A farmer has been fined £8k after a teenage worker suffered serious head injuries when a six-tonne dumper he was driving overturned. The 19-year-old and his friend, who was just 16, had been paid to move material as part of improvement works at Upper Kingswell Farm in the village of Longdown in Exeter. However, farmer … read more
A health board has been fined £180,000 after a patient died while being treated at a hospital. Colin Lloyd, 78, was brought to Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, on 6 February 2019 following a suspected fall at his home and later admitted to the hospital’s surgical ward. While in hospital, Mr Lloyd suffered from three additional falls … read more
60-day consultation on socio-economic analysis opinion also published today. A detailed analysis on substances that could cause health risks to adults in Britain who get tattoos or permanent make up has been published. Following a six-month public consultation last year on a restriction proposal for certain hazardous substances in tattoo and permanent make up … read more
A company has been fined £120,000 after a dad died following a fall from the roof of a building site. Father-of-one Dennis Vincent, 36, and another worker were using ropes to install a lightning protection system to the front of a Warrington office block being converted into flats. Mr Vincent, who was from Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, … read more
A company has been fined £20,000 for a catalogue of health and safety failings at a building site in Alderley Edge. Work was taking place to convert an old bank into offices on London Road in the Cheshire village. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspected the site on 9 October 2020. HSE found many … read more