Before Bournemouth Crown Court, two companies have pleaded guilty following a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation into the death of a five-year-old girl who became trapped while using a lift at her home in Weymouth. Alexys Brown got into the lift and put her head through a damaged vision panel. As the lift moved […]
Month: August 2018
Orkney company fined after employee fell through fragile roof
A cheese company has been fined £8,000 after an employee was seriously injured when he fell through a fragile roof. Kirkwall Sheriff Court heard how, an employee of Orkney Cheese Company Limited was asked by the general manager to retrieve a dead mouse from an unfloored loft area. After doing this by crawling along ceiling […]
Landlord given custodial sentence for gas safety offences
A landlord has been sentenced for failing to maintain gas appliances at a rental property and repeatedly failing to provide tenants with a Landlords Gas Safety Certificate. Norwich Magistrates’ Court heard how inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Gas Safe Register inspected a property at Kings Lynn in Norfolk where they found […]
Company fined after not informing workers about known asbestos presence during maintenance work
A wood processing company has been fined after unsafe asbestos work was carried out at its premises in in Macclesfield. Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court heard how, in the aftermath of a large explosion at the Bosley site, Wood Treatment Ltd was directed by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to fit new explosion relief […]
Siemens and E-On fined after worker injured by falling roof panel
Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery Limited and E.On UK Plc. have been fined after a roof panel fell on a worker during turbine maintenance work. Dumfries Sherriff Court heard how Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery Limited undertook maintenance work on a turbine at Steven’s Croft PowerStation, near Lockerbie for E.On UK Plc. The court heard that before the turbine […]