Health and safety fines bulletin: 20 November 2019
Locations
Health and safety fines
In decreasing fine order
Places for People Homes fined after five employees developed Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS)
Injury: 5 employees developed HAVS
Fine: £600,000
Entity: Places for People Homes Limited
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc., Act 1974
Costs: £13,995.06
Source: HSE, 12th November 2019
Company fined after employee suffers hand and leg injuries
Injury: Serious hand and leg injuries, including fractured tibia
Fine: £133,000
Entity: Boal UK Limited
Legislation: Sections 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £6,346.30
Source: HSE, 31st October 2019
Farm equipment manufacturer fined after employee’s arm pulled into lathe
Injury: Arm fractured in four places
Fine: £50,000
Entity: Richard Western Limited
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £3,717.19
Source: HSE, 1st November 2019
Injury: Death
Fine: £40,000
Entity: Nazareth Care Charitable Trust
Legislation: Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: None reported
Source: HSE, 5th November 2019
Farming partnership fined after member of public fatally injured
Injury: Death
Fine: £18,000
Entity: B A L Ackroyd
Legislation: Section 2(1) and Section 3(1) of the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £10,690
Source: HSE, 31st October 2019
Building company fined after staircase collapse seriously injures worker
Injury: Three fractured vertebrae
Fine: £16,000
Entity: Rombalds Builders Ltd
Legislation: Sections 2(1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £16,561.50
Source: HSE, 6th November 2019
University fined after research workers exposed to risk of suffering adverse health effects
Injury: None; workers at risk of suffering from adverse health effects as a result of exposure to LAA.
Fine: £10,000
Entity: The University of Edinburgh
Legislation: Sections 2 and Section 33(1)(a) of the Health and Safety at Work Act etc. 1974
Costs: None reported
Source: HSE, 1st November 2019
Dairy farm fined after employee permanently blinded by disinfectant chemicals
Injury: Permanent blindness
Fine: £8,000
Entity: Beechdean Farm Limited
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £11,879.94
Source: HSE, 4th November 2019
Injury: None; fine for selling unsafe machinery with no declaration of condition of machinery
Fine: £4,000
Entity: Mayfair Developments Group Limited
Legislation: Sections 6(1)(a) and 6 (1)(c) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £3,000 and a surcharge of £170
Source: HSE, 30th October 2019
A round-up of recent fines and costs resulting from health and safety related incidents. For further information on any of these matters please contact Andrew Sanderson or Elliott Kenton of our Health and Safety Group.