Health and safety fines bulletin | 21 June 2023
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Aircraft seat manufacturer fined £660k after worker fell through roof
Injury: Multiple broken bones, including eight to ribs, collar bone,
as well as a fractured skull
Fine: £660,000
Entity: Safran Seats GB Limited
Legislation: Section 33(1)(a) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £13,472
Source: HSE, 19th June 2023
Company fined as worker crushed by 700kg crate
Injury: Two broken ribs, a punctured lung and a fractured vertebra
Fines: £200,000
Entity: PSV Glass & Glazing Limited
Legislation: Section 2 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £4,897.05
Source: HSE, 1st June 2023
Company fined after worker’s fingers sliced off
Injury: Loss of two fingers and a thumb
Fine: £180,000
Entity: VN Labs Limited
Legislation: Section 2 (1) and 3 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc.
Act 1974
Costs: £7,490.05
Source: HSE, 20th June 2023
Private health care provider fined for exposing workers to chlorine gas
Injury: Three workers received treatment following
exposure to chlorine gas.
Fine: £160,000
Entity: Circle Health Group Limited
Legislation: Sections 2(1) and 3 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc.
Act 1974
Costs: £12,520.03
Source: HSE, 21st June 2023
Council fined for waste collection failures
Injury: Waste collection safety failures (discovered after the death of a
worker but the failings did not lead to the death)
Fine: £80,000
Entity: Chelmsford City Council
Legislation: Section 2(1) and Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work
etc. Act 1974
Costs: £61,065
Source: HSE, 19th June 2023
Bedding manufacturer fined £80,000 after machine operator loses fingers
Injury: Three fingers on left hand amputated.
Fine: £80,000
Entity: John Cotton Group Limited
Legislation: Section 2(1) and 33(1) of the Health & Safety at Work etc.
Act 1974
Costs: £4,989.05
Source: HSE, 6th June 2023
Firm fined following outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease
Injury: Five people were infected with Legionnaires’ disease
Fine: £50,000
Entity: Riaar Plastics Limited
Legislation: Section 2(1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £11,000
Source: HSE, 6th June 2023
Hampshire hygiene consultancy firm fined after admitting failures
Injury: None; failures put workers at risk of exposure to hazardous
substances
Fine: £2,000
Entity: Envirochem Analytical Laboratories Limited
Legislation: Section 3(1) of The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £6,583
Source: HSE, 31st May 2023