Latest news and prosecutions

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

Company fined £120,000 after worker breaks leg from fall
The worker was adjusting a solar panel and fell 4 metres from the roof of a house

School trust fined £300,000 after student death
The fine was issued after HSE’s investigation found ‘serious management failures’ resulted in a students death

Drinks manufacturer fined after worker suffers serious burns
A £500,000 fine was issued after an engineer repairing a defective pump had hot liquid leak onto them, causing serious burns

Engineering company fined after worker death
The company was fined after safety failures resulted in an agency worker being fatally crushed by a skip’s bale arm

Council fined after employees exposed to vibration risks
A council has been fined £60,000 after workers diagnosed with Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome continued to work with vibrating tools

Engineering company issued fine after worker crushed
The £80,000 fine was issued after a worker was killed whilst moving a machine across a workshop floor

Floor Safety Awareness Month launches this September

A new Floor Safety Awareness Month campaign will run throughout September, encouraging employers and employees to tackle workplace risks caused by leaks, drips, spills and wet surfaces. The initiative has been launched by New Pig Europe to help organisations improve floor safety and reduce the likelihood of slips, trips and falls. The campaign comes amid

Bricklayer hospitalised after roof collapse fall

An Oldham-based construction company has been fined after a 25-year-old bricklayer suffered serious injuries when the floor he was working on collapsed at a house-building site on Lynn Street, Oldham, in June 2024. The worker fell through the structure along with concrete blocks that had been stored on the upper floor. The bricklayer sustained fractures

Suicide prevention training launched for construction workers

A new free digital suicide prevention training programme has been launched to help tackle the mental health crisis facing construction workers, particularly sole traders and the self-employed who can be harder to reach through traditional workplace support schemes. The initiative has been introduced ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day on 10 September. [scottishco…ionnow.com], [hsmsearch.com] Developed

Telehandler driver sentenced over death of colleague

A self-employed telehandler driver has been sentenced after reversing over and fatally injuring a colleague on a construction site in Cheshire. James Connolly, 49, a lift supervisor, died after being struck by the vehicle at a site in Ince, Ellesmere Port, in June 2023. [press.hse.gov.uk], [thebusinessdesk.com] A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation found that