Health and safety fines bulletin 19 December 2012

Environment agency sentenced after worker drowning

Injury:

Death

Fine:

£200,000

Company:

Environment Agency

Legislation:

Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974

Costs:

£28,548

Source:

HSE, 14 December 2012

Firm fined after residents are poisoned by carbon monoxide

Injury:

7 people hospitalised

Fine:

£165,000 plus £19,000 in compensation

Company:

Apollo Property Services Group Ltd

Legislation:

Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety etc. at Work Act 1974

Costs:

£117,582

Source:

HSE, 18 December 2012

Skip firm fined following death of worker

Injury:

Death

Fine:

£45,000

Company:

Need a Skip Limited

Legislation:

Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974

Costs:

£125,000

Source:

HSE, 17 December 2012

Council in court over worker's 230 volt shock

Injury:

Burns to wrist, leg and groin

Fine:

£20,000

Company:

Bury Metropolitan Borough Council

Legislation:

Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974

Costs:

£7,594

Source:

HSE, 14 December 2012

Council fined after putting tenant at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning

Injury:

None – person at risk of CO poisoning

Fine:

£18,000

Company:

Chesterfield Borough Council

Legislation:

Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974

Costs:

£7,534

Source:

HSE, 13 December 2012

Construction companies fined over worker's six-metre fall

Injury:

Punctured lung, broke every rib on the left hand side of body, shattered all the bones in left hand and fractured pelvis in three places

Fine:

£13,500 (for each company)

Companies:

Galliford Try Construction

Parkstone Group Limited

Legislation:

Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

Costs:

£3,345

Source:

HSE, 11 December 2012

Two north east firms fined after worker suffered serious head injuries

Injury:

Double fracture to the skull, facial fractures and a fractured eye socket

Fines:

£13,000 (for SAICA)

£4,000 (for MD)

Companies:

SAICA Pack UK Ltd

MD Engineering Services (UK) Ltd

Legislation:

Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (SAICA)

Regulation 8(1)(c) of the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (MD)

Costs:

£5,489.40 (for SAICA)

£4,600 (for MD)

Source:

HSE, 12 December 2012

Council and building firm fined for asbestos exposure during school refurbishment

Injury:

None – potential asbestos exposure

Fines:

£8,000 (G Evans)

£10,000 (council)

Companies:

G Evans (Services) Ltd

Staffordshire County Council

Legislation:

Sections 2(1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (G Evans)

Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (council)

Costs:

£4,000 (G Evans)

£5,000 (council)

Source:

HSE, 14 December 2012

Firm's failures led to workers' exposure to asbestos at Aberystwyth flats

Injury:

Exposure to asbestos

Fine:

£5,000

Company:

Superior Plumbing Installations Ltd

Legislation:

Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974

Costs:

£3,830

Source:

HSE, 10 December 2012

Suffolk plastics company fined after worker hurt

Injury:

Crushed finger

Fine:

£4,000

Company:

Tenza Technologies Limited

Legislation:

Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 197

Costs:

£3,613

Source:

HSE, 6 December 2012

Cardiff building company fined for ignoring safety risks

Injury:

None – fine for ignoring a safety notice and exposing workers and members of the public to serious risk of injury.

Fine:

£2,000

Company:

Rimo Construction Ltd

Legislation:

Sections 2(1), 3(1) and 33(1)(g) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974

Costs:

£1,000

Source:

HSE, 18 December 2012

Edinburgh food firm fined after worker injured

Injury:

two factures in fingers and ripped tendons in index and middle fingers

Fine:

£1,000

Company:

Jian's Dumplings Ltd

Legislation:

Section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974

Costs:

n/a

Source:

HSE, 13 December 2012