CQMS News
Stay up-to-date with the latest health and safety news from CQMS. Also, check out recent HSE and Corporate Manslaughter prosecutions.
9th November 2022
A scrap metal company has been fined for safety breaches after a worker lost parts of four fingers while operating poorly maintained machinery. On 27 March […]
8th November 2022
Logistics company Eddie Stobart has been fined after work at one of its sites exposed staff to asbestos. The firm was fined £133,000 for a series […]
7th November 2022
Two companies have been fined after a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) driver suffered fatal chest injuries while unstrapping a load on a trailer. Andrew Bayley-Machin, 41, […]
7th November 2022
A company that tests ventilation systems has been fined for putting hundreds of workers at risk of serious lung diseases. Airtec Filtration Ltd was used by […]
7th November 2022
Three companies have been given six-figure fines after a driver was crushed between a reversing HGV and a forklift truck in a warehouse beside Heathrow Airport. […]
4th November 2022
A family-run plant hire company has been fined after a member of the public was crushed at its Cambridgeshire site. On 30 January 2020, a FDS […]
2nd November 2022
A Cornish scaffolding company has been fined £24,000 after a worker was injured when he fell through a fibreglass skylight. The 37-year-old scaffolder was working for […]
31st October 2022
A Blackburn building firm has been fined £116,666 after a long history of health and safety failings. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) […]
28th October 2022
A construction company and two workers have been sentenced after a worker suffered an electric shock whilst working on a farm. On 30 September 2019 an […]
26th October 2022
A building contractor has been fined £600,000 and its director has been ordered to complete 100 hours of unpaid work and fined £4,200 following serious and […]
21st October 2022
A Tyne and Wear engineering company has been fined £20,000 after a worker fractured his pelvis and suffered internal injuries after falling through a petrol station […]
20th October 2022
Nestle has been fined after an employee suffered life-changing injuries at its factory in Newcastle upon Tyne. The incident happened on November 30, 2020 when the […]