Enforcement
Please click on the links below to read about cases that resulted in enforcement action being taken…
Construction
£14 000 fine after construction worker loses leg due to sling failure
Builders fined £900k for fatal wall collapse
Community Service Order granted after wall collapsed onto home owner
Contractor fined £8k for lousy washrooms
Contractor fined £20k for silica dust exposure
Contractor fined £35k after power cable strike
Firm fined after worker killed by overhead power line
Firm fined after worker struck by falling beam
GLA fined after wall falls on man in front of family
Huge fines for construction company and director for unsafe asbestos removal
Jail sentence for old-school roofer who ignored Prohibition Notice
Principal Contractor fined after joiner hit in face by falling steel beam
Property firm and director fined £80,000+ over death of inexperienced tree feller
Scaffolding accidents up by more than a quarter
Two firms fined after demolition worker receives electrical burns
Unsafe gas work results in £280k fine
Untrained concrete pump operator killed trying to clear blockage
£10,000 fine following teenager fall through unprotected stairway
£400 000 fine after window cleaner broke back in suspended access platform fall
£500,000 fine after worker punctures lung after falling 4m from ladder
Big fines follow roofer’s agonising 10-metre fall
Construction company fined after two workers injured in fall from height
Construction firms fined £350,000 after director blown off roof during storm
Contractor fined £30k after roof fall
Contractor prosecuted for work at height and silica failings
Electrical contractor in court for uncovered floor hatches
Fine after 12-year-old fell from ladder at unsecured site
Ladder safety – £34k fine after worker fell from ladder
Construction company fined after failing to implement its own Risk Assessment
Builder fined for lack of safety measures
Huge fines for contractors after fatal platform failure
Scaffold collapsed onto school playground
Lift fatality lands scaffold firm with £60k fine
Fines and community service after fall from unsafe scaffold tower
Ladder safety – £34k fine after worker fell from ladder
Plasterer injured in fall on site before even starting due to lack of edge protection
Roofing Fine – Worker hit the floor after air bags ‘removed’
Scaffolder’s signature forged on safety briefing register before 12 m plunge
Suspended jail sentence after timber fell ten metres onto 3-year-old
Two contractors fined after worker dies in roof fall
Unprotected stairwell – ‘Simple measures’ could have prevented worker’s fall
Window firm fined £850k after installer’s ladder fall
Builder’s failure exposed family to poisoning risk
Protostar fined £14k for unauthorised asbestos removal
Roofer in the dock after nephew’s death.
Brighouse company fined after worker struck by falling object Construction worker killed in stairwell fall
Dorset based scaffolding company sentenced after serious injury to worker
Property Managing Agents
Managing Agent fined £1.3m after pedestrian fatally hit by tank cover
Property company and director fined £80,000 following worker’s fatal fall from a tree
Window cleaning company fined after fall from height
£25k fine after fatal crush at apartment block
Company fined £30,000 after child killed by falling gate
Council found guilty after child sustains head injury from defective bollard fall
Illegal gas work leads to imprisonment
Care home fined after resident swallowed chlorine tablets
Football club fined £1,000 after fatal roof fall
Care home fined after resident swallowed chlorine tablets
Social housing provider exposed workers to vibration
75% of GRP fire door manufacturers fail tests
Care home fined after resident dies from fall down stairs
Council fined after wall collapses onto child
Social housing provider exposed workers to vibration
Five-year-old girl dies after being trapped in lift
Legionnaires case that put leisure centre users at significant risk – Council pays £27,000
Hundreds caught waterborne infection in dirty pool
Retail
Community service and fine for ride inspector who allowed unsafe rollercoaster to operate
Contractor failed to identify ‘foreseeable’ risk of entrapment on rollercoaster
M & D’s Theme Park fined for poor maintenance that led to ‘catastrophic failure’
B&Q fined £300k over shopper’s metal pole strike
Part-time worker paralysed – Wilko fined £2.2m
Topshop fined £450k after girl’s skull fractured
WHSmith fined after customer fell through open basement hatch
Breaches to health and safety legislation at three Poundstretcher stores in Newbury
Engineering / Manufacturing
