Health and safety fines bulletin 6 December 2012

Companies sentenced after worker's fatal fall

Injury:

Death

Fines:

£130,000 (Carillion)

£85 (Febrey – company now in liquidation – fine would have been £250,000)

Companies:

Carillion Construction Ltd

Febrey Ltd

Legislation:

Section 2(1) and Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974

Costs:

£52,500 (Carillion)

Source:

HSE, 23 November 2012

Property developer sentenced over Manchester gas explosion

Injury:

Homes destroyed; burns to man's face and hands

Fine:

£100,000

Company:

PJ Livesey Group Ltd

Legislation:

Section 2(1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974

Costs:

£21,404

Source:

HSE, 29 November 2012

Care home provider fined after elderly resident died following fall

Injury:

Death

Fine:

£57,000

Company:

BUPA Care Homes (Carrick) Ltd

Legislation:

Section 3 of the Health and Safety At Work etc Act 1974

Costs:

n/a

Source:

HSE, 14 November 2012

Machinery company fined after Shropshire farmer's death

Injury:

Death

Fine:

£45,000

Company:

McHale Engineering Ltd

Legislation:

Section 6(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974

Costs:

£70,000

Source:

HSE, 3 December 2012

Food company fined for failing to protect workers

Injury:

In two separate incidents to different workers: Fractured shoulder blade and vertebra; Fractured skull, severed ear, extensive bruising.

Fine:

£40,000

Company:

Jas Bowman and Sons Ltd

Legislation:

Section 2(1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

Regulation 6(3) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005

Costs:

£20,282

Source:

HSE, 27 November 2012

Derbyshire firm fined for putting workers in danger

Injury:

None – fine for putting workers in danger

Fine:

£30,000

Company:

SAPA Profiles UK Ltd

Legislation:

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

Costs:

£12,348

Source:

HSE, 22 November 2012

Local authority prosecuted after disabled boy nearly drowned

Injury:

Boy nearly drowned

Fine:

£20,000

Company:

Essex County Council

Legislation:

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

Costs:

£10,110

Source:

HSE, 14 November 2012

Firm fined after worker falls into sewage well

Injury:

Ingested raw sewage, sustained friction burns to arms, and bruised elbows, knees and head in the fall

Fine:

£15,000

Company:

Tardis Environmental UK Ltd

Legislation:

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

Costs:

£3,000

Source:

HSE, 14 November 2012

Chorley bottling firm in court over forklift injuries

Injury:

Bruising to right hip and thigh

Fine:

£14,000

Company:

H&A Prestige Packing Company Ltd

Legislation:

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

Regulation 3(1) of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999

Costs:

£6,657

Source:

HSE, 30 November 2012

Concrete firm in court after worker hit by forklift

Injury:

Suffered multiple foot fractures, needed four screws in broken ankle and also hurt knee

Fine:

£10,000

Company:

Elite Precast Concrete Ltd

Legislation:

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

Costs:

£2,897

Source:

HSE, 16 November 2012

Company fined after air raid shelter explosion injures workers

Injury:

Burns to two workers

Fine:

£9,000

Company:

1st Surface Ltd

Legislation:

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

Costs:

£2,571

Source:

HSE, 22 November 2012

Firm fined for worker's injuries at Caerphilly factory

Injury:

Broken ankle, fractured heel

Fine:

£8,000

Company:

Smurfit Kappa Corrugated UK Ltd

Legislation:

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

Costs:

£14,100

Source:

HSE, 26 November 2012

Packaging company prosecuted after worker injured

Injury:

Skin on the palm of left hand torn away

Fine:

£8,000

Company:

Frith's Flexible Packaging Ltd

Legislation:

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

Costs:

£2,046

Source:

HSE, 28 November 2012

Mitcham firm fined for rubbish safety

Injury:

Fine for ignoring safety warnings

Fine:

£5,000 (for each charge)

Company:

Rubbish Express Ltd

Legislation:

Section 33(1)(g) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974

Costs:

£3,500

Source:

HSE, 14 November 2012

Driver crushed during Old Trafford demolition

Injury:

Fractured both legs in several places and severe cuts and bruising

Fine:

£5,000

Company:

Excavation and Contracting (UK) Ltd

Legislation:

Regulation 29(1) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007

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

Costs:

£12,000

Source:

HSE, 16 November 2012

Southend laundry fined after worker's arm burned

Injury:

Injuries were so severe that two fingers later required partial amputation

Fine:

£5,000

Company:

Exclusive Cleaners UK Ltd

Legislation:

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

Regulation 3(1) of the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995

Costs:

£5,000

Source:

HSE, 22 November 2012

Gloucestershire firm fined over teenager's severed fingers

Injury:

Fingers severed

Fine:

£4,000

Company:

The Albany Engineering Company Ltd

Legislation:

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

Regulation 11(1) of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998

Costs:

£1,962

Source:

HSE, 19 November 2012

Injury brings early end to Hull man's working life

Injury:

Multiple fractures to left leg and broke right heel

Fine:

£2,500

Individual:

Colin Mawe

Legislation:

Section 37(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974

Costs:

£1,800

Source:

HSE, 5 December 2012