A Southampton-based company has been heavily fined by the Southampton Magistrates’ Court after a worker was seriously injured in the course of their employment. Mr Joshua Senior, 25, was working for his employer, Pfiefer Rope & Tackle Ltd, at the Rock (UK) adventure centre in Kent on 25 August 2010 when the accident occurred. Mr […]
Category: Accidents at Work
Food manufacturing company heavily fined after worker suffers injury
A Suffolk food manufacturing firm has been heavily fined after a worker suffered serious injuries at work because of health and safety breaches. Mr Attila Czege, 34, was working for Indo European Foods Ltd when the accident happened on 20 September 2012. Mr Czege was working on a production line which was bagging rice when […]
Two major companies to pay over £100,000 after major blazes in Leeds
Two major companies were sentenced in late July over a major blaze in Leeds that took place in September 2010. The two companies, Northern Gas Networks Operations Ltd and Morgan Sindall (Infrastructure) plc, were found by the Leeds Crown Court to have neglected basic health and safety procedures when installing gas mains during a construction […]
Health and Safety Executive cases last week – a round-up
In this post we’ll take a look at some cases that have appeared on the Health and Safety Executive’s website in the last week. These case are useful as they give an indication as to how employers can avoid breaching health and safety laws and ending up in court. Illegal gas work left Norfolk homes […]
Worker could make claim for personal injury after finger severed in accident
A worker could make a claim for personal injury after one of his fingers was partially severed by a machine in his workplace, leading to the amputation of the finger. A worker whose finger had to be amputated after an accident at work could be entitled to claim personal injury against his employer after the […]
Three firms heavily fined after flying gas canister kills man
Three large firms have been heavily fined after a man was struck and killed by a pressurised gas canister. Three South East firms have been ordered to pay almost £700,000 in fines and costs after a plumber was killed and six other people were seriously injured by dozens of flying gas cylinders. Mr Adam Johnston, […]
Newport Council fined for allowing contractor to carry out work on boiler
A Welsh local authority has been heavily fined by a Magistrates Court after it allowed a contractor to perform work when it had not properly checked his competence to do so. Newport City Council have got into hot water with the law after it engaged a contractor in 2010 to carry out work on a […]
Dorset contractor fined after health and safety breaches
A Dorset-based contractor has been fined by a Magistrates Court after it was exposed that he had failed to adequately monitor health and safety on work sites. Mr Anthony Fry had been contracted to carry out work on a farm in Dorset in 2011. This work included building a single dwelling at the farm and […]
Worker entitled to make claim against employer after he fell eighteen feet from a platform
A South Wales worker could launch a personal injury claim against his employer after he was knocked almost twenty feet from the platform he was standing , suffering serious injuries as a result. A worker could make a claim for personal injury against his employer – an engineering farm – after the fall from height last year. […]
Rochdale firm fined over multiple health and safety warnings
A Rochdale bedding firm has been heavily fined by the Manchester Crown Court after a health and safety investigation found that a number of the machines in its factory were not safe to use. Sartex Quilts and Textiles Ltd was investigated by the Health and Safety Executive (“HSE”) last year on 27 and 28 October […]