Family firm’s director admits guilt over agency worker’s factory scalping
Fine after a worker suffered a back injury after manually moving gantry steps
Firm fined £30k after worker’s legs crushed
Huge fine after worker scalped due to inadequate guarding
Joinery fined after two workers’ fingers suffer finger amputations
Machine blade cut through worker’s knuckle
Near Miss – weights fall from height
Recycling Company fined after worker crushed to death
Safety breach – £1.4m fine after worker suffers serious crush injuries
Self-employed worker killed after fall
Steelwork firm fined £22, 000 after botched lift
Stonemasons fined after worker developed silicosis S
Suez worker injured while moving steps weighing nearly a tonne
Unguarded machine trapped worker’s hand
£13,000 fine after worker crushed clearing baler jam without deactivating power
£30 000 fine – Farm worker injured due to lack of safe systems of work
£400k fine after engineering worker hit and killed by gantry crane
Block maker fined for dangerous machinery
Company fined after worker suffers serious hand injuries
Company fined following crush injury
Fall from height results in £1.8m fine for manufacturing firm
Renault pays £200k for LOLER and PUWER infringements
Apprentice seriously injured by machinery
Worker dies after 6 m skylight fall
British Precast issues warning after crush death
Furnace re-liner ignored vibration and silicosis risks
Heightened cancer risk from welding fume exposure prompts HSE to tighten controls
Textile company fined after worker suffers crush injury
Manufacturing company fined €500k after fatal accident at quarry
Poultry company fined £274k over workers’ severed fingers
Two companies fined following death of worker
Vehicles and Transport
Theme park operator fined over worker’s severed fingers
FP McCann fined £150,000 after worker died in quarry
National Grid fined £334 000 following worker’s death
Pallet manufacturer fined over forklift strike
Rail worker in danger as collision narrowly avoided
Renault safety breach – Workers exposed to dangerous equipment
Risk assessment missed forklift danger
Telehandler strike costs potato firm £50k
Utility management company’s £400k fine for farm’s powerline electrocution
West Midlands company fined £200,000 after worker killed by forklift truck
£2.7million fine after boy was electrocuted
£30 000 fine for ferry company after failing to prevent fall risk
£30,000 fine following life changing injuries due to unsafe working practice
£180 000 fine following worker killed after being hit by lorry
Company fined £500k over shovel fatality
Fine following ‘Impractical and unsafe’ forklift use
Firm exposed workers to ‘uncontrolled’ HAVS for 10 years
Vehicle repair firm boss jailed after worker fatally crushed by bus
£700k fines follow loader crush death
Balfour Beatty fined £600k for Third Don Crossing fatalityWorker fatally crushed at paper mill leading to fines for two companies
Man arrested after Travelodge digger smash-up
Company fined and Managing Director sentenced after engineer killed
£600k fine after worker killed by dumper truck
Lorry driver struck during walkaround safety check
Travis Perkins fined £2 million after customer died in store car park
Veolia fined £1m after reversing vehicle death
Wilko receives £400,000 penalty for death of forklift driver
Worker killed by reversing Forklift Truck
Chemicals / CoSHH
Huge fine following failures regarding LEV, RPE and suitable training
Two companies fined after floor layer fatally exposed to toxic substance ‘
Longstanding failures’ at refinery that led to fatal explosion costs firms more than £6m
£380k fine after safety breach regarding plutonium processing equipment
Automotive firm fined £1m after explosion injures two workers
Contractor fined after worker overcome by carbon monoxide
Contractor fined over carbon monoxide poisoning
Uncontrolled use of solvent lands aircraft livery firm with £66k fine
Worker loses leg in oil drum explosion
Asbestos
Fine following workers’ exposure to asbestos disturbed in restaurant
Hotelier ignored repeated warnings of potential asbestos contamination during refurb
Sea King maintenance staff were exposed to Asbestos Containing Materials
Shrewsbury NHS trust fined after disturbing asbestos
Fine after ‘careless removal’ of asbestos
Contractor fined for releasing Asbestos Containing Fibres
Developer fined for asbestos ceiling negligence
Furniture maker ignored asbestos warnings for 14 years
Huge fines for serious safety failings with regards to the management of asbestos
NI asbestos surveyor gave go ahead for refurb before receiving sample analysis
Asbestos exposure risk overlooked by lack of survey
Two sentenced after asbestos disturbed