Airbus fined £200,000 over worker’s death
Aeroplane manufacturer Airbus has been fined following the death of an employee who was crushed between a tractor and a fertiliser spreader at the firm’s plant in Broughton.
View ArticleTata in court after worker’s serious burns
Tata Steel UK has been fined for safety failings after a worker received serious burns in a rush of hot gas at its plant in Scunthorpe.
View ArticleIndustrial gas supplier fined after plant explosion leaves worker injured
A multinational industrial gas supplier based in Surrey has been fined after an explosion at one of its manufacturing plants in Bristol left a worker with life changing injuries.
View ArticleConstruction company fined £100,000 after worker run-over by nine tonne truck
A major construction company has been fined for safety failings after a worker was critically injured when he was run over by a nine tonne dumper truck.
View ArticleBAE company sentenced over worker’s firing range injury
BAE Systems Global Combat Systems Munitions Limited has been fined £80,000 for a serious safety breach after a worker’s leg bone was shattered while test firing a gun on a range in Northumberland.
View ArticleRolls Royce fined for loss of radioactive source
Rolls Royce Marine Power Operations Ltd has been fined £200,000 and ordered to pay costs of £176,500 following the loss of a radioactive source at its plant in Derby.
View ArticleRecycling giant fined £150k for worker’s death
A global metal recycling company has been fined £150k for safety failings after a worker was killed when part of a 33-tonne metal barge he was dismantling collapsed on top of him.
View ArticleJaguar Land Rover prosecuted over worker’s ‘horrific’ injuries
Jaguar Land Rover Ltd has been fined for safety breaches after an employee suffered life-threatening crush injuries when he was dragged into inadequately guarded machinery.
View ArticleDHL in court after employee suffered life-changing injuries
Global courier firm DHL has been sentenced for safety failings after an HGV driver was run over by his own vehicle at a depot in Bedfordshire.
View ArticleGlobal energy firm fined £1.4m after worker killed in refinery fire
Total UK Limited have been fined £1.4 million after a major fire led to the death of a worker at an oil refinery in North Lincolnshire.
View ArticleMajor construction firm fined for safety failings
A construction company has been fined after a worker was injured by sound bloc boards (similar to plaster board) weighing a total of 544 kilograms that fell from a crane.
View ArticleJaguar Land Rover in court over Halewood death
Car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover has been sentenced for safety breaches discovered during an investigation into a death of a worker at its Merseyside plant.
View ArticleGlobal firms sentenced after worker killed
Two global companies have been sentenced after a worker was killed and another seriously injured during construction of an offshore wind farm.
View ArticleSteel worker left scarred for life
International steel giant Tata has been fined £180,000 after pleading guilty to safety breaches after an employee narrowly escaped death when he was showered in scalding molten metal in a massive...
View ArticleChemical company fined for dangerous gas release
Multi-national chemical producer, Solvay Solutions UK Limited, has been fined after a dangerous gas was released into the atmosphere causing disruption to the M5 and thousands of homes nearby.
View ArticleFuel giant sentenced over offshore platform gas releases
One of the world’s largest oil and gas exploration and production companies has been fined after gas leaks on a gas platform off the Lincolnshire coast put workers’ lives in danger.
View ArticleCompany fined after worker is fatally crushed in trench
A company has been fined £2.6 million after an employee was killed when the trench he was working in collapsed on him in Lancashire.
View ArticleRoyal Mail fined after worker suffered injuries
AMENDED: The Royal Mail Group Limited has been fined £50,000 after a worker’s foot was run over by a reach truck in a bundling warehouse.
View ArticleBT fined £500,000 after engineer breaks his back in fall
British Telecom plc (BT) has been fined £500,000 after an engineer fell seven metres from a loft in London, breaking his back and his ankles.
View ArticleEuropean Good Practice awards
A reminder that the closing date for entries for the Good Practice awards for the current EU health and safety campaign: Healthy workplaces for all ages, is 7th October 2016. So submit your entry and...
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