A company is in court after faking their safety record A wholesaler of meat based in North London has been prosecuted after attempting to deceive safety inspectors with positive safety inspections on a faulty fork lift truck. Upon investigation, the HSE discovered that the fork lift truck
Read more →Construction companies encouraged to attend safety event With the majority of workers being killed or injured on construction sites coming from small/medium sized companies, they are being encouraged to attend a health & safety awareness event in Aberdeen on 17th September 2014. The event organised by the
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Illegal Asbestos removal A company has been prosecuted for removing asbestos containing materials (ACM) just weeks after being refused a licence to carry out work of this kind. While the company had previously held a licence, it had since expired and an application to renew it had
Read more →Company director jailed over death & deception A man who was disqualified from being the director of a company has been jailed for fraud and safety offences, while a second man was given a suspended sentence for similar offences. Paul O’Boyle was jailed for a total of
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A scaffolder has been sentenced to 4 months in prison, suspended for 12 months and ordered to pay over £2,500 in fines and costs after a worker suffered a fractured skull when a pulley wheel fell 7 meters and struck his head. A HSE investigation found that
Read more →Two construction companies have been prosecuted by the HSE after a worker fell through a roof after losing his balance on the work platform he was using. He fell nearly 2 metres and suffered a fractured wrist and broken ribs but has since recovered and returned to
Read more →Fines imposed for dangerous scaffolding work A scaffolding worker has been put into an induced coma after falling 5 metres through a roof at a factory in Cheshire. Local Asbestos Service Ltd and Construction Contracting UK Ltd were taken to court by the HSE (Health and Safety
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