling from height remains biggest cause of workplace fatalities Falling from height remains the single biggest cause of fatal accidents in UK workplaces, according to new figures released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) this week. In the past year alone, 40...
We were sorry to hear of a terrible accident involving a fall from a scaffold tower in Reading in December 2016 that left a man with life-changing injuries. Samuel Goemans suffered a serious head injury in the fall which led to him experiencing long term brain and...
Two firms have been fined after an employee of a construction company fell through a roof onto a concrete floor below. Lincoln Magistrates’ Court heard how on 23 January 2018 an employee of Italian construction company Zamperoni F.lli srl was refurbishing a shed...
Three construction companies have been fined after the director of one of the firms received serious injuries after falling 11 metres when a gust of wind blew him off a roof. The three firms, Bowmer and Kirkland Ltd, Advance Roofing Ltd and JKW Roofing were working on...
A self-employed gas fitter has been fined after he and his son received serious burns following an explosion at a motor vehicle showroom in Glasgow. Glasgow Sheriff Court heard that on 3 August 2016 Kenneth Ewen had been asked to install a heater in the wash area at...
A manufacturer of steel water storage tanks and supporting towers has been fined after a worker suffered multiple fractures following a fall from height. Cwmbran Magistrates Court heard how, on 25 October 2017, a Braithwaite Engineers Limited employee was injured when...
