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
Veolia fined £3m after worker died while dismantling North Sea gas rig
A recycling company has been fined £3 million in relation to the death of one worker and the serious injury of another when part of a gas rig fell on them while they were carrying out decommissioning work.
By Kerry Reals on 30 July 2024
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
