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The fines and costs which may flow from a safety related incident can be significant, not to mention the reputational stigma which the company will suffer. We set out below examples of recent prosecutions which give a flavour of the sentences handed down following conviction. For further information on any of these cases please do not hesitate to contact Rhys Griffiths of our Corporate Risk Management Group.
Company fined £133,000 after unguarded machinery death
| Injury: | Death |
| Fine: |
£133,000 |
| Company: |
Railcare Ltd |
| Legislation: |
Section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 |
| Costs: |
n/a |
| Source: | Crown Office And Procurator Fiscal Service, 8 February 2012 |
Major construction firm fined more than £100k after death
| Injury: | Death |
| Fine: | £106,000 |
| Company: |
J N Bentley Ltd |
| Legislation: |
Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act |
| Costs: | £90,000 |
| Source: | HSE, 27 January 2012 |
Care home fined after resident's fatal fall from window
| Injury: |
Death |
| Fine: |
£66,000 |
| Company: |
Care Homes Wrexham Ltd |
| Legislation: |
Section 3 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 |
| Costs: |
£43,287 |
| Source: |
HSE, 27 January 2012 |
Two companies fined after fatality in Brentford
| Injury: | Death |
| Fine: |
£50,000 (Fisher) £15,000 (CM) |
| Company: |
Fisher Engineering Ltd |
| Legislation: |
Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 |
| Costs: |
£16,595 (Fisher) £12,692 (CM) |
| Source: | HSE, 7 February 2012 |
St Helens man sentenced over gas explosion
| Injury: |
Burns to hands, faces and legs |
| Fine: |
£22,500 |
| Individual: |
John Webster |
| Legislation: |
Section 7(a) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 |
| Costs: |
£2,500 |
| Source: | HSE, 14 February 2012 |
Two companies fined over worker's injury at power plant
| Injury: |
Broken food |
| Fine: |
£13,300 (for each company) |
| Company: |
Drax Power Ltd Konecranes UK Ltd |
| Legislation: |
Regulation 5(1) of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (Drax) Section 3(1) of the Health & Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (Konecranes) |
| Costs: |
£3,151 (for each company) |
| Source: | HSE, 31 January 2012 |
Council in court after respite resident scalded
| Injury: |
Severe scalding causing 13% burns |
| Fine: |
£12,000 |
| Company: |
Isle of Wight Council |
| Legislation: |
Section 3(1) of the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 |
| Costs: | £5,133 |
| Source: | HSE, 13 February 2012 |
Bus company prosecuted after worker is crushed
| Injury: |
Broken pelvis and ribs |
| Fine: | £10,500 |
| Company: |
Original London Sightseeing Tour Limited |
| Legislation: |
Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 |
| Costs: | £10,000 |
| Source: |
HSE, 8 February 2012 |
Scaffolding firm fined after man's fall through roof
| Injury: |
Shattered thigh bone, bruised lungs, broken wrists, broken vertebrae, cracked vertebrae |
| Fine: | £10,000 |
| Company: |
Fred Lewis Scaffold Company Ltd |
| Legislation: |
Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 |
| Costs: |
£19,000 |
| Source: |
HSE, 26 January 2012 |