About 1.3m people in the East of England were affected by the negligence between June and December 2021. Environment Secretary Steve Reed said the problem was “scandalous and a complete disgrace”.
The water provider admitted five offences under the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2016 and was sentenced at Northampton Crown Court.
— Accurate at time of publication | May 2025
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The airline was prosecuted by the HSE following two separate incidents at Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport.
On 25 August 2022, a 54-year-old employee had been unloading baggage containers from an aircraft when he slipped off a televator and landed 1.5 metres onto the ground below. He suffered serious back and head injuries, including a fractured vertebrae, as a result.
The HSE investigation found there were gaps between the televator’s guardrails and the aircraft fuselage, the size of which depended on the type of aircraft, creating the fall from height hazard. The gaps increased in size after the front of the televators’ platforms at Terminal 5 were extended – but additional measures to prevent falls from height had not been implemented.
At the time of the incident, British Airways had started a programme to retrofit extendable guardrails to televators in response to previous HSE visits. This was completed following the incident.
— Accurate at time of publication | May 2025
What you’ll get: The company was fined for contravening clause 10-4 (1) (a) of the regulations (being an employer, failing to provide an effective safeguard when a worker may contact a dangerous moving part of a machine, resulting in the serious injury of a worker).
One other charge was withdrawn.
The charges stemmed from an incident that occurred on 4 December 2022, in Regina, Saskatchewan when a worker suffered serious injuries while inspecting the underside of sheet metal as it was being mechanically moved through the metal slitting machine.
— Accurate at time of publication | May 2025
What you’ll get: Ransberg Pty Ltd, trading as WA Premix, pleaded guilty to failing to provide and maintain a safe workplace and, by that failure, causing serious harm to a worker, and was fined in the Joondalup Magistrates Court.
In December 2020, a worker at the plant suffered serious harm when a large waste pit gate fell onto him.
Waste products from the concrete mixing process are deposited into waste pits that are regularly drained and emptied.
These steel and concrete waste pits are four-walled boxes three metres wide by one point five metres high with a removable front wall weighing around two tonnes known as the waste pit gate.
The waste pit gate is held in place by four wedge pins that lock into fittings on the side wall of the pit. These pins were knocked out with a mallet once the gate was secured by a lifting chain attached to a raised front-end loader bucket.
The pit gate was then lifted by the front-end loader and stored safely beside the waste pits.
The emptying of the waste pits was considered to be a two-person job, but it was done by one person if no other workers were available.
— Accurate at time of publication | May 2025
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Calum Morton of Cambuslang was served the Fixed Monetary Penalty (FMP) by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) after the regulator found they had falsely claimed to be a registered waste carrier and provided false information about a waste deposit.
Waste transfer notices ensure that there is a clear audit trail from when waste is produced until disposal, providing an accurate record that enables regulators to track waste movements and check waste has been handled legally.
A waste transfer notice should provide essential information on the type and quantity of waste, where it originated from, and where it will be disposed of or treated. Any person who produces, keeps, or manages controlled waste or has control of it as a broker or dealer, or carriers must complete accurate waste transfer notes and make them available on request.
In May 2023, South Lanarkshire Council provided SEPA with a waste transfer notice identifying Mr. Morton as a registered waste carrier and detailing the collection and transport of waste from The Tudor Inn, Cambuslang, to the NWH Group waste management facility, Glasgow.
Witness statements collected from the Council and NWH Group certified that Mr. Morton had not deposited nor paid for the deposit of waste at the location, while checks of SEPA’s own records indicated that Mr. Morton was not registered as a waste carrier on the date stated on the waste transfer notice.
— Accurate at time of publication | April 2025
Calum Morton of Cambuslang was served the Fixed Monetary Penalty (FMP) by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) after the regulator found they had falsely claimed to be a registered waste carrier and provided false information about a waste deposit.
Waste transfer notices ensure that there is a clear audit trail from when waste is produced until disposal, providing an accurate record that enables regulators to track waste movements and check waste has been handled legally.
A waste transfer notice should provide essential information on the type and quantity of waste, where it originated from, and where it will be disposed of or treated. Any person who produces, keeps, or manages controlled waste or has control of it as a broker or dealer, or carriers must complete accurate waste transfer notes and make them available on request.
In May 2023, South Lanarkshire Council provided SEPA with a waste transfer notice identifying Mr. Morton as a registered waste carrier and detailing the collection and transport of waste from The Tudor Inn, Cambuslang, to the NWH Group waste management facility, Glasgow.
