Health and Safety News

Posted 11-10-2010

Lancashire couple in court after repeated injuries

A Lancashire couple has been prosecuted after an employee was seriously

injured twice in less than two months at a pine furniture workshop in Bacup.

Restoration firm fined after wall collapse

A Wiltshire construction company has been prosecuted after a teenager was

seriously injured in a wall collapse. The prosecution was brought by the
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) who investigated the incident which took
place on 24 August 2009.

Construction firm fined after death of worker

A Scottish construction firm has been fined after one of its workers died four
weeks after being struck by a telehandler driven by a co-worker.

Veolia litter picker fatally run down at work

National waste and recycling company Veolia ES (UK) Ltd has been fined
£225,000 after a worker was killed in a vehicle collision while collecting litter
from a busy road.

Major pub chain sentenced over Merseyside landlord's death

A major pub chain has been fined £300,000 after a Merseyside landlord died
from carbon monoxide poisoning, and tenants at another 474 pubs were put
at risk. The West Midlands based company, which owns approximately 7,700
pubs across the UK and has an annual turnover of £818 million, admitted
breaching Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.

Hospital fined after health worker infected with Hepatitis C

A healthcare worker at a Worcestershire hospital contracted the Hepatitis C

virus after injuring herself on a needle used to take blood from an infected
patient. The Trust pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and
Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and Regulation 6 of the Control of Substances
Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 and was fined a total of £12,500 and
ordered to pay £9,000 costs.

Rochdale firm in court after worker suffers crush injuries

A Rochdale engineering company has been fined after a two-tonne piece of

machinery fell onto a labourer, leaving him with multiple fractures. The HSE
investigation found that the bolts used to hold the machine part on the forklift
truck were not designed for the job.
Carter International Ltd admitted breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and
Safety at Work etc Act 1974 by failing to ensure the safety of their staff during
lifting operations. The company was fined £10,000 and ordered to pay £4,184
costs.

Airport apron worker killed in transport accident

A China Airlines maintenance worker was on duty on the apron of Taiwan

Taoyuan International Airport when he was hit by a vehicle.

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