WHAT HAPPENED? In recent court proceedings, an oil refinery company has been sentenced for safety breaches that led to an incident in which two workers were seriously injured. On the 30th October 2013, the two workers, an employee and an apprentice of Phillips 66 Limited, were working with
Property company fined £1.1m after worker injured in fall from height
What happened? In recent court proceedings, a relocation and refurbishment company based in London has been fined after a worker fell from a height almost 3 metres and was seriously injured. Luton Crown Court heard that on 5 September 2016 an engineer fell almost three metres whilst on a
Manufacturer fined after agency worker suffers injury from being dragged into a roller
What happened? In recent court proceedings, a manufacturing company has been fined following an injury to an employee’s arm. Chemlsford Magistrates’ Court heard that on 19th June 2019, an agency worker was working on a production line making scourer sponges, gluing sponge to abrasive sheets.
Farm employee fatally crushed by concrete beam
What happened In recent court proceedings, a farming company has been fined after an employee was crushed by a concrete beam. On 13th March 2018, the man was moving 6-metre long beams, each weighing 300kg, from the farmyard to the farmhouse. Whilst on a trailer unloading the beams, the employee
Construction company fined after self-employed joiner suffers eye injury
What happened A construction company has been found liable for the serious eye injuries sustained by a self-employed worker who was struck in the face when stepping onto a scaffolding platform. Injury On 2nd November 2017, the worker was installing cladding to a new build home on Southwell
Engineer worker leans into machine, plate crushes head and upper body
What happened In recent court proceedings, an engineering company has been found liable for an accident that caused severe crush injuries to an employee. On the 11th of April 2018, the employee in question was injured after attempting to light the burners on a moulding machine at their
Worker lost multiple fingers to unguarded machine
What happened In recent court proceedings, a recycling company has been found liable for an accident which resulted in the loss of multiple fingers for an employee. On the 2nd of October the worker, who had spent just eight weeks at the company attempted to clear a blockage in the hopper of the
Man injures himself and son in gas work explosion
What happened? In recent court proceedings, a self-employed gas contractor and his son have been found liable following a gas explosion in Glasgow from which they both received serious burn injuries. On the 3rd of August 2016, Kenneth Ewen was contracted to install a heater at Arnold Clark
Apprentice punctures lung after falling from a forklift
What happened In recent court proceedings, a serious fall from height has been prosecuted. On the 30th of July 2018, Mr Francis Yardy and his apprentice were undertaking routine electrical repairs at a potato storage warehouse near Ely. The job required working at height, and instead of using