Witness statements collected from the Council and NWH Group certified that Mr. Morton had not deposited nor paid for the deposit of waste at the location, while checks of SEPA’s own records indicated that Mr. Morton was not registered as a waste carrier on the date stated on the waste transfer notice.
— Accurate at time of publication | April 2025
The 61-year-old was working for Camclad Contractors Limited, replacing cladding panels on a former abattoir that had been damaged in a storm, when the incident took place at Gaerwen Industrial Estate, Anglesey, on 24 January 2018.
— Accurate at time of publication | May 2025
What you’ll get: Mark Pinder, 51, was working for East Riding Sacks Ltd, a manufacturer of paper sacks, at its site in Stamford Bridge, near York, when the incident happened on 11 February 2023.
Mr Pinder, from York, had been operating one of the production lines when a blockage occurred on the upper deck of the machinery. After identifying the cause, he attempted to remove the blockage. He had been standing on the stationery metal rollers when his colleagues witnessed part of the machine being activated. Mr Pinder was struck by the machine which caused him to lose his footing.
He fell approximately three metres from the unguarded edge of the metal rollers to the factory floor below. Although paramedics were called to the factory, he died at the scene as a result of his injuries.
— Accurate at time of publication | May 2025
Mark Pinder, 51, was working for East Riding Sacks Ltd, a manufacturer of paper sacks, at its site in Stamford Bridge, near York, when the incident happened on 11 February 2023.
Mr Pinder, from York, had been operating one of the production lines when a blockage occurred on the upper deck of the machinery. After identifying the cause, he attempted to remove the blockage. He had been standing on the stationery metal rollers when his colleagues witnessed part of the machine being activated. Mr Pinder was struck by the machine which caused him to lose his footing.
He fell approximately three metres from the unguarded edge of the metal rollers to the factory floor below. Although paramedics were called to the factory, he died at the scene as a result of his injuries.
— Accurate at time of publication | May 2025
The incident happened on 12 November 2022, at an oil and gas development in northern Alberta.
Two workers were welding on top of a tank when an explosion occurred within a tank farm, according to the Alberta government.
The explosion claimed the lives of Greg Podulsky, 29, and Darcy Schwindt, 47, while the men were conducting work at the site operated by Tamarack.
Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd. and Peace Pipefitting Inc. each admitted to a single count under Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety Act during a court hearing in Slave Lake.
Justice Robert Marceau accepted a joint sentencing submission that included both fines and creative sentencing measures.
— Accurate at time of publication | May 2025
What you’ll get: HA Hold Co Pty Ltd pleaded guilty to failing to provide and maintain a safe workplace and, by that failure, causing serious harm to a worker, and was fined in the Northam Magistrates Court.
In January 2023, a leading hand was working under a labour hire arrangement at the hay processing plant at Carani in the Wheatbelt, operating a small hay press.
He climbed through an unguarded area onto the press’s conveyor belt to rearrange some hay bales that had become twisted in front of a chamber in which hay bales were cut in half.
He was pushed by the mechanical arm that pushes hay bales into the cutting chamber, and his leg became trapped in the chamber. His leg was fractured, and he suffered a degloving injury.
The conveyor belt did have interlocked gates on the opposite side from where this incident occurred, and opening these gates stopped the conveyor belt.
However, workers had previously accessed the conveyor belt while it was moving by reaching over the conveyor belt and pushing the twisted hay bales. This was faster and more convenient than walking around to the other side of the conveyor to the interlocked gates.
— Accurate at time of publication | May 2025
What you’ll get: In October 2023, Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service received concerns regarding the fire safety provisions at holiday accommodation known as Premier Apartments Flats 1 to 4 in St Ives.
During an inspection at the premises on the same day, the Fire Safety Inspector found multiple fire safety breaches including a lack of risk suitable risk assessments and inadequate fire detection.
Sentencing, District Judge Jo Matson said fire safety matters were extremely serious due to the risks that can occur. She added that those staying at the premises were on holiday and should be protected.
The court heard that following the inspection in 2023, the company had spent around £25,000 rectifying the issues raised.
Holiday Enterprises Limited was ordered to pay a fine of £22,660, a victim surcharge of £2,000 and £8,998 in costs. The company was given 28 days to make full payment.
