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Company fined £400k after worker left disfigured from chemical burns

One of the world’s largest chemical manufacturers has been fined £400,000 after an employee was seriously injured while carrying out a routine task.   The worker, 47, was attempting to clear the sump which contained a caustic solution at INEOS’s site in Grangemouth, Scotland, on 25 November 2019. However, the worker, who does not wish…

Company fined £120,000 after man killed at work

A company has been fined £120,000 after a man was killed in an accident at work.   Steve Rooke, 55 was working at Mifflin Construction Ltd in Leominster, Herefordshire, a company which specialises in manufacturing and installing steel components when he became trapped between two heavy steel beams.     The incident occurred in May…

Agriculture most dangerous industry to work in, figures show

Agriculture is the most dangerous industry to work in after figures show that it had the highest number of fatal injuries among workers last year.   As a result, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a campaign to highlight advice for working safely within the farming industry. According to figures, there was a…

Company fined £250,000 after two employees had their fingers amputated

Employees at a bed manufacturing company have had to have their fingers amputated after suffering a serious injury at work.   Rochdale-based Sartex Quilts and Textiles has since been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive and fined more than £250,000 after the two separate incidents. HSE inspector Elena Pickford described the injuries sustained by…

Man left with horrific injuries after accident at work

A man has been left with life-changing injuries after his employer failed to safely maintain his work vehicle, resulting in an horrific accident.   Mr. X, 39, was working as a green keeper at Gower Golf Club, Swansea when the incident occurred on April 1, 2022. Mr. X had been instructed by his employer to…

Company fined £2 million after agency worker killed by loading shovel

A recycling company has been fined £2.15million after an agency worker was killed by a loading shovel at its site in Hartlepool.   Dean Atkinson lost his life when he was struck and run over by a vehicle at Ward Recycling Limited’s premises on Windermere Road, Longhill Industrial Estate in January 2020.     Health…

NHS Trust fined £480,000 after worker found unconscious in manhole

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has been fined £480,000 after an employee suffered a brain injury after he was found unconscious in a manhole.   The man had been unblocking a drain at the hospital on 1 February 2022 when he was discovered by other members of staff. He was rescued from the manhole…

Bus company fined £50,000 after worker killed at depot

A national bus company and commercial cleaning firm has been fined after a man was killed by a reversing bus, driven by his colleague at work.   Albin Trstena, from Tottenham, was working for Cordant Cleaning Limited, when the incident occurred at the Arriva bus depot in Hemel Hempstead in 2019. The 25-year-old had been…

Company fined £900,000 after father-of-two crushed to death at work

A company in Leicestershire has been fined £900,000 after a father-of-two was crushed to death at work.   Lee Benham died while attempting to move a scissor lift at Nationwide Platform Limited’s workshop in Liskeard, Cornwall. Lee’s wife, Kelly Benham, says her heart has been ‘ripped out’ after his passing. The 45-year-old, who was from…

Company fined after worker spotted on ‘precarious’ platform at height

A company has been fined after shocked onlookers spotted an employee precariously working from a platform at height, raised by a forklift truck at Ramsgate Harbour.   The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted European Active Projects (EAP) Limited for breaching Work at Height Regulations after one of its workers was spotted on the pallet…