Manual handling costs thumb: £48,000 fine for fabricator
A welder lost part of his thumb when a 133 kg workpiece fell on his hand. The company had no risk assessment for the task and was fined £48,000.
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GMK fined £800,000 after pyrotechnic waste burns
Weapons company GMK was fined £800,000 after a worker suffered burns removing pyrotechnic waste using a method that went unsupervised for years.
Wesdome fined $100,000 after rockfall at Canadian gold mine
Wesdome Gold Mines was fined 100,000 Canadian dollars in Ontario after a rockfall caused by insufficient ground support in an underground gold mine.
Construction Firm Fined After Trench Explosion Near Ottawa
A Gatineau-based construction firm was fined CAD 75,000 after adhesive fumes exploded in an unventilated trench at an Ottawa site, injuring a worker.
Construction firm fined after 24-year-old temporary worker falls through unprotected stairwell opening
Hillbeck Homes (Sowerby Bridge) Ltd has been fined £300,000 plus £9,284.05 in costs by a UK court, after a 24-year-old
Investigation into fire at Saipol plant in Sète points to poor information exchange with subcontractors
Incident On 10 April 2024 at 4:40 pm, a fire broke out in the esterification unit (biodiesel production) of the
Medical device company Smith & Nephew Medical fined after 1.2-tonne crate falls on worker in Hull
Incident On 22 December 2020, a 64-year-old employee of transport company Nippon Express (UK) Ltd suffered life-changing injuries when a
Food manufacturer Samworth Brothers fined after two workers scalded due to inadequate isolation procedure
Incident Two workers – an employee of Samworth Brothers Ltd and a contractor – suffered burns during maintenance work on
Manufacturer fined after worker’s arm caught in conveyor belt
A maintenance engineer suffered life-changing injuries when his arm became trapped in an unguarded conveyor belt. The UK’s HSE fined the company £160,000.