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A manufacturing company has been fined after an employee’s arm was dragged into a press roller. Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court heard that on 19 June 2019, an agency worker at E.G.L. Homecare Limited suffered a severe crush injury to his arm as he attempted to remove dirt from a press roller at the address on Campfield [...]

Tayside Health Board has been fined following three incidents where patients died by suicide using ligature points. Perth Sheriff Court was told that, between 1 April 2012 and 4 November 2015, on the Moredun Ward at general adult psychiatry ward of Murray Royal Hospital, Muirhall Road, Perth, three patients were able to utilise ligature points [...]

Child fatally injured after pole pins him against fence SPIE Limited has been fined after a child was fatally injured when he was trapped between an unsecured pole and a fence. Dumfries Sheriff Court heard that, on 15 October 2017, an employee of SPIE Limited delivered an overhead power pole to a roadside verge adjacent [...]

...after employee pinned to wall by boxes Bike and car parts retailer Halfords Ltd has been ordered to pay a total of £213,406.35 by Blackburn Magistrates’ Court for breaching a number of health and safety provisions following an accident in which an employee was injured. The Court heard that on 11 December 2016 an employee [...]

A dairy farm has been fined following an incident in which an employee was permanently blinded by corrosive chemicals used in cleaning.

£53k fine after roofer fell from ladder A roofing contractor has been fined after an employee roofer fell to his death from a ladder while exiting a scaffold. Aberdeen Sheriff Court was told that on 21 September 2016, Joseph Kane, an employee of Henderson and Aitken Limited, fell from the top rung of a ladder [...]

Company fined after employee seriously injured in fall from lorry A manufacturer of steel water storage tanks and supporting towers has been fined after a worker suffered multiple fractures following a fall from height. Cwmbran Magistrates Court heard how, on 25 October 2017, a Braithwaite Engineers Limited employee was injured when he fell from a [...]

A manufacturing company has been fined for safety breaches after a worker was severely crushed while fault finding on a mesh welding machine. Leeds Magistrates’ Court was told that on 26 January 2016 an employee at Siddall and Hilton Products Ltd was injured while assisting a colleague on the GRS 144 welding machine at the [...]

NHS trust fined £80k after mental health patient fell from roof An NHS trust has been fined £80,000 after one of its patients fell from the roof of a ward, despite it being warned about its potential danger in 2011. The patient climbed on to the roof of Applewood Ward in Swindon in 2016. He [...]

Construction firms fined after director blown off roof during storm A construction company and two roofing contractors have been ordered to pay almost £400,000 in fines and costs after the director of one of the firms fell 11 m when he was blown off a roof during Storm Doris in 2017. Bowmer and Kirkland, Advanced [...]