2020 / 2021 Edition
Health and safety prosecution
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Company prosecuted for safety breaches after blasting operation puts workers at risk
Firm fined £180,000 after skip lorry driver crushed between his vehicle and a loading shovel
Worker crushed between excavator quick-hitch and mobile crusher feed hopper side plate
Safety failures result in death of agency worker whilst inflating tyre on articulated wheel loader
Waste-management company sentenced after worker seriously injured by reversing loading shovel
Company, director and manager sentenced after employee dies and another suffers serious injuries
Sole trader receives suspended prison sentence after employee’s leg crushed by tracked excavator
Company guilty of breaching CDM Regulations after employee struck by concrete pump placing boom
Company fined £285,000 after one employee died and another seriously injured in separate incidents
Company fined £10,000 after worker suffers multiple fractures to arm while clearing sand from conveyor
Banksman run over and crushed by shovel loader on waste and recycling site suffers life-changing injuries
Senior inspector says organization will not tolerate any form of violence, aggression or abuse directed towards its staff
Life-changing injury results in £400,000 fine for Saint-Gobain Construction Products UK
McGee Group fined £500,000 for death of labourer during demolition project in London
Fairhurst Stone Merchants fined £50,000 after delivery vehicle comes into contact with high-voltage cable