Company and director fined after heavy pipe fractures child’s skull
An old, corroded pipe which fell on a 5-year-old was a foreseeable risk a construction company should have prevented, a court has ruled.
By Belinda Liversedge on 17 September 2025
Prosecutions
HSE take fair ride into Buxton lab for testing after 14 injured
HSE experts are inspecting a South Wales theme park fair ride at its laboratory in Buxton after several children were injured when it reportedly derailed this summer.
By Belinda Liversedge on 15 September 2025
Company and director fined after heavy pipe fractures child’s skull
An old, corroded pipe which fell on a 5-year-old was a foreseeable risk a construction company should have prevented, a court has ruled.
By Belinda Liversedge on 17 September 2025
Grocery wholesaler fined £1 million after worker killed by reversing HGV
A London-based grocery supplier has been fined £1 million after a worker was killed by a reversing HGV during a delivery in Manchester.
By Belinda Liversedge on 29 July 2025
Textile firm fined £300,000 after worker struck by vehicle
A company in the West Midlands that reclaims and processes textiles has been fined £300,000 after one of its workers was hit by a telehandler.
By Belinda Liversedge on 23 July 2025
Textile company fined after director killed by reversing HGV
A textile manufacturer has been fined £220,000 after one of its directors was killed by a reversing HGV in Rochdale.
By Belinda Liversedge on 23 July 2025
Edinburgh Airport owner fined after pensioner dies in ambulift fall
Edinburgh Airport’s owner has been fined £80,000 after a pensioner died in hospital after falling five feet from an ambulift.
By Belinda Liversedge on 26 June 2025
HSE fines stone company after inspectors discover workshop floor caked in dust
A manufacturer of popular stone kitchen worktops has been fined £60,000 after HSE inspectors found evidence of shocking failures to control dust exposure in the Slough workshop.
By Belinda Liversedge on 06 June 2025
Paddleboard company owner jailed after “reckless decision” leads to deaths of four people
The owner of a paddleboard business who caused the deaths of four people in a river in south-west Wales has been jailed for 10 and a half years. The court heard Nerys Lloyd, 39, had been “completely reckless” to take a group of inexperienced paddleboarders into the flooded river and weir in Haverfordwest.
By Belinda Liversedge on 01 May 2025
Property firm fined £63k after ignoring repeated warnings about dust exposure
Exposure to large amounts of silica dust was among a “catalogue of failures” at an east London construction site, a court heard.
By Belinda Liversedge on 19 March 2025
Network Rail fined £3.75 million after two track workers killed by train
Network Rail has been fined £3.75 million over the deaths of two workers who were struck by a train while carrying out track maintenance in 2019.
By Kerry Reals on 17 February 2025
Roofer handed suspended sentence after worker fell from ladder
A self-employed roofer has received a suspended prison sentence after a worker he employed fell from a ladder while carrying roof tiles.
By Kerry Reals on 13 February 2025
