Health & safety in court

All the latest news from court, including health and safety prosecutions, fines for health and safety breaches and other penalties.

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Car wash firm fined for failing to protect workers and the public

A car wash firm in Devon has been fined £40,000 after it repeatedly failed to protect workers and members of the public from electrical safety risks. Read More

Tata Chemicals fined £1.1m following man’s death

Tata Chemicals Europe Limited has been fined after a man died following an incident while erecting a scaffold tower in a chemical plant in Northwich. Read More

Openreach fined £1.3m following death of engineer

Openreach Limited has been fined £1.34 million after an engineer died whilst trying to repair a telephone line. Read More

Company fined £30,000 for unsafe removal of asbestos

A company based in Kent has been fined £30,000, and its director fined £5,000, after failing to ensure the safe removal of asbestos across two separate sites. Read More

Skip hire and waste recycling company fined after worker is injured

A family run and owned skip hire, waste and recycling business in Scotland has been fined £24,000 after a worker sustained serious injuries to his left hand and forearm on the blades of a machine. Read More

Companies fined as electrician falls and fractures skull

Two companies have been sentenced after a worker fell from a scissor lift and fractured his skull, leaving him in an induced coma. Read More

Recycling company fined after workers exposed to wood dust

A wood recycling company has been fined after the long-term health of workers was put in danger due to excessive exposure to the dust their work created. Read More

Legal Lens – Health and Safety lessons to be learnt from Ward Recycling Limited’s prosecution

This month, Fieldfisher’s Health & Safety team consider the successful conviction of Ward Recycling Limited. Read More

Farmer given suspended jail sentence after man killed by cattle

A West Yorkshire farmer has been fined after his cattle trampled a man to death and left his wife paralysed. Read More

Motorsport engineering firm fined for failing to ensure the health, safety and welfare of its employees

A motorsport engineering firm based in Kent has been fined after Britain’s workplace regulator identified numerous health and safety breaches. Read More



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