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November 2009
A number of notable health and safety prosecutions have been successfully undertaken in the last month by the enforcement authorities:-
Director fined for repeated negligent safety practices after worker's arm amputated - A businessman from Northamptonshire has been fined £60,000 after ordering a worker to clean a moving machine that trapped and mangled his arm, requiring it to be amputated.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2009/coiem87.htm
Property developer fined for putting workers at risk - A London property developer and landlord was yesterday fined £10,000 at City of London Magistrates Court after workers on two of his developments were put at risk.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2009/coildn0211.htm
Edinburgh council fined £14,000 for asbestos failures that put workers at risk - Edinburgh Council has today (11 November) been fined £14,000 after 14 of its employees, were potentially exposed to asbestos while carrying out refurbishment work.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2009/coisco17709.htm
Food manufacturer ordered to pay almost £95,000 - Food manufacturing firm Tulip Limited has been ordered to pay £94,523 in fines and costs after one of its employees had three fingers crushed in a packing machine.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2009/coie33.htm
Companies fined after workers exposed to asbestos - Two businesses and a company director have been fined after workers in Manchester were exposed to potentially deadly asbestos fibres.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2009/coinw032recon09.htm
Lifeguard fined after father-of-three drowns - A lifeguard who failed to notice a father-of-three lifeless at the bottom of a Walsall swimming pool was yesterday (26/10) convicted at Wolverhampton Crown Court.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2009/coiwm40109.htm
Pet food director fined £10,000 after worker crushed to death - A director of a pet food company has been fined £10,000 for breaches of health and safety law after a worker was crushed to death.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2009/coiem7909.htm
Cambridgeshire landlord jailed for 16 months for breaking gas safety laws - A Cambridgeshire landlord has been jailed for 16 months after he admitted perverting the course of justice and four separate charges of breaking gas safety law.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2009/coie22.htm