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South Devon landlord carried out illegal gas safety checks

A landlord from Torquay illegally carried out annual gas safety checks at his properties despite not being a registered gas engineer, a court has heard.....

Added on: 01/05/2015

Skipper jailed for failings that lead to death of diver (COPFS release)

Guthrie Melville, the skipper of the boat ‘Solstice’, has been sentenced to nine month imprisonment today at Stirling Sheriff Court for health and safety regulatory failings that lead to t....

Added on: 01/05/2015

Company sentenced after worker loses fingers

A leading international aluminium fabricator has been fined after a worker severed two fingers when his left hand was trapped in the loading clamps of an aluminium metal extrusion machine. ....

Added on: 01/05/2015

Glazing system manufacturer fined after worker’s hand injured in saw

Alco Glass Systems Limited of Aldershot, Hampshire were fined £7,500 and ordered to pay £1,895 in costs after a worker suffered serious injuries to their hand from an unguarded saw. The company plea....

Added on: 01/05/2015

Housing association fined for unsafe gas work at pregnant mum’s home

HSE prosecuted a housing association for undertaking unsafe gas work at a rented property where a pregnant mother lived with her two children. At Westminster Magistrates’ Court, Shepherd’s Bush Ho....

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Shropshire builder in court for illegal gas work

The former owner of a Shropshire building firm has been prosecuted for carrying out illegal and dangerous gas work at two West Midlands homes. Jonathan Taylor, 44, from Broseley, was prosecuted at S....

Added on: 01/05/2015

Lewisham company in court over worker fall

A Lewisham roofing company has been fined for safety failings after a worker was seriously injured in a five metre fall from a property in Bromley. Daniel Dennis, 22, from Lewisham, fractured his pelv....

Added on: 01/05/2015

Wood firm in court over worker injury

A timber company has been sentenced after a worker sustained significant hand injuries after it came into contact with the moving blade of a cross cut saw in November 2013 Brookridge Timber Limited, F....

Added on: 01/05/2015

Bristol City Council prosecuted after worker thrown from tractor

Bristol City Council has been ordered to pay almost £25,000 for safety failings after a park keeper suffered serious injuries when she was thrown from a tractor as it overturned. The 51-year-old work....

Added on: 01/05/2015

Window firm fined after worker’s severe hand injury

A window manufacturing firm was fined £10,000 after a worker was seriously injured while using a chop saw without adequate training.  The employee cut off all four fingers and most of his right hand....

Added on: 01/05/2015