Fatal Accident Costs Plant Hire Company £156,890
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have prosecuted Direct Plant Services Ltd, trading as South and West Highways Trenching, following the death of a worker in Box, Wiltshire. South and West Highways Trenching pleaded guilty to offences under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and three [...]
The Need for Emergency Procedures Training
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have prosecuted Firesafe Installations Ltd after an employee was trapped between the guardrail of a scissor lift and overhead ducting. A co-worker was unable to release the trapped individual as he was not properly trained to use the emergency controls. Shaun [...]
Construction Site’s ‘Catalogue of Serious Errors’ Leads to Prosecution
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have described a construction project in Burton-on-Trent as a “catalogue of serious errors and safety failings” after investigating a complaint made by a member of the public regarding asbestos. The investigation revealed that workers were living on the [...]
Ladder Safety – Simple Precautions You Must Take
A recent court case involving a Coventry Housing Association has highlighted the need for employers to take simple precautions when using a leaning ladder. Whitefriars Housing Group was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a 52-year-old employee fell from a ladder as he [...]
Ignore Near Misses at Your Peril
Near misses can best be described as an accident that did not happen. They represent incidents that could have resulted in harm or damage but, often by pure luck, did not do so. There has been a wealth of studies identifying the relationship between the incidence of near misses and accidents which [...]
Worker’s Fall From Roof Costs Solar Panel Company £15,500
Gendex Ltd, a company specialising in the installation of solar panels, has been fined £13,000 and ordered to pay costs of £2,477 after an employee fell through a roof light at the New Milton and District Community Centre. Fortunately, the unnamed employee escaped injury. Gendex had been [...]