Latest news and prosecutions

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

Company fined after repeated wood dust failures
The £4,000 fine was issued after a company failed to protect its workers from exposure to wood dust

£60,000 fine issued after worker falls from church steeple
An investigation found safety failings which resulted in a worker falling to their death

Company fined after worker left with serious injuries
The fine was issued after a workers legs were crushed by an 800kg pallet

Child crushed by car at MOT testing centre
A £10,000 fine has been issued after a child was seriously injured by a moving car

Company fined after worker loses fingers
The worker was operating a panel saw when his hand made contact with the blade, severing 3 of his fingers

Stone company fined £20,000 after repeatedly failing to protect workers
An investigation revealed the company failed to protect workers from exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica