Friday, February 28, 2020

PRESS UPDATE: Company fined after young worker falls through roof

The latest headlines and prosecutions from HSE

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Construction firm fined after 17-year-old worker falls through roof

26 February 2020

 

A construction firm has been fined over £50,000 after a 17-year-old worker fell more than three metres through an opening for a roof light.


Child killed after being trapped by an unsecured power pole

24 February 2020

 

SPIE Limited has been fined £160,000 after a 12-year-old child was killed when he was trapped between an unsecured pole and a fence.


Three companies fined following extension to residential home

21 February 2020

 

Three companies have been sentenced for failing to take adequate precautions against fire risk when building a timber frame extension to a sheltered accommodation residential home.


Waste management company fined after worker suffers leg amputation

19 February 2020

 

Waste management company, Peter Norris (Haulage) Ltd has been fined £140,000 after an agency worker suffered lower leg amputation after being struck by a moving excavator.


Company director sentenced for safety failings

19 February 2020

 

The former director of a construction company has received a suspended prison sentence after failing to comply with Prohibition Notices and for carrying out unsafe work at height.


HSE reacts to sentencing of man for threatening inspector

17 February 2020

 

A senior inspector at Britain's workplace regulator has stressed that the organisation will not tolerate violence, aggression or abuse of its staff after a man was sentenced for a public order offence.

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