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United Utilities fined £666,000 for polluting river with raw sewage

United Utilities has been ordered to pay a fine of £666,000 in after pleading guilty to polluting a river with untreated sewage effluent in Greater Manchester.

The Environment Agenc....

Added on: 29/09/2017

Sunderland firm fined for waste offences

A Sunderland-based firm has been ordered to pay over £14,700 for breaking environmental laws, which contributed to the illegal dumping of 585 tonnes of waste.

Thompson Waste Ltd run....

Added on: 29/09/2017

Paper coating company fined after worker suffered burns

A paper coating company has been fined after a worker suffered burns following a fire on a coating machine.

Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court heard how an Olympic Varnish Company Limite....

Added on: 31/08/2017

Gas supplier fined after worker left seriously injured

A beverage gas supply company has been fined after a gas cylinder exploded and left a worker with life-changing leg injuries.

Blackpool Magistrates’ Court heard how the employee of ....

Added on: 31/08/2017

Company sentenced after worker loses hand

A soft toy filling company was sentenced for safety breaches after a worker suffered life changing injuries.

Sheffield Magistrates’ Court heard the worker lost his left hand as a co....

Added on: 31/08/2017

Company fined for health and safety failures on construction site

A Bristol-based construction company has been fined for failing to ensure construction work was planned and managed, despite previous warnings.

North Somerset Magistrates’ Court hea....

Added on: 31/08/2017

Company fined £250,000 after crushing leaves worker with brain damage

A passenger air transport firm has been fined after an employee suffered brain damage after being crushed by hangar doors in Bedfordshire.

St Albans Crown Court heard how an employee of S....

Added on: 31/08/2017

Worker suffers flash burns

A manufacturing firm has been sentenced for safety breaches after a worker suffered flash burns to her face, neck, chest and both arms.

Pyronix Limited manufactures intruder alarm equipme....

Added on: 31/08/2017

Tata Steel UK Limited fined after uncontrolled release of toxic substances

A steel company has today been fined after the release of toxic and flammable substances from its site in Scunthorpe.

Hull Crown Court heard on 17 June 2011 a large quantity of Benzole wa....

Added on: 31/08/2017

South West Water to pay £142,524 for Devon and Cornwall breaches

South West Water Ltd has been ordered to pay more than £142,000 in fines and costs for discharging poor quality effluent from two of its sewage treatment plants. The prosecutions were brought....

Added on: 31/08/2017