Health and safety fines bulletin 18 March 2015

Transport firm fined £500,000 after Hull worker crushed between two lorries

Injury:  

Broken 13   bones in back, shoulders and ribs, and punctured a lung. The incident left   the worker with severe head injuries and impaired vision.

Fine:

£500,000

Company:

TIP Europe Ltd

Legislation:

Sections   2 and 3 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

Costs:

£56,938

Source:  

HSE, 17   March 2015

Company sentenced for Tower Bridge lift fall

Injury:  

Four people sustained bone fractures

Fine:

£50,000

Company:

Temple Lifts Ltd

Legislation:

Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

Costs:

£50,000

Source:  

HSE, 6 March 2015

Produce company in court after reversing forklifts injure workers

Injury:  

One worker suffered multiple fractures to leg, hip and foot; Second worker suffered fracture to leg

Fine:

£38,000 plus victim surcharge of £120

Company:

MyFresh Prepared Produce Ltd

Legislation:

sections 2(1) and 3(1) of the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

Costs:

£8,320

Source:  

HSE, 18   March 2015

Firm fined for multiple failings at Carmarthen waste site

Injury:  

None

Fine:

£35,000

Company:

Mekatek Ltd

Legislation:

Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974; Regulation 4 of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012; Regulation 11(1) of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998

Costs:

£20,000

Source:  

HSE, 27 February 2015

Company in court again after dangerous quarry blast

Injury:  

None

Fine:

£30,000

Company:

WCD Sleeman and Sons Ltd

Legislation:

Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

Costs:

£20,000

Source:  

HSE, 27 February 2015

Essex company in court after worker’s life-changing injury

Injury:  

Arm severed

Fine:

£18,000 plus £120 victim surcharge

Company:

Glenholme Nursery Ltd

Legislation:

Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

Costs:

£862.25

Source:  

HSE, 10 March 2015

Ecology business in court over worker’s broken back

Injury:  

Fractured vertebra at the base of back

Fine:

£12,000

Company:

DF Clark Bionomique Ltd

Legislation:

Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and Regulation 4(1) of   the Work at Height Regulations 2005

Costs:

£1,138.50

Source:  

HSE, 10 March 2015

Firms   prosecuted after worker loses left leg

Injury:  

Left leg amputated

Fines:

£11,917 for Russell Fabrications

£12,000 for Delpro

Companies:

Russell Fabrications (UK) Ltd

Delpro Ltd

Legislation:

Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 – Russell Fabrications

Regulation 8(1) of the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 – Delpro

Costs:

£13,734 – Russell Fabrications

£8,735 - Delpro

Source:  

HSE, 2 March 2015

Firm in court after workers’ narrow escape in explosion

Injury:  

None

Fine:

£10,000

Company:

Flexitallic Ltd

Legislation:

Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

Costs:

£1,588

Source:  

HSE, 10 March 2015

Liverpool NHS Trust in court over deadly asbestos fibres

Injury:  

Workers   may be exposed to asbestos fibres

Fine:

£10,000

Company:

The Royal   Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust

Legislation:

Sections   2(1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

Costs:

£696

Source:  

HSE, 27 February 2015

Engineering firm in court after worker’s hand pulled into machinery

Injury:  

Strained tendons in two fingers and a fractured bone in hand

Fine:

£8,000

Company:

Macduff Shipyards Limited

Legislation:

Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

Costs:

n/a

Source:  

HSE, 10 March 2015

Forfar firm fined after agency worker injured

Injury:  

Serious injuries to legs including bruised bones, trapped nerves, muscle and tissue damage

Fine:

£7,000

Company:

Forfar Galvanisers Ltd

Legislation:

Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.

Costs:

n/a

Source:  

HSE, 12 March 2015

Building firm in court over carbon monoxide risk to pregnant woman

Injury:  

Signs of carbon monoxide poisoning

Fine:

£4,000

Company:

Topflite (North West) Ltd

Legislation:

Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

Costs:

£1,276

Source:  

HSE, 27 February 2015