A catering equipment cleaning company has been fined £200,000 after a worker died after falling into a tank of hot water. The man fell through the lid of a tank of hot water heated to 76° centigrade and died a week later in hospital. It happened on 8 January 2018 when the worker was standing […]
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Manufacturing company fined after worker suffered multiple electrical burns
Glassflake Ltd has been sentenced after an employee received an electric shock while working inside a transformer cabinet. Leeds Magistrates’ Court heard that the worker was changing tappings on a transformer, which serves the tanks which melt glass, at a factory on Forster Street, Leeds. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found […]
Firm’s assessments missed vital risks of electrocution
A company has been fined after failing to protect its self-employed workers from the risk of a cable strike explosion or electrocution. Coventry Magistrates’ Court was told that, two self-employed workers received serious burns to their hands whilst using a drill to attach a pre-fabricated cowling to a cable tray at AVL Powertrain, Viggen Way, […]
Contractor fined after worker suffers life changing injuries in a van fire
Greenseal Insulation Ltd, a company specialising in spray foam insulation services, have been fined after an inexperienced worker suffered severe burns while attempting to ref Read more
No risk assessments or safe systems of work lead to foundry workers’ burns
A Nottinghamshire foundry has been sentenced after two employees suffered serious burns from an electrical flashover. Read more