CQMS News
Stay up-to-date with the latest health and safety news from CQMS. Also, check out recent HSE and Corporate Manslaughter prosecutions.
31st January 2024
A Stockport-based stone worktop manufacturer has been fined £26,000 for repeatedly putting its workers at risk. Granite & Marble Shop Ltd failed to implement safe working […]
25th January 2024
A manufacturing company has been fined £15,000 after exposing its own workers to wood dust and failing to comply with two improvement notices. Wood dust can […]
24th January 2024
The HSE is aware of 3 fatal incidents in Great Britain since 2019, where the operator of a lorry loader has been crushed against the bodywork […]
30th June 2023
A London primary school has been fined £35,000 after a child received 45 per cent burns to their body at a carol concert. The school was […]
27th June 2023
A Runcorn business park operator has been fined £13,000 after a worker fell more than 13 feet through a fragile roof. The man sustained life-threatening injuries, […]
26th June 2023
Serco has been fined £240,000 after a man was killed when the lorry he was a passenger in crashed into litter picking vans blocking a lane […]
23rd June 2023
A manufacturing company has been fined after a dad was drawn into a machine and broke his arm in two places. Paul Pearce, a father-of-two from […]
21st June 2023
A private health care provider has been fined after three workers received treatment following exposure to chlorine gas. Anthony Coombes, an engineer from Sandhurst, Berkshire, was […]
20th June 2023
A transport company has been fined £255,000 after a worker fell from a lorry and fractured his skull. The man, who was working as a delivery […]
20th June 2023
A vape liquid manufacturing company in Manchester has been fined after a worker lost two fingers and a thumb while clearing a blockage in a packaging […]
19th June 2023
A leading manufacturer of aircraft seats has been fined £660,000 after one of its employees suffered horrific injuries when he fell through a roof at a […]
19th June 2023
Chelmsford City Council has been fined £80,000 for waste collection safety failures, after a father-of-three died when he was struck by a bin lorry. Steve Bishop, […]