Health and safety fines bulletin | 25 January 2023
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Civil engineering firm fined £4.4m following M6 works
Injury: None; fine after workers struck overhead powerlines in two incidents
Fine: £4.415m
Entity: Kier Infrastructure and Overseas Limited
Legislation: Sections 2(1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety
at Work etc. Act 1974 (for the first incident)
Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at
Work etc. Act 1974 and Regulation 13(1) of the
Construction (Design and Management)
Regulations 2015 (for the second incident)
Costs: £87,759.60
Source: HSE, 13th January 2023
Company fined £200,000 after employee badly injured in fall
Injury: Multiple skull fractures as well as a bleed to the brain and
multiple spine and rib fractures
Fines: £200,000
Entity: City Property (Glasgow) LLP
Legislation: Section 2(1), 2(2)(a) and (c) of the Health and
Safetyat Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: None reported
Source: HSE, 22nd December 2022
Company fined after worker contracts blood infection
Injury: Employee contracted Leptospirosis (Weil’s Disease)
Fine: £126,100
Entity: Adler and Allan Limited
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety etc.
Act 1974 and Regulation 20(1) of the
Workplace (Health, Safety and
Welfare) Regulations 1992
Costs: £43,494
Source: HSE, 7th December 2022
Company fined £800,000 after employee suffers serious burns
Injury: All-over body scarring, partial blindness to one eye,
hearing damage, and damage to a knee and shoulder.
Fine: £800,000
Entity: International Paint Limited
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc.
Act 1974
Costs: £14,032
Source: HSE, 2nd December 2022
Council fined £280,000 after death of six-year-old girl hit by falling tree
Injury: Death
Fine: £280,000
Entity: Newcastle City Council
Legislation: Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc.
Act 1974
Costs: £8,020
Source: HSE, 10th January 2023
Fine for BA subsidiary after father of two left in coma following fall at work
Injury: Numerous skull fractures and a brain haemorrhage
Fine: £230,000
Entity: British Airways Maintenance Cardiff Ltd
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc.
Act 1974
Costs: £21,623
Source: HSE, 6th January 2023
Company fined after surveyor dies
Injury: Death
Fine: £80,000
Entity: Global Energy Nigg Limited
Legislation: Section 3(1) and Section 33(1)(a) of
the Health and Safety at Work etc.
Act 1974
Costs: None reported
Source: HSE, 18th January 2023
Company fined after fall leaves grandad with life-changing brain injuries
Injury: Life-changing brain injuries, fractured skull, fractured
ribs, a broken collar bone, and broken and dislocated
fingers
Fine: £30,000
Entity: Autoneum Great Britain Ltd
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at work etc.
Act 1974
Costs: £10,126
Source: HSE, 2nd December 2022
Confectionery firm fined after worker is injured in fall
Injury: Broken arm, cuts to head and muscle damage to back
Fine: £5,000
Entity: Lees of Scotland Limited
Legislation: Section 2(1) and Section 33(1)(a) of
the Health and Safety at Work Act
etc. 1974
Costs: None reported
Source: HSE, 15th December 2022
Firm fined after blind man falls into open manhole
Injury: Injuries to left leg
Fine: £4,000
Entity: A & R Services
Legislation: Sections 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc.
Act 1974
Costs: None reported
Source: HSE, 15th December 2022
Fire authority fined after firefighter breaks both legs
Injury: Serious injuries to both legs, including fractures
to left fibula and tibia, an open fracture and
dislocation to left ankle, and 12 fractures to
right leg and foot.
Fine: £600
Entity: Cleveland Fire Authority
Legislation: Sections 2 (1) of the Health and Safety
at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £7,304
Source: HSE, 7th December 2022