An oil and gas company has been fined £535,000 after a worker sustained life changing injuries following the uncontrolled collapse of a crane. Greig Philip Harwood and John Divers, employees of Enermech Limited, were injured while working on the Fulmer Alpha North Sea oil platform on 11 September 2017. Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard that the … read more
A Warrington-based construction company has been fined £90,000 after exposing people to asbestos during a renovation project in the Hanley area of Stoke-on-Trent. Despite failing to attend Staffordshire Magistrates’ Court on 24 August 2023, Esskay Construction Ltd was found guilty in its absence. Nathan Cook, prosecuting on behalf of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) … read more
A Manchester-based construction company and its director have been fined after a catalogue of health and safety failings following an inspection. On 13 January 2022, Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspectors visited a timber-frame housing development under construction off Brookwood Drive in Meir, Stoke-on-Trent by a company called Amro Construction Ltd. At hearing at North … read more
A farm has been fined £60,000 following the death of a father-of-three who was electrocuted by an overhead power line. Patrick ‘Paddy’ Rice was fatally electrocuted on 13 May 2021 while operating a tipper lorry at VB Farms LLP’s Littlecombe Farm in Crediton, Devon. Paddy’s mother says her family have been “traumatised and deeply shocked” … read more
Road Haulage Association announced as new Working Minds partner Help is available via the free, confidential, text “BeAMate” service More needs to be done to protect Britain’s truckers from work-related stress. That’s the view of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), whose Working Minds campaign will now target HGV drivers – and their bosses – … read more