Health and safety fines bulletin | 02 December 2020
Locations
| AWE pleads guilty to Health and Safety offence | |
| Injury: | None; contractor narrowly avoided injury |
| Fine: | £660,000 |
| Entity: | Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) |
| Legislation: | Section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 |
| Costs: | £9,945.71 |
| Source: | Office for Nuclear Regulation, 7 December 2020 |
| Theme park fined after child seriously injured on a ride | |
| Injury: | Serious head injuries |
| Fine: | £333,344 |
| Entity: | Lightwater Valley Attractions Ltd |
| Legislation: | Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 |
| Costs: | £16,183 |
| Source: | HSE, 4th December 2020 |
| Sellafield Ltd pleads guilty following electrical safety incident | |
| Injury: | Worker sustained 15-20% burns |
| Fine: | £320,000 |
| Entity: | Sellafield Ltd |
| Legislation: | Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 |
| Costs: | £12,079.07 |
| Source: | Office for Nuclear Regulation, 18 December 2020 |
| Engineering firm sentenced after employee suffers permanent nerve damage | |
| Injury: | Worker was diagnosed with hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS). |
| Fine: | £300,000 |
| Entity: | AIM Engineering Ltd |
| Legislation: | Section 2 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 |
| Costs: | £7,831.90. |
| Source: | HSE, 26th November 2020 |
| Engineering company sentenced after apprentice narrowly escapes serious injury | |
| Injury: | None; apprentice avoided a potentially fatal crush injury |
| Fine: | £220,000 (found guilty) |
| Entity: | M&J Engineers |
| Legislation: | Section 2(1) Health and safety at Work etc. Act 1974 |
| Costs: | £65,443.72 |
| Source: | HSE, 27th November 2020 |
| Company fined after worker suffers crush injury | |
| Injury: | Left arm crushed |
| Fine: | £200,000 |
| Entity: | Reckitt Benckiser Ltd |
| Legislation: | Section 2 (1) of the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 |
| Costs: | £8,261.28 |
| Source: | HSE, 4th December 2020 |
| Company fined after machine operator suffered serious leg injury | |
| Injury: | Multiple fractures to leg |
| Fine: | £200,000 |
| Entity: | VSMPO Tirus Limited |
| Legislation: | Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 |
| Costs: | £7,293.15 |
| Source: | HSE, 1st December 2020 |
| Precision tool manufacturer fined after worker severs finger | |
| Injury: | Index finger was severed and thumb deeply lacerated |
| Fine: | £100,000 |
| Entity: | L.S. Starrett Company Limited |
| Legislation: | Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 |
| Costs: | None reported |
| Source: | HSE, 21st December 2020 |
| Groundworks company fined after employee suffers multiple leg fractures in workplace incident | |
| Injury: | Multiple fractures that needed extensive surgery |
| Fine: | £55,440 |
| Entity: | Smith Construction Group Limited |
| Legislation: | Section 2 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 |
| Costs: | £971.80 |
| Source: | HSE, 11th December 2020 |
| Company sentenced after worker injured in fall from roof | |
| Injury: | Broken ribs and bruising |
| Fine: | £30,000 |
| Entity: | DNA Home Improvement (Cheshire) Limited |
| Legislation: | Section 2(1) of the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 |
| Costs: | £4,771.92 |
| Source: | HSE, 26th November 2020 |
| Company fined after worker develops serious respiratory illness | |
| Injury: | Worker developed hypersensitive pneumonitis |
| Fine: | £10,000 |
| Entity: | PYC Engineering Ltd |
| Legislation: | Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 |
| Costs: | £9,555.29 |
| Source: | HSE, 3rd December 2020 |