Tag: fined
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Director fined after worker fractures bones in excavation collapse
A company and its director have been fined a combined £18,000 after a man was injured during excavation work in West Sussex. The accident happened on 23 February 2023 during the installation of a septic tank that JHE Construction was carrying out as part of a full barn conversion at Lone Oak Farm. Edward Keely,…
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Company and operations manager fined after fall from height death
Surface Technik (Old Hill) Ltd, formerly of Deepdale Lane, Dudley, which is now in liquidation, was found guilty by a jury of a breach of Section 2 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. It was fined £90,000 and ordered to pay costs of £28,956 at a hearing at Wolverhampton Magistrates…
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Developer fined £63k after failing to meet ‘most basic H&S standards’
A London property developer has been fined £63,000 after safety inspectors found health and safety failures “so serious” that a construction site in East London had to be closed on two separate occasions. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigated Nofax Enterprises following four visits to its site on Dalston Lane over a 13-month period…
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Company fined £30k after workers climbed rungs of unsafe scaffold
A scaffolding company has been fined £30,000 after failing to ensure a tower scaffold was constructed correctly. The HSE identified serious issues with a scaffold at a block of flats in Rice Hey Road, Merseyside, including a failure to follow assembly instructions during its erection. Workers climbed the rungs of the scaffold to access it…
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Construction firm fined after ignoring deep excavation safety warnings
Greenlife Property Developments Ltd, of Gurnos Estate, Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale, Gwent, Wales, was found guilty of breaching Section 33(1)(c) and two breaches of Section 33(1)(g) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. It was fined £40,000 and ordered to pay £5,812.57 in costs at Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates’ Court on 20 January 2025.…
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Wood company fined again after repeated safety failures at Cowie plant
A multinational wood manufacturer has been fined more than £1m after two workers were injured in separate incidents at its plant in Cowie. West Fraser (Europe) Ltd, formerly known as Norbord, pleaded guilty to several health and safety breaches related to the two accidents, which happened within six months of each other in 2020. It…
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Network Rail fined £3.75m after two track worker deaths
Network Rail has been fined £3.75m and ordered to pay costs of £175,000 after the deaths of two track workers in 2019. The rail infrastructure operator pleaded guilty to an offence under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, which followed an investigation and prosecution by industry regulator the Office of Rail and…
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Contractor with ‘outdated H&S attitudes’ fined after fatal church steeple fall
Ecclesiastical Steeplejacks Ltd, which has ceased trading since the accident, pleaded guilty to contravening Regulation 4(1) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005. It was fined £60,000 at a hearing at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court on 15 January 2025. View the original article and our Inspiration here