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Timber-frame firm fined for fire safety and traffic offences

J G Hale Construction Ltd based in South Wales has been fined £100,000 for running an unsafe timber-frame construction site.

Cwmbran Magistrates’ Court heard that HSE lau....

Added on: 30/08/2016

School fined after worker fell from height

A school in Brentwood has pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety regulations after a worker was injured as he fell from a roof.

Chelmsford Crown Court heard how in January 2014 a m....

Added on: 30/08/2016

Cornwall recycling company fined for permit breaches

The operators of a Cornish waste company have been fined and ordered to pay costs totalling £1,000 for breaches of environmental permits dating back to 2013.

The site has had its en....

Added on: 31/05/2016

Plastics manufacturer fined for death of worker

A plastics manufacturer from Cambridgeshire has been fined and given a suspended sentence after a worker died after she was crushed by printing machinery.

Peterborough Crown Court heard h....

Added on: 31/05/2016

Body manufacturing firm fined after workers crushed between vehicles

A vehicle body manufacturing company in Stoke on Trent has been fined after two workers were seriously injured when they were crushed between a moving vehicle and stationary vehicles.

Nor....

Added on: 31/05/2016

Glastonbury Festival fined for causing pollution

Bristol Magistrates Court has ordered Glastonbury Festival Ltd to pay £31,000 after pollution went into the Whitelake River.

The organisers of Glastonbury Festival, the world’....

Added on: 31/05/2016

Ashford waste company employees fined £25,419 for waste crime

Green Box Recycling Kent Limited employees fined for illegal deposit and burning of large quantities of waste wood.

Employees of an Ashford-based waste management business have been fined....

Added on: 31/05/2016

Somerset builder prosecuted for dumping and burning waste near Crewkerne

Environment Agency secures its first order banning someone from handling waste.

A 53-year-old Somerset builder who dumped and burned illegal waste in a field has been given a five-year Cr....

Added on: 31/05/2016

Company fined for release of natural gas and crude oil

A Hampshire-based energy company has been fined for releasing natural gas and crude oil.

Humbly Grove Energy Limited is a top tier COMAH operator whose main activity is the injection of n....

Added on: 31/05/2016

Company fined for safety failings

A Bedford company that produces shower trays has been fined for safety failings following an inspection.

Luton Magistrates’ Court heard how The Shower Tray Company Limited was using....

Added on: 31/05/2016