Health and safety fines bulletin: 27 June 2018
Health and safety fines
In decreasing order
BUPA fined £3m after death of elderly resident
Injury: Death
Fine: £3m
Entity: BUPA Care Homes (BNH) Ltd
Legislation: Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £151,482
Source: HSE, 14 June 2018
Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions Ltd fined half a million pounds after exposing workers to debilitating condition
Injury: None; workers at the company were exposed to hand-arm vibration between 2002 and 2011 which put them at risk of developing Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS).
Fine: £500,000
Entity: Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions Ltd
Legislation: Section 2 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and Regulation 5 (1) of the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995.
Costs: £195,000
Source: HSE, 18 June 2018
Company prosecuted after worker killed
Injury: Death
Fine: £250,000
Entity: RRS London Waste Papers Ltd
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £6,639.77 and victim surcharge of £170
Source: HSE, 30 May 2018
Company fined after worker trapped by falling scrap lead
Injury: Worker trapped under a load of falling scrap lead
Fine: £200,000
Entity: H J Enthoven Ltd
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £6,509.69
Source: HSE, 5 June 2018
Falkirk company fined after employee killed
Injury: Death
Fine: £176,000
Entity: Bakkavor Foods Limited
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: None reported
Source: HSE, 19 June 2018
Luxury yacht building company fined after engineer injured
Injury: Large laceration to the top of head and lost consciousness. Suffered concussion for several weeks and pain in neck from a torn muscle.
Fine: £167,000
Entity: Sunseeker International Limited
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £7,000 and victim surcharge of £120
Source: HSE, 31 May 2018
Injection moulding company fined after worker injured
Injury: Serious burns and multiple fractures to heel
Fine: £150,000
Entity: Brother Industries (UK) Limited
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £7,659.98
Source: HSE, 6 June 2018
Company fined after admitting safety failures
Injury: Serious injuries to teenage worker
Fine: £120,000
Entity: Denholm MacNamee Limited
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: None reported
Source: HSE, 14 June 2018
Devon construction company fined over safety risk
Injury: None; fine for placing employees and members of the public at risk
Fine: £60,000
Entity: T J Smith Contracting Ltd
Legislation: Section 2(1) and 3 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £70,000
Source: HSE, 20 June 2018
Maidstone company fined following death of worker
Injury: Death
Fine: £30,000
Entity: Maidstone Studios Ltd
Legislation: Sections 2(1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £6,487.76
Source: HSE, 12 June 2018
Two companies fined after worker fell from height
Injury: Fracture to spine, a broken coccyx and nerve damage.
Fines: £28,800 (Oswestry Shropshire Scaffold)
£33,500 (Centreco)
Entities: Oswestry Shropshire Scaffold Ltd
Centreco (UK) Ltd
Legislation: Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £945.20 (for each company)
Source: HSE, 6 June 2018
Company fined after worker fell down a lift shaft
Injury: Significant injuries
Fine: £14,000
Entity: Sutton in the Elms Care Limited
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and Regulation 9(3)(a)(i) of the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations
Costs: £2535.90
Source: HSE, 25 June 2018
Property management consultancy and asbestos surveying company fined after inadequate refurbishment
Injury: None; fine for an inadequate refurbishment and demolition survey was provided
Fines: £8,400 (Vital Property Solutions)
£4,800 (Home Inspectors Southern)
Entities: Vital Property Solutions Limited
Home Inspectors Southern Limited
Legislation: Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £929.67 (for each company)
Source: HSE, 1 June 2018
Company fined for poor condition of asbestos containing materials
Injury: None; fine for failing to properly assess the risk from exposure to asbestos containing materials
Fine: £6,000
Entity: Aquapac Limited
Legislation: Section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: None reported
Source: HSE, 7 June 2018
Construction firm and director fined for failure to comply with prohibition notices
Injury: None; fine for failing to comply with prohibition notices
Fine: £2,000
Entity: D & S Building Solutions Ltd
Legislation: Section 22 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £2,000
Source: HSE, 6 June 2018
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.