Health and safety fines bulletin: 20 November 2019
Locations
Health and safety fines
In decreasing fine order
Places for People Homes fined after five employees developed Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS)
Injury: 5 employees developed HAVS
Fine: £600,000
Entity: Places for People Homes Limited
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc., Act 1974
Costs: £13,995.06
Source: HSE, 12th November 2019
Company fined after employee suffers hand and leg injuries
Injury: Serious hand and leg injuries, including fractured tibia
Fine: £133,000
Entity: Boal UK Limited
Legislation: Sections 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £6,346.30
Source: HSE, 31st October 2019
Farm equipment manufacturer fined after employee’s arm pulled into lathe
Injury: Arm fractured in four places
Fine: £50,000
Entity: Richard Western Limited
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £3,717.19
Source: HSE, 1st November 2019
Registered charity fined after resident of care home fell down a set of stairs and was fatally injured
Injury: Death
Fine: £40,000
Entity: Nazareth Care Charitable Trust
Legislation: Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: None reported
Source: HSE, 5th November 2019
Farming partnership fined after member of public fatally injured
Injury: Death
Fine: £18,000
Entity: B A L Ackroyd
Legislation: Section 2(1) and Section 3(1) of the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £10,690
Source: HSE, 31st October 2019
Building company fined after staircase collapse seriously injures worker
Injury: Three fractured vertebrae
Fine: £16,000
Entity: Rombalds Builders Ltd
Legislation: Sections 2(1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £16,561.50
Source: HSE, 6th November 2019
University fined after research workers exposed to risk of suffering adverse health effects
Injury: None; workers at risk of suffering from adverse health effects as a result of exposure to LAA.
Fine: £10,000
Entity: The University of Edinburgh
Legislation: Sections 2 and Section 33(1)(a) of the Health and Safety at Work Act etc. 1974
Costs: None reported
Source: HSE, 1st November 2019
Dairy farm fined after employee permanently blinded by disinfectant chemicals
Injury: Permanent blindness
Fine: £8,000
Entity: Beechdean Farm Limited
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £11,879.94
Source: HSE, 4th November 2019
Landscape service company fined for selling unsafe machinery which was involved in the death of a worker
Injury: None; fine for selling unsafe machinery with no declaration of condition of machinery
Fine: £4,000
Entity: Mayfair Developments Group Limited
Legislation: Sections 6(1)(a) and 6 (1)(c) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £3,000 and a surcharge of £170
Source: HSE, 30th October 2019
A round-up of recent fines and costs resulting from health and safety related incidents. For further information on any of these matters please contact Andrew Sanderson of our Health and Safety Group.