A retired chartered surveyor said he feared for his life after being attacked by cows while walking his dog on a public footpath in Devon. The farmer responsible has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) as a result. Patrick Atherton and his 13-year-old Border Collie ‘Lad’ had been dropped off at Birdcage … read more
A company in Fife which grows and prepares vegetables has been fined £360,000 after a worker was dragged into a machine and lost consciousness. Remigiusz Cyrek, a hygiene operative at Kettle Produce Limited, was undertaking a routine clean of a machine that makes carrot batons on 22 June 2018. The 37-year-old was trapped by a … read more
A company in the entertainment industry has been fined £16,000 following the death of a worker. Russell Bowry, a self-employed rigger, was working at ELP Broadcast and Events Ltd’s Cardington Hangar Studios in Bedfordshire when he fell from height on 13 March 2018. The 52-year-old, from Lower Stondon, Bedfordshire, was part of an assembly team … read more
A mother has spoken about her grief after her only child was killed while working at ‘Sunrise Eggs’ in Loughborough. Nineteen-year-old Ben Spencer had only been working for Sunrise Poultry Farms for two weeks when he was crushed between a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and a wall on 12 April 2021. His mum Tracy says … read more
A manufacturing business in Lincolnshire has been fined for failing to protect its workers from hazardous substances. A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspection of W.S. Barrett and Son Limited’s site at Riverside Industrial estate in Boston, Lincolnshire, found the company’s workers were being potentially exposed to welding fume and dusts from powder coating. Welding … read more