June 2013 Accidents at Work

June 2013 Accidents at Work Worker's six metre fall lands two Kent businesses in court A Kent father and granddad died after plunging six metres through a fragile skylight because safety measures were neglected both by his employer and a major drinks wholesaler, a court has heard. Robert Rogers, 61, was working for Ovenden Engineering, which had been... Read More...

May 2013 Accidents at Work

May 2013 Accidents at Work Missing safety catch leads to fine for company A York firm was responsible for safety failings that led to one of its workers suffering multiple and life-changing injuries. The 58 year-old man, from Rothwell, near Leeds, was felled by a seven-metre sheet pile as he worked at a site in Rother Valley Country Park Sheffield Crown Court... Read More...

April 2013 Accidents at Work

April 2013 Accidents at Work Company fined for unsafe work at height A building repair company has been fined for safety failings after workers were seen operating unsafely at height at a Warwick industrial estate. CJ Coatings Ltd had been employed to grind down and paint roof sheet edges on a commercial building. ... Read More...

March 2013 Accidents at Work

March 2013 Accidents at Work Unsafe work leads to fine and ban for director The director of a Nottingham building firm has been fined after unsafe work on an asbestos cement roof. Russell Lloyd's company had been contracted to replace the roof of a factory in Notttingham in order for solar panels to be installed. Nottingham magistrates were t... Read More...

February 2013 Accidents at Work

February 2013 Accidents at Work Staffordshire firm prosecuted for guarding failure A Staffordshire company has been fined for safety failings after a worker sustained hand injuries and lost the tip of a finger using a poorly-guarded machine. The employee fractured his ring finger and lost the tip of his little finger following the in... Read More...

January 2013 Accidents at Work

January 2013 Accidents at Work Hull firms in court for worker's death in roof fall Two Hull firms and a company director have been sentenced for joint safety failings relating to the death of a worker who plummeted more than eight metres through a fragile roof light while cleaning gutters. The Health and Safety Executive prosecuted director Shaun Cavill, his company ... Read More...

December 2012 Accidents at Work

December 2012 Accidents at Work Leicestershire firm prosecuted after worker's five-metre fall A firm has been fined after an employee fell five metres and was then struck by a wooden board and concrete blocks after a partially-built floor gave way. The worker was helping to construct the second floor of a new b... Read More...

November 2012 Accidents at Work

November 2012 Accidents at Work Firm prosecuted after worker loses leg at nuclear site A building maintenance firm has been sentenced after one of its employees lost a leg when he was run over by a cherry picker at a nuclear site. The operative was escorting the vehicle on foot when it struck him. The 62-year-old had been standing close to the front of the cherry pic... Read More...

October 2012 Accidents at Work

October 2012 Accidents at Work Contractor breaks skull in fall from scaffold A worker suffered a multitude of injuries, including a brain haemorrhage, when he fell two metres from an unprotected scaffold tower. The company had been contracted to install a suspended ceiling at Croxteth Sports and Wellbeing Centre. It originally planned to use a scissor lift to reach t... Read More...

September 2012 Accidents at Work

September 2012 Accidents at Work Firm fined after worker breaks neck and back in roof fall A housing repair and maintenance company has been fined after a Nottingham worker suffered serious neck and back fractures falling 2.4 meters through a fragile roof. The employee, 49, needed to wear a body and neck brace for three months after falling head first through an outhouse... Read More...

August 2012 Accidents at Work

August 2012 Accidents at Work BRICKLAYER'S FALL PUTS BERKSHIRE BUILDERS IN COURT A construction and design company in Berkshire has been prosecuted for safety failings after a bricklayer was seriously injured when he fell three meters through a skylight opening in a flat roof. The worker broke his pelvis and wrist in the fall. Carpenters had finished putting roof ... Read More...

July 2012 Accidents at Work

July 2012 Accidents at Work FINES IMPOSED FOLLOWING SCAFFOLDING FALL DEATH A firm, its director and a supervisor have been sentenced for safety failings after a worker died from injuries sustained in a fall from scaffolding. Hastings Magistrates' Court heard that Joseph Murphy, had ... Read More...

June 2012 Accidents at Work

June 2012 Accidents at Work CONSTRUCTION FIRM FINED OVER WORKER'S FALL INJURIES A construction firm has been sentenced for safety failings after a roofer was badly injured in a fall from scaffolding at a house in Trafford. The employee fell approximately three meters from the scaffolding, which had no safety... Read More...

May 2012 Accidents at Work

May 2012 Accidents at Work Construction boss fined The director of a Cardiff construction firm has been fined for failing to take measures to ensure his workers' safety while working at height. A HSE inspector observed two employees standing on the outer edge of a partially-completed first storey structure. No edge protection was in place to prevent workers fro... Read More...

April 2012 Accidents at Work

April 2012 Accidents at Work Egg firm fined after worker's fingers cut off A Worcestershire egg company has been fined after a worker severed two fingers while cleaning a drain on a production line. The court heard how the training for this work was carried out by employees who were not qualified to train others.Bumble Hole Foods Ltd pleaded guilty to breaching... Read More...

March 2012 Accidents at Work

March 2012 Accidents at Work Death at Hampstead site leads to prosecution A construction company and director have been fined following the death of a worker at a site in Hampstead. Craig Page was working on a building site when a mini-crawler crane was in the process of lifting a skip onto the site. The skip, containing liquid concrete, overturned and the boom of t... Read More...

February 2012 Accidents at Work

February 2012 Accidents at Work Liverpool businessman fined £112k over roof fall death A Liverpool businessman has been fined £112,000 after a labourer died following a fall from the roof of an industrial unit, just months after another worker was injured in a fall at the same site. John McCleary fell 15 feet while fitting roof panels at a construction He... Read More...

January 2012 Accidents at Work

January 2012 Accidents at Work Firms in court over Liverpool highways worker's fatal fall Two construction companies have been fined a total of £60,000 following the death of a worker who fell from a cherry picker on a dual carriageway in Liverpool. Liverpool Crown Court heard that Peter Cole, from Lymm in Cheshire, had been replacing the lights on the central ... Read More...