Health and Safety

Bakery company fined £400,000 after employee has left leg amputated

A food manufacturing company on the Wirral has been fined £400,000 after one of its employees had to have her leg amputated.

Sharon Bramhall lost a leg following a serious incident at Baker & Baker Products, which is based in Bromborough. The 58-year-old had to have her left leg amputated below...Read More »


Stay safe around cattle in the countryside at Easter

The Easter break will see thousands of people heading into the countryside to stretch their legs and enjoy Britain’s stunning scenery.

While the vast majority of walkers enjoy the countryside safely and use the extensive network of footpaths, bridleways, and public access land without any problems, going through fields where there...Read More »


Company fined after ‘perfect’ son crushed to death

A company in Hertfordshire has been fined after an employee was crushed to death.

James Rourke lost his life after being struck and run over by an excavator at Sarazen Gardens, Brampton on 18 November 2019.

James and his family had celebrated his sister Katie’s 21st birthday the weekend before the fatal...Read More »


Engineering firm fined following worker’s death

An engineering and services company has been fined following the death of a worker.

Alistair Hutton,  a sub-contractor hired by NG Bailey Limited, lost his life while working on the construction of the Baird Family Hospital in Aberdeen on 18 January 2023.

He had been navigating a mobile elevating work platform (MEWP)...Read More »


Health board fined £220,000 following death of patients

Lothian Health Board has been fined £220,000 for safety breaches, following the death of two vulnerable patients.

Both were being cared for at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh at the time of their deaths.

On 29 October 2017, one of the patients, then aged 55, was in the care of the...Read More »


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