A rendering company in Manchester has been fined £3,000 after a HSE inspector noticed unsafe scaffolding on a house renovation as he happened to be driving past. The company had been issued with a Prohibition Notice after a HSE inspector drove through the area on 17 February 2022 and spotted the scaffolding its workers were … read more
A production company has been fined after a stunt performer was injured during the filming of Fast and Furious 9: The Fast Saga. Joe Watts, from Surrey, sustained life-changing injuries after he fell approximately 25 feet at Warner Bros. studios in Leavesden, Hertfordshire on 22 July 2019. He had been filming a fight scene for … read more
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