Health and safety fines bulletin | 12 May 2021
Locations
Woodworking company fined after worker suffered multiple leg injuries
Injury: Broken left femur and other bones in left foot
Fine: £150,000
Entity: Arnold Laver & Company Ltd
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £1,719
Source: HSE, 27th April 2021
Company fined following fatal gas explosion
Injury: One worker died, one worker received extensive burns to body
Fine: £150,000
Entity: Enviraz (Scotland) Limited
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: None reported
Source: HSE, 27th April 2021
Chemical company fined after worker suffered multiple fractures
Injury: Fracture to skull, fractures to five vertebrae a broken clavicle, broken ribs, a cut on the leg and a dislocated finger
Fine: £140,000
Entity: Esseco UK Ltd
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £7,642
Source: HSE, 27th April 2021
MOT centre sentenced after worker fatally injured in oil drum explosion
Injury: Death
Fine: £80,000
Entity: Stonehill MOT Centre Ltd
Legislation: Section 6(1)(c) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £8,167
Source: HSE, 16th April 2021
Port fined after employee suffers life changing injuries in truck incident
Injury: Open leg fracture and was knocked unconscious (leg was subsequently amputated)
Fine: £60,000
Entity: Port of Sheerness Limited
Legislation: Section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £10,886
Source: HSE, 27th April 2021
Company and director prosecuted for repeated poor standards of site safety
Injury: None; fine for poor health and safety standards
Fine: £32,000
Entity: JNR Developers Limited
Legislation: Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £8,000
Source: HSE, 21st April 2021
Company fined after worker’s hand crushed in a lathe
Injury: Compound fractures of left arm and wrist
Fine: £30,000
Entity: Anderson Hydraulics (Doncaster) Ltd
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £4,679.54
Source: HSE, 1st April 2021 (published 27 April 2021)
Construction firm fined after workers exposed to asbestos
Injury: None; workers exposed to asbestos fibres
Fine: £30,000
Entity: ASAI Construction Ltd
Legislation: Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £2,837
Source: HSE, 28th April 2021