Plymouth based West Design Products Ltd, who manufacture and edit craft paper for retail, including printing, punching and cutting, has been sentenced after a worker suffered serious injuries when her hand was caught in machinery. Plymouth Magistrates’ Court heard that 22-year-old employee Charlotte Sargent was working on a paper punching machine at West Design Products […]
Month: July 2020
Road construction companies fined £2m after workers seriously injured
Two construction companies have been fined after a mobile elevated working platform (MEWP) with two workers inside was struck by a collapsing reinforcement cage during the construction of a road bypass. Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court heard that in the summer of 2015, to support the construction of the A556 bypass in Cheshire, work had […]
Employee suffers burns in a domestic gas explosion
A plumbing and heating company has been fined after an employee suffered serious burns following an explosion at a domestic property in Preesall, Lancashire. Blackpool Magistrates’ Court heard that, John Leadley Limited had been replacing a gas boiler in the hallway of a bungalow. As part of this work, an employee was soldering new water […]
Safety breaches and lack of RIDDOR reporting lead to employee developing Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome
Motor sales company, Perrys Motor Sales Ltd (PMS) and Occupational Health & Safety Consultants, S & Ash Ltd (previously known as Sound Advice Safety and Health Ltd.), were both sentenced for safety breaches after a worker developed Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS). Sheffield Crown Court heard that in 2013 an employee working as a small […]
Council fined £100k following fatality caused by a tree branch striking a moving vehicle
Wirral Borough Council has been fined after a branch from a tree fell and struck the vehicle of a pregnant mother while she was driving with her two children. Elizabeth Stear suffered injuries and later, the sad loss of her prematurely born baby. Liverpool Magistrates’ Court heard that 39-year-old Elizabeth, who was 36 weeks pregnant, […]