2022 / 2023 Edition
Health and safety prosecution
News article
Bristol-based Bateman Skips prosecuted after employee’s arm crushed by conveyor belt
Plant hire company fined after worker injured because of articulated dumptruck brake failure
Fines and suspended custodial sentences after two workers sustain severe injuries in separate incidents
Plant hire company prosecuted for work at height safety failure and lack of welfare facilities
Irish Cement Ltd fined €225,000 following serious injury to an employee at Platin Works
Wexford-based Faser Court fined €175,000 after excavator operator killed in face collapse
Company prosecuted for safety breaches after maintenance worker loses hand in lathe
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