A recycling firm has been prosecuted and fined after an employee was crushed between two skips at one of its centres in the Scottish town of Ayr in Ayrshire. The incident occurred when 46-year-old employee Steven Graham was working between two skips and an 18-tonne shovel loader hit one of them. This caused Graham to …
An engineering firm based in the Lancashire town of Burnley has been prosecuted and fined by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a contractor fell from the roof of its factory. Lupton & Place was fined £6,000 over the incident, in which a 67-year-old contractor fell through a roof panel. He was lucky enough …
A former British Airways flight attendant is pursuing legal action against her employers after she suffered a head injury whilst at work. According to a report in the London Evening Standard, flight attendant Gail-Ormiston-White was aboard a flight that was delayed at Heathrow in July 2008 when the accident happened. She was in the rear …
A man who sustained serious head injuries following an accident at a work’s team bonding day is to sue his employer for compensation. Simon Reynolds, 49, was participating in a cycle race organised by the Canterbury Branch of the Strutt & Parker Estate Agents firm, where he worked. It was a team bonding day which …
A chemical firm has been fined £12,000 after an incident in its Runcorn factory caused a worker to lose a finger. The employee, who is said to be 58 years old but who hasn’t been named, was working at the Ineos Enterprises Ltd plant in Runcorn, Cheshire, in September 2010 when the incident occurred. He …
Two companies operating in Bristol have been fined a collective total of £110,000 after an employee suffered brain damage following a workplace accident. The worker, Richard Chodkiewicz, was working for Hoistway Ltd at a site in Bristol when the incident occurred. He was working along with a colleague at the bottom of a lift shaft, …
Two firms from Barry in Wales have been ordered to pay more than £500,000 between them after an employee lost his life in a work accident. Christopher Booker, 49, died after falling twelve metres from a platform during maintenance work at Aberthaw Power Station in June 2007. He fell through an unprotected opening, a major …
The food manufacturer Heinz has been fined more than £20,000 after an employee lost a finger working with industrial machinery in one of the company’s baked bean factories. The employee, who has not been named but is believed to be 65 years old, was working at Heinz’s Kitt Green factory in Wigan in 2008 when …
The owner of a farm near the Salisbury town of Ludgershall in Wiltshire has been fined more than £120,000 over the accidental death of a young employee back in 2007. The employee, 21-year-old Edward Pybus, was working on a combine harvester at Chute Farm owned by Velcourt Ltd, when the incident occurred. The grain spout …
A West Sussex firm has been forced to rely on its employers’ liability insurance after receiving a fine relating to an employee injury. The electrical firm Skanska Rashleigh Weatherfoil Ltd was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after cable installation technician Richard Bradley suffered an accident at a site in Manor Royal in …
