England | Council fined after employee falls from ladder
HSE | A local authority has been fined £6,000 after an employee suffered serious injuries when a stepladder collapsed beneath him. The […]
England | Second fine in less than a year after worker’s hand crushed in laminator machine
HSE | A plastic packaging manufacturer has been fined for the second time in less than a year after a worker suffered […]
USA | EPA settlement resolves alleged lead-based paint disclosure violations at Connecticut apartment complex
United States Environmental Protection Agency | The U.S. EPA has announced a settlement agreement with Konover Residential Corporation, resolving alleged violations of […]
Australia | Water tank company fined $50,000 after three-metre fall
WorkSafe Victoria | A water tank construction and repair company has been convicted and fined $50,000 after an engineering student was injured […]
England | Pollution incidents end in £2.2 million for charities
Environment Agency | Investigations by the Environment Agency into water pollution incidents in the West Midlands have seen Severn Trent Water Limited […]
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland | Fines after worker suffers life-changing injuries
HSE | An event structure company and its director have been fined after an employee suffered severe, life-changing injuries while dismantling an […]
Scotland | Company fined following construction work involving bats
COPFS | A construction company has been fined after a large number of bats were killed as a result of building work […]
USA | Three L.A. County roofing contractors cited $282,420 following fatal fall
California Department of Industrial Relations | Cal/OSHA has cited three Los Angeles County-based roofing companies for multiple workplace safety violations, with proposed […]
Australia | Prosecution reinforces importance of valid experience for electrical apprentices
Government of Western Australia | An Osborne Park business has been fined after falsely declaring an electrical apprentice had completed the practical […]
England | Charity gets £168,000 from Lincolnshire environmental offenders
Environment Agency | EA investigations into waste and water offences across Lincolnshire have secured £168,000 for a Lincolnshire charity. The money will […]
Northern Ireland | Company fined and former employee jailed after worker killed
HSENI | A waste company has been fined £120,000 and a former employee sentenced to three years and four months for manslaughter, […]
Ireland | €400,000 fine following a fatal workplace incident
HSA | A fatal work-related incident occurred at a dairy farm in County Limerick on 30 July 2020. Dairymaster Unlimited Company, Causeway, […]