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 incident. The 22-year-old … read more
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) along an unfinished … read more
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 Neurosurgery Ward following … read more
A metal processing company has been fined £12,000 after an employee sustained life changing injuries at an incident at a premises in the Oldbury in the West Midlands. Independent Slitters Limited carries out metal slitting at the facility – a process that involves coils of metal being split into various lengths. On 3 May 2022, … read more
A company that specialises in making pork pies has been fined £800,000 after two young workers lost fingers in incidents at two different Nottingham bakeries. Pork Farms Ltd, which makes other savoury goods such as quiches, at several sites across England, was given the fine after both workers were injured just weeks apart at the … read more