The UK government regulator for health and safety, the ‘Health and Safety Executive’ (HSE), are often critical of missed opportunities to learn from near misses and other incident data. However, Stallard Kane’s Health and Safety advisors see many positive outcomes from compliance visits throughout our UK client base showing good practice. Naturally, businesses want to […]
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Construction company fined after child struck by wall collapse
Gurmit Properties Limited were fined for safety breaches after a substantial part of a wall at a construction site at Barnsley Road, South Elmsall collapsed, seriously injuring a child. Leeds Magistrates’ Court heard that, Gurmit Properties Limited (GPL) were the owners of the site at Barnsley Road, South Elmsall. The company had previously received a […]
A self-employed tree surgeon has been fined after a 16-year-old employee suffered serious injuries following a chainsaw incident.
Glasgow Sheriff Court heard how, at a domestic property in Glasgow, self-employed Dominic Di Pasquale, trading as Treetops Tree Surgeons, was using a chainsaw to fell trees and then remove the branches, while his employee collected the sections. As Mr Di Pasquale began to remove one of the branches, the young worker attempted to pick […]
Site supervisor fined after worker became entangled in a conveyor belt sustaining serious injuries to his hand and arm.
Leeds’ Crown Court heard that, an operative was working on a conveyor belt on an automated waste picking line at Associated Waste Management (AWM) Ltd in Canal Road, Bradford, when it became damaged and needed repair. Whilst the operative was working to repair the conveyor line, it started moving and his arm became entangled, which […]
A company has been fined after a worker suffered serious injuries following an explosion at their factory.
Chelmsford Magistrate’s Court heard how, employees at Fabric Flare Solutions Limited, Unit 7, Gosford Road, Beccles, Suffolk, were treating fabrics with a hydrophobic coating that gave off flammable vapours both during the application process and when subsequently drying in the spray room. The flammable vapours ignited causing an explosion just as a 51-year-old employee was […]