Health and safety fines bulletin | 12 September 2023
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A round-up of recent fines and costs resulting from health and safety related incidents.
Rail company sentenced for fatal crash and Fatal Accident Inquiry decisionInjury: Three people died; six people injured
Fine: £6.7million
Entity: Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
Legislation: Sections 3(1) and 33(1)(a) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: None referred to
Source: COPFS (Scotland), 8 Sept 2023
Waste management company fined £3m following HSE investigations
Injury: Death of two people in two incidents
Fines: £3 million (total of £1 million and £2 million)
Entities: Valencia Waste Management Limited
Legislation: Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
Costs: £21,054
Source: HSE, 7th September 2023
£1.2million fine for Network Rail after grandad died doing maintenance work
Injury: Death
Fine: £1.2million
Entity: Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £11,410
Source: HSE, 8 August 2023
Pret a Manger fined £800,000 after café worker left locked in walk-in freezer
Injury: Hypothermia
Fine: £800,000
Entity: Pret a Manger
Legislation: Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: n/a
Source: Westminster City Council, 30 Aug 2023
£535,000 fine for oil and gas firm after man injured on North Sea platform
Injury: Fractured jaw and lacerations to chest
Fine: £535,000
Entity: Repsol Sinopec Resources UK Limited
Legislation: Section 3(1) and Section 2(1) of the of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: None referred to
Source: HSE, 25th August 2023
Company fined after workers injured by explosion
Injury: Three works sustained burns
Fine: £200,000
Entity: Weir Minerals Europe Limited
Legislation: Section 2 (1) of the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £6,095
Source: HSE, 5th September 2023
Printing company fined after worker’s hand crushed
Injury: Soft tissue crush injures as well as nerve damage and contact burns to right wrist
Fine: £100,000
Entity: Celloglas Ltd
Legislation: Section 2 (1) of the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £5,165.09
Source: HSE, 4 Sept 2023
School trust fined after children injured by classroom ceiling collapse
Injury: 15 schoolchildren and teacher injured
Fine: £80,000
Entity: Thurlow Educational Trust
Legislation: Section 2(1) and Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £7,116.31
Source: HSE, 29th August 2023