Coast & Country Construction Limited and Paul Humphries Architects Ltd have both been sentenced after serious breaches of their health and safety duties. Exeter Magistrates’ Court heard that, in 2016, a concern was raised about the lack of health and safety controls at a large timber frame extension being built onto Manor Lodge Residential Home […]
Month: May 2018
Two companies fined for serious breaches involving the removal of asbestos
A residential property management company and a specialist installation contractor have been fined after a resident raised concerns about soffit replacement work carried out on the guttering on three blocks of flats in London. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard that, Squaredeal UPVC & Renewables Limited of Rustington, West Sussex (‘Squaredeal) had been contracted by Wildheart Residential […]
Worker crushed due to insufficient planning, task management and control measures
A landscaping services company was sentenced today after a worker was seriously injured when a retaining wall collapsed into a trench. Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court heard how, an employee of Award Winning Greenfingers Limited was undertaking groundworks to install a new timber retaining structure in the rear garden of a property at Beamish, County Durham. […]
£400,000 fine for sawmill after safety failures led to worker’s leg being amputated
A sawmill in north east England has been fined after a serious incident at its site resulted in an employee having his leg amputated below the knee. Sunderland Magistrates’ Court heard that an employee of A & J Scott Limited attempted to clear a blockage on the conveyor feed and edger machine. As he climbed onto the […]
Firm fined £1,600,000 after double investigation into Legionella outbreak and dust explosion
A South Tyneside car parts manufacturer has been fined £1.6million after a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak and an explosion occurred at the same plant within a year. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigated and have prosecuted Faltec Europe Limited in relation to both incidents. Five people fell seriously ill following the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak and […]