Health and Safety

Construction company Trumax Building Ltd was sentenced today for safety breaches after an employee under the age of 18 fell 2.62 metres through a stairway opening at a site in West Butterwick, Scunthorpe. Sheffield Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 18 May 2018, the operative was working on the first floor of a house being built …

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A Birmingham manufacturer of calcium carbonate products has today been sentenced after a worker suffered fatal injuries when struck by a forklift truck. Birmingham Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 24 July 2017, Christine Workman, an employee of Minteq UK Ltd (trading as Specialty Minerals) was struck by a forklift truck whilst walking in the designated …

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A garden shed manufacturer has been fined after an accident at its site in Gateshead resulted in an employee losing the tip of his right thumb and damaging tendons in his right hand. North Tyneside Magistrates’ Court heard that on 26 July 2017 the employee of David Bell, who trades as Leam Lane Garden Sheds, …

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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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