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
Prosecutions
Skiing company fined after boy killed in tobogganing collision
An indoor skiing company has been fined £100,000 after a schoolboy at a tobogganing party was killed when he ploughed into a member of staff.
By Belinda Liversedge on 12 March 2025
National Grid fined £3.2 million after pylon worker receives 33,000-volt shock
The National Grid has been fined £3.2 million after a worker suffered “life-changing” burns from a 33,000-volt shock while working on a pylon, to which the electricity had not been switched off.
By Kerry Reals on 01 October 2024
Balfour Beatty fined over Birmingham University scissor lift death
Construction firm Balfour Beatty has been fined £285,000 after a worker fell and died when a scissor lift was knocked over by a crane during building works at the University of Birmingham.
By Kerry Reals on 29 September 2024
Recycling firm fined £1.2 million over collision that left worker with fractured skull
A South Yorkshire-based metal recycling firm has been fined £1.2 million after a skip wagon struck a worker, leaving him with a fractured skull and collar bone.
By Kerry Reals on 10 May 2024
Company director jailed for illegal asbestos removal
The director of a company that developed a commercial unit into student accommodation has been jailed for eight months after illegally removing large quantities of asbestos insulating board (AIB) from the building and exposing unqualified workers to health risks.
By Kerry Reals on 02 May 2024
Engineering firm fined after worker injures hand in automatic lathe
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has reiterated warnings about the dangers of applying emery cloth by hand to automatic lathes, after it fined a County Tyrone-based engineering company £25,000 in relation to serious injuries sustained by an employee.
By Kerry Reals on 11 March 2024
Metal recycling firm fined £200,000 after worker’s arm had to be amputated
A scrap metal recycling firm has been fined £200,000 after an employee’s arm became entangled in a catalytic sampling machine and later had to be amputated.
By Kerry Reals on 11 March 2024
NHS trust fined after employee loses consciousness in manhole and suffers brain injury
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has been fined £480,000 after an employee lost consciousness and suffered a brain injury while unblocking a drain.
By Kerry Reals on 30 January 2024
Building firm boss receives suspended prison sentence after worker crushed to death onsite
Building company Stonehurst Estates Ltd has been fined £450,000 and its director has received a suspended prison sentence, following the death of a worker at a development site in Birmingham.
By Kerry Reals on 15 February 2024
Didcot investigation into four workers’ deaths still unresolved
On 23 February it will be the sixth anniversary of the Didcot disaster which claimed the lives of four demolition workers. But police say it’s still not possible to say when the investigation will be completed.
By Belinda Liversedge on 15 February 2022
Vehicle MOTs must be improved to reduce air pollution
Throughout my career as a Member of Parliament, I have been a passionate campaigner for the environment and I believe that people across the country, no matter our political differences, believe that there is an inalienable right to breathe clean, safe air.
By Barry Sheerman MP on 14 March 2022
