Company fined after fall leaves grandad with life-changing brain injuries

2 December 2022

A vehicle parts company has been fined £30,000 after a worker fell 2.5 metres from a delivery vehicle to a concrete floor and was in a coma for 24 days.

Engineer jailed for illegal gas work

2 December 2022

An unregistered plumbing and heating engineer has been jailed for 20 weeks after installing a gas central heating boiler that did not meet current safety standards.

Company fined £800,000 after employee suffers serious burns

2 December 2022

A chemicals company has been fined after a worker suffered life-changing injuries, including partial blindness, in an explosion.

Demolition firm and director prosecuted after labourer crushed

28 November 2022

A demolition firm has been fined and one of its directors ordered to do 250 hours of unpaid work after a 20-year-old worker was crushed by an excavator.

Health board fined £160,000 after employees diagnosed with hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS)

25 November 2022

An investigation by HSE found the health board had failed to properly assess the levels of exposure to its employees and that information, instruction and training given to staff was limited.