Health and safety fines bulletin | 26 May 2021
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Company fined after worker suffers loss of thumb and fingers
Injury: Two fingers were severed, serious tendon damage
Fine: £787,500
Entity: Young’s Seafood Ltd
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £33,443.68
Source: HSE, 21st May 2021
Company fined after fatal collision at former television centre
Injury: Death
Fine: £550,000 (found guilty)
Entity: Grundon Waste Management Limited
Legislation: Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £96,874.15
Source: HSE, 13th May 2021
Chemical plant fined after major gas leak
Injury: None; fine for release of flammable gas
Fine: £400,000
Entity: Ineos Chemicals Grangemouth Limited
Legislation: Regulation 5(1) of the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 2015 and section 33(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: None reported
Source: HSE, 4th May 2021
Company and director sentenced after two workers injured in falls from height
Injury: One worker suffered broken ribs, tendon damage and since the incident depression and short-term memory loss. The other worker suffered three broken vertebrae and has since been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Fine: £106,000
Entity: Invictus Facilities and Construction Management Limited
Legislation: Section 3(1) of The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £8,501
Source: HSE, 17th May 2021
Automotive engineering company sentenced after employee has allergic reaction at work
Injury: Employee developed an allergic form of dermatitis after coming into contact with metalworking fluids
Fine: £100,000
Entity: Xtrac Ltd
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £639.59
Source: HSE, 20th May 2021
Worker sustained serious injures falling through an asbestos roof
Injury: Fractured spine in two places, and a fractured pelvis, shoulder and rib
Fine: £10,000
Entity: DPM Industrial Roofing (UK) Limited
Legislation: Section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £6,454
Source: HSE, 10th May 2021