Kathryn Billing, Chief Fire Officer at Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service, said: “The Fire Safety Order is designed to protect life in the event of fire, and whilst prosecution is always a last resort, the case serves as a strong reminder to those with responsibilities that if they fail to meet their regulatory requirements or put people at significant risk in the event of fire, we will not hesitate to seek the highest sanctions possible.”
— Accurate at time of publication | April 2025
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Laura Simmons was working alone on 2 June 2023, spraying weed killer along fence lines, using the all-terrain vehicle (ATV) at a farm in Charlton Abbots near Cheltenham.
The overloaded quad bike overturned. The 22-year-old was found by a jogger several hours later.
Laura, described by her mother as “lively, caring and adventurous,” died from fatal spine injuries. An investigation by the HSE found the ATV overturned due to an overloaded front rack, uneven tyre pressure, unstable load from lack of baffles in the spray tank and the potential for the spray lance to be used during movement.
Baxter, of Chedworth, pleaded guilty to breaching regulation 2(1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety At Work etc Act 1974. He was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay £6,161.72 costs at a hearing at Cheltenham Magistrates Court on 29 April 2025.
Laura’s mother paid tribute to her daughter from Shetland, saying: “She was a lively person who loved animals, was very caring, was a hard worker, was plucky, intelligent, practical, adventurous and she had a beautiful smile.”
After the hearing, HSE inspector Emily O’Neill said: “This was a tragic incident, and a much-loved young woman has lost her life. It could have easily been avoided with the right controls in place.
“We found several failures, so Mr Baxter’s previous suggestion that Laura was a victim of ‘unfortunate circumstances’ is, frankly, offensive.
“This prosecution highlights ongoing safety concerns in the agricultural sector, which remains one of Britain’s most dangerous industries for workers. Proper equipment, training and risk assessment are essential to protect workers.”
The prosecution was brought by HSE enforcement lawyer Arfaq Nabi and supported by paralegal officer Rebecca Foreman.
— Accurate at time of publication | April 2025
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Martin Dunford, 33, was ‘very much loved’ by his family who say they miss him ‘every day’ since the incident on 23 January 2020. Martin was killed after being pinned against the side of a lorry loader as two stacks of concrete blocks fell onto him.
Martin had been working at Ebrington Rise, near Chipping Campden – a development of 16 three, four and five bedroomed houses being built by Piper Homes Construction Limited.
The HSE’s investigation found that Martin had walked around a lorry loader to talk to a driver about how long he would be on site, as he needed access to one of the properties being built. A stack of concrete blocks which had been placed on top of another stack of blocks, which was also supported by a wooden pallet, toppled over onto him, pinning him against the side of the lorry. He sustained severe internal and head injuries and died on site.
Piper Homes Construction Limited, who were the principal contractor on the site, had failed to ensure that a suitable, level storage area was provided for the safe offloading of construction materials. The company had also failed to ensure that wooden pallets in a suitable condition were used for the storage of construction materials and that persons were excluded from delivery areas.
Piper Homes Construction Limited, which is currently in liquidation, of Lace Market Square, Nottingham, pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 13(1) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015. The company was fined £300,000 and ordered to pay £5,236 in costs.
— Accurate at time of publication | April 2025
Martin Dunford, 33, was ‘very much loved’ by his family who say they miss him ‘every day’ since the incident on 23 January 2020. Martin was killed after being pinned against the side of a lorry loader as two stacks of concrete blocks fell onto him.
Martin had been working at Ebrington Rise, near Chipping Campden – a development of 16 three, four and five bedroomed houses being built by Piper Homes Construction Limited.
The HSE’s investigation found that Martin had walked around a lorry loader to talk to a driver about how long he would be on site, as he needed access to one of the properties being built. A stack of concrete blocks which had been placed on top of another stack of blocks, which was also supported by a wooden pallet, toppled over onto him, pinning him against the side of the lorry. He sustained severe internal and head injuries and died on site.
Piper Homes Construction Limited, who were the principal contractor on the site, had failed to ensure that a suitable, level storage area was provided for the safe offloading of construction materials. The company had also failed to ensure that wooden pallets in a suitable condition were used for the storage of construction materials and that persons were excluded from delivery areas.
Piper Homes Construction Limited, which is currently in liquidation, of Lace Market Square, Nottingham, pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 13(1) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015. The company was fined £300,000 and ordered to pay £5,236 in costs.
— Accurate at time of publication | April 2025