Latest news and prosecutions

This ebulletin contains a selection of HSE’s latest prosecution notices:

Construction company issued fine after worker is paralysed in fall
A £40,000 fine was issued after a worker fell through the ceiling at a house renovation, leaving him paralysed.

School trust fined after pupil injured
They were fined £6,000 after a pupil’s finger was injured in an unsafe door hinge.

Company fined as worker fractures skull
The £80,000 fine was issued following an incident in which a worker was struck by a telehandler bucket on site.

Metal recycling firm fined £650,000 after routine HSE inspection
The fine was issued for failing to implement effective control measures to protect workers.

Residents put at risk of legionella as company fined £900,000
The housing association was fined following an outbreak of legionella at its sheltered housing accommodation.

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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.