England | Sheet metal fabrication company fined £48,000 after employee suffers life-changing injury
HSE | Fitzpatrick Fabrications Ltd, a sheet metal fabrication company in Lancashire, has been fined £48,000 after an employee lost part of […]
England | Landlord sentenced for leaving gas boiler unchecked for eight years
HSE | A landlord has been sentenced after failing to ensure gas safety checks were carried out at a rented property in […]
England | Fire safety offences lead to fine
FIA | J&R Real Estate and its sole director, Jagmit Singh Ahudja, have been found guilty of offences under the Regulatory Reform […]
USA | Six New York, New Jersey construction employers found to have exposed workers to safety hazards
U.S. Department of Labor | The U.S. Department of Labor has cited six construction employers for willful and serious safety violations involving […]
New Zealand | Sawmill sentencing again shows need for machine guarding
WorkSafe New Zealand | WorkSafe NZ says businesses must regularly review machine safety systems and guarding arrangements after the sentencing of Pukepine […]
England | Property company and landlord fined for fire safety breaches
Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service | Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS) has successfully prosecuted a landlord and his company after serious […]
England | Construction company fined £120,000 after worker dies in fall from height
HSE | An Oxfordshire-based construction company has been fined £120,000 after a carpenter died when he fell through an unsafe first floor […]
England | Trainee painter electrocuted
HSE | A sole trader has been sentenced after his stepson was fatally electrocuted while working on a domestic property in Chester. […]
Australia | Mine owner and operator fined $810,000 over worker injury
Government of Western Australia | Mine owner and operator FQM Australia Nickel Pty Ltd has been fined $810,000 and ordered to pay […]
Canada | Exploration company fined $114,000 in Red Deer court for workplace injury
RD News | A Calgary-based oil and gas exploration service company has pleaded guilty to one count under the Occupational Health and […]
Northern Ireland | Banbridge farmer sentenced for waste offences at Newry Crown Court
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs | John Baird, 61, of Dublin Road, Banbridge has been sentenced at Newry Crown Court […]
England | Conviction after member of public is fatally struck by bus
HSE | Transport for London (TfL) has been convicted and fined £2 million after a 74-year-old woman was struck by a bus […]