Health and safety fines
In decreasing fine order
Steel cladding company fined after worker’s hand crushed in machinery
Injury: Crush injuries to hand required amputation of parts of four fingers on left dominant hand.
Fine: £600,000
Entity: SIG Trading Ltd
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £23,593.83
Source: HSE, 1st February 2019
Company fined after worker loses leg
Injury: Loss of leg from knee down
Fine: £400,000
Entity: Rygor Commercials Limited
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and Regulation 5 of the Dangerous Substances and Explosives Atmospheres Regulations 2002
Costs: £9,671.55
Source: HSE, 5th February 2019
Company fined after worker seriously injured in fall from height
Injury: Serious injuries including a broken collarbone, several fractured ribs and a head injury.
Fine: £200,000
Entity: W. D. Close and Sons Limited
Legislation: Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £1,398
Source: HSE, 1st February 2019
Companies fined for health and safety breaches
Injury: Injuries from fall from height
Fine: £200,000 (EDF Energy)
£150,000 (Doosan Babcock)
Entities: EDF Energy Nuclear Generation Ltd
Doosan Babcock Ltd
Legislation: Section 3(1) of Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (EDF Energy)
Regulation 4(1) of Work at Height Regulations 2005 (Doosan Babcock)
Costs: £36,353.84 (between the two companies)
Source: Office for Nuclear Regulation, 1 February 2019
North West company fined after failing to ensure safe use of machinery
Injury: Serious arm injuries
Fine: £134,000
Entity: Jost (UK) Limited
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £4,572
Source: HSE, 14th February 2019
Basildon Borough Council prosecuted after wall collapses onto child
Injury: Serious and life threatening injuries
Fine: £133,333
Entity: Basildon Borough Council
Legislation: Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £21,419.55
Source: HSE, 15th February 2019
Textile company fined after worker suffers crush injury
Injury: Crush injuries to left arm requiring surgery and skin grafts.
Fine: £80,000
Entity: Spectrum Yarns Ltd
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £989
Source: HSE, 5th February 2019
Food manufacturer fined after two workers injured
Injury: Severed finger
Fine: £74,000
Entity: 2 Sisters Food Group Ltd
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety At Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £4,386.52
Source: HSE, 7th February 2019
Essex-based company fined after employees put at risk
Injury: None; fine for putting employees at risk
Fine: £66,000
Entity: Air Livery Limited
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and Section 5(1) of the Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002
Costs: £5,496.85
Source: HSE, 8th February 2019
Vehicle components manufacturer fined after employee injured
Injury: Double bone fracture of left forearm and internal stomach injuries
Fine: £60,000
Entity: Eurac Poole Limited
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £2,642.30
Source: HSE, 31st January 2019
Companies fined after worker killed during lifting operation
Injury: Death
Fines: £60,000 (Cumbria Design)
£20,000 (Larkin Eng)
Entities: Cumbria Design Scaffold Ltd
Larkin Eng Services Ltd
Legislation: Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Cumbria Design)
Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Larkin Eng)
Costs: £27,464.28 (Cumbria Design)
£27,211.09 (Larkin Eng)
Source: HSE, 6th February 2019
Company fined and managing director sentenced after engineer killed
Injury: Death
Fine: £50,000
Entity: A D Hurst and Son Commercial Limited
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £22,282.54
Source: HSE, 12th February 2019
Local authority fined after worker’s leg crushed by refuse vehicle
Injury: Severe crush injuries resulting in removal of lower right leg
Fine: £40,000
Entity: Pendle Borough Council
Legislation: Sections 2(1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £14,000
Source: HSE, 14th February 2019
Housing association prosecuted after exposing employees to vibration
Injury: Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome diagnosis of employee
Fine: £20,000
Entity: Calico Homes Limited
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £4,335.24
Source: HSE, 14th February 2019
Agricultural building contractors fined after worker falls from height
Injury: Three fractured vertebrae, a displaced ribcage and a fractured heel
Fine: £11,000
Entity: Michael Mudd Ltd
Legislation: Section 3 (1) of the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £851
Source: HSE, 4th February 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 of our Health and Safety Group.