Three local authorities brought complaints against Poundstretcher for multiple safety offences, including overstocking, ‘chaotic’ warehouse conditions, bad management practice Read more
Tag: Health & Safety
Tenant falls and suffers serious injuries due to badly planned works
Two companies have been fined for failing to properly plan, monitor and coordinate balcony refurbishment works, putting workers and the public in danger and causing serious in Read more
Schoolboy loses finger in crush incident at poultry and farm shop
A business partner has been fined after a schoolboy, doing casual weekend work at a poultry and farm shop, lost a finger after suffering a crush injury whilst collecting split Read more
Lack of safety netting results in a fall, a fine and suspended sentence
The managing director of a solar panel company has received a suspended prison sentence and the company has been fined, following an incident where a worker was seriously inju Read more
Worker’s hand amputated due to safety failures
A manufacturing company failed to ensure that effective measures were taken to prevent access to dangerous parts of their machinery, resulting in a worker’s hands being crushe Read more