Health and Safety

A property investment company and its director have been fined after a worker fell from a tree causing fatal injuries. Nottingham Crown Court heard how on 27 September 2017 untrained workers were tasked with taking down a large, dead sycamore tree on Ebers Road in Nottingham using a chain saw. One worker went up a …

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Andrew Gibson has been given a suspended jail sentence for safety breaches after a worker suffered life changing injuries. Sheffield Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 19 October 2016, an employee was using an Elektra Beckum table saw to cut down some large (2.4m x 2.4m) sheets of chipboard at a workshop in Houndhill Park, Rotherham. …

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A Stockport construction company has been prosecuted after failing to ensure suitable welfare facilities were provided for workers on site. Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard that R & S Builders (Mcr) Ltd had been issued with multiple Improvement Notices, following an inspection by a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspector at the company’s site at Great …

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A Plymouth-based furniture company has been sentenced for failing to have employers’ liability compulsory insurance (ELCI) the day an employee was injured. Pinexpress flouted repeated requests for documentation from representatives of an employee who was accidentally cut as he was unpacking furniture delivered to a customer. Plymouth Magistrates’ Court heard that after the incident on …

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Kitchen worktop manufacturing company, The Solid Surface Shop UK Ltd was sentenced for non-compliance of Improvement Notices and failure to effectively manage health and safety. Sheffield Magistrates’ Court heard that, during an inspection in March 2016, it was found that there was a poor standard of health and safety management including significant accumulations of dust …

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