Latest news and prosecutions

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

Fines issued after worker dies from 20-foot fall
A company has been fined £90,000 and a manager fined £8,500 after a worker fell to his death.

Property developer fined for multiple failures
The £63,000 fine was issued after multiple safety failings were found at a construction site.

Company fined after worker’s legs trapped in machine
A fine of over £96,000 was issued to a hydraulics company after an incident which resulted in a worker having his leg amputated.

Company fined £30,000 for unsafe scaffolding
HSE’s investigation discovered a failure to assemble safe scaffolding, causing workers to climb the scaffold rungs rather than a ladder.

Builder sentenced after worker died in fall from height
The builder was handed a 6-month sentence after a worker fell from a scaffold whilst working to render a domestic property.

Animal feed manufacturer fined after worker loses arm
A £566,000 fine was issued after a worker’s arm was severed after being drawn into a conveyor mechanism whilst clearing a blockage.

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.