Recycling company fined £3m after fatal incident

22 July 2024

The fine was issued after a worker was killed and another worker suffered serious injuries whilst working on the decommissioning of an oil rig.

Electrical transmission company fined £240,000 after worker paralysed

17 July 2024

The worker fell more than 30 feet whilst working on the demolition of electricity pylons.

Engineering firm fined after worker sustains serious injuries

15 July 2024

The fine was issued after a worker fell from height while working at a HS2 construction site.

Company and director fined after worker fractures skull

5 July 2024

The worker was struck by an object while manufacturing large steel cable drums for the offshore industry.

Council fined as school technician injured

3 July 2024

The worker lost a finger whilst operating a circular saw without proper training, resulting in a £16,000 fine.

Explosives manufacturer fined £670,000 after worker dies

27 June 2024

The fine was issued after an explosion at a factory killed a worker and seriously injured another.

Charitable trust fined following death of volunteer

24 June 2024

The fine was issued after a worker was crushed when a section of wall collapsed on him.

2 companies fined after worker exposed to asbestos

20 June 2024

The worker was exposed to asbestos fibres whilst breaking up cement sheets.

Company fined after delivery driver electrocuted

20 June 2024

A £30,000 fine was issued after a lorry made contact with an overhead power line.

Director sentenced after filming accident

A media company and its director have been prosecuted after an employee suffered life-changing head and brain injuries while filming from the open boot of a moving car in Devon. The worker fell onto the tarmac during filming for a motorcycle review and has been unable to return to work since. [press.hse.gov.uk], [hsmsearch.com] The incident

Electrical wholesaler fined £4m after worker crushed

A City Electrical Factors Limited employee suffered life-changing injuries after a 231kg switchboard unit fell from a forklift truck during loading operations at the company’s Proteus Switchgear Industrial Division in Telford on 4 October 2024. The 40-year-old father of one sustained severe brain and spinal injuries and now requires 24-hour care in a residential facility.