CQMS News
Stay up-to-date with the latest health and safety news from CQMS. Also, check out recent HSE and Corporate Manslaughter prosecutions.
8th June 2021
A bakery has been fined for failing to provide suitable machinery guarding and poor electrical standards. Luton Magistrates’ Court heard how, during an inspection in June […]
8th June 2021
Harlands Builders Limited has been fined for safety breaches after a ground worker was trapped having entered a two-metre-deep excavation. Bridlington Magistrates’ Court heard that on […]
8th June 2021
T Cook & Son (Farmers) Ltd has been sentenced for safety breaches after a 17-year-old worker suffered crush injuries to his foot. Bridlington Magistrates’ Court heard […]
8th June 2021
Food manufacturer, Young’s Seafood Limited, has been fined after a worker was trapped by a mixing machine. Grimsby Crown Court heard that, on 16 October 2017, […]
8th June 2021
An automotive company has been sentenced after an employee developed an allergic form of dermatitis after coming into contact with metalworking fluids. Reading Magistrates’ court heard […]
8th June 2021
A building contractor has been fined after a worker’s leg was seriously injured and later amputated above the knee following the collapse of a masonry wall. […]
8th June 2021
A paper recycling company has been fined £600,000 following the death of a 20-year-old agency worker who suffered fatal crush injuries at a plant in Crayford, […]
8th June 2021
A UPVC window and door manufacturer has been sentenced after a worker was crushed whilst moving a stack of stillages weighing 3000kg. Blackpool Magistrates’ Court heard […]
8th June 2021
A facilities and construction management company, along with the director, have been fined after unsuitable scaffolding partially collapsed, injuring two workers. Newport Magistrates’ Court heard that […]
8th June 2021
Two construction companies have been fined after a worker was seriously injured when a part of an air conditioning plant fell on him while it was […]
8th June 2021
Sole trader, Ian Pitman, has been fined after a sub-contractor fell five metres through a sky light onto a concrete floor. Bristol Magistrates’ Court heard how […]
8th June 2021
As we continue the roadmap out of lock down and more businesses re-open, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is working with local authorities to carry […]