CQMS News
Stay up-to-date with the latest health and safety news from CQMS. Also, check out recent HSE and Corporate Manslaughter prosecutions.
10th June 2023
A FORMER company director has been jailed after a machine trapped and crushed to death a new employee. Michael Hall, 66, of Hullen Edge Lane, Elland, […]
8th June 2023
A Wiltshire landowner has been fined £15,000 after members of the public were seriously injured by cattle while walking along footpaths on his estate. Sir Charles […]
6th June 2023
A plastics manufacturing company in West Bromwich has been fined after it put workers and the public at risk of being infected with potentially deadly bacteria. […]
6th June 2023
A leading bedding manufacturer has been fined £80,000 after an employee suffered horrific injuries when his hand was drawn into a machine. John Cotton Group Limited […]
1st June 2023
A glass distribution and installation company has been fined £200,000 after an employee broke two ribs and fractured his vertebra after being crushed by a crate. […]
31st May 2023
A Hampshire-based hygiene consultancy firm has been fined £2,000 after its failures put workers at risk of exposure to hazardous substances. Envirochem Analytical Laboratories Limited provided […]
26th May 2023
Security firm, Serco, has been fined £2.25 million for health and safety failings following the death of custody officer Lorraine Barwell. Lorraine Barwell Ms Barwell, a […]
19th May 2023
CCTV footage has been released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after Gates Engineering and Services UK Limited was fined £200,000. The 22-year-old, from Newcastle, […]
18th May 2023
Two major transport companies have been fined a combined total of £2.2m after ‘a loving dad and husband’ was killed when he was hit by a […]
16th May 2023
A County Durham car valeting company has been fined after failing to comply with enforcement notices and putting workers at risk of electrocution. Health and Safety […]
16th May 2023
A waste and recycling company has been fined after an employee’s leg was amputated after he was run over by a telehandler. The man, who was […]
15th May 2023
Two company directors have been jailed after a wall collapsed killing five men – with both firms having to pay combined fines of £1.6million. Wayne Anthony […]