CQMS News
Stay up-to-date with the latest health and safety news from CQMS. Also, check out recent HSE and Corporate Manslaughter prosecutions.
28th April 2015
Bristol City Council prosecuted after worker thrown from tractor Bristol City Council has been ordered to pay almost £25,000 for safety failings after a park keeper […]
27th April 2015
Animal feed firm fined £600,000 over lorry driver’s death An animal feed company has been fined following the death of a lorry driver who was buried […]
27th April 2015
Window firm fined after worker’s severe hand injury A window manufacturing firm was fined £10,000 after a worker was seriously injured while using a chop saw […]
23rd April 2015
Fatality at construction site leads to fine Mark Hammond was fined £12,500 after a 21 year old worker was electrocuted whilst carrying out works in the […]
22nd April 2015
Fine for unsafe gas work Terence Moulton, trading as Terry Moulton Building Services, was fined £800 with £924.32 costs at Birmingham and Solihull Magistrates’ Court after […]
21st April 2015
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, found not guilty of corporate manslaughter On 21 April 2015, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust was charged after a […]
17th April 2015
Steel firm sentenced over North Yorkshire worker’s death A Sheffield steel company has been sentenced after a catalogue of safety failings led to a 42-year-old worker […]
14th April 2015
Two companies were fined after two electricians suffered severe burns while working on live electrical equipment at a plant in Glenrothes, Scotland. The incident occurred when […]
13th April 2015
Farm fined after serious ATV injury A farming company was fined £2,000 and ordered to pay costs of £483 after the fiancée of one of the […]
13th April 2015
Narrow escape for victims of “incompetent” brothers Two Sheffield brothers were jailed for safety failures after a building collapse left three injured, up to 20 people […]
11th April 2015
The HSE have issued this Safety Alert to highlight the issue of chloride stress corrosion cracking which has been found to affect stainless steel (grade 316/316L) […]
30th March 2015
Pyranha Mouldings Limited, sentenced for corporate manslaughter and fined £200,000, plus costs of £90,000 Following a trial at Liverpool Crown Court, the trial Judge passed sentence […]