Recent Prosecutions

A construction company and its groundworks contractor have been fined after unsafe excavation work left a worker with serious burns to his hand and arm. High […]

Staffordshire County Council has been prosecuted for failing to inspect and maintain trees on a public footpath, following the death of a member of the public. […]

A self-employed gas engineer, trading as Shabba Gas Services Plumbing and Heating Engineer, has been fined for carrying out unsafe gas work after installing a boiler […]

A cardboard manufacturer has been sentenced after a visiting lorry driver suffered life changing injuries when he was struck by a forklift truck (FLT). Peterlee Magistrates’ […]

A housing company has been sentenced after an agency worker suffered serious injuries in a ladder fall. Teesside Magistrates’ Court heard that on 8 November 2017, […]

A building contractor was prosecuted after carrying out unsafe excavation works, which resulted in the partial collapse of a residential building. Manchester Crown Court heard how […]

Great Britain’s workplace regulator is asking demolition and construction firms to double-down on thorough planning, management and control of demolition and refurbishment work. The Health and […]

A self-employed builder has been fined after a contractor working for him suffered serious injuries when a single-story roof he was demolishing by hand, collapsed at […]

A hazardous waste treatment company has been fined after an employee died when a forklift truck he was driving overturned and crushed him. Manchester Magistrates Court […]