CQMS News
Stay up-to-date with the latest health and safety news from CQMS. Also, check out recent HSE and Corporate Manslaughter prosecutions.
11th January 2021
An engineering company has been fined after a worker was diagnosed with hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS). Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard that prior to 22 October 2018, […]
11th January 2021
Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) has been issued with a Crown Censure by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after nine prison officers suffered […]
11th January 2021
A conservatory and window fitting company has been sentenced after a worker, who was replacing a conservatory roof in adverse weather conditions at a property in […]
11th January 2021
Icon Fabrications Limited has been fined following an incident where an apprentice employee caught his hand in a drill and sustained serious fractures to his left […]
11th January 2021
The sole director of a Norfolk based property development firm has been sentenced for the unsafe excavation of land beneath occupied properties. Norwich Crown Court heard […]
11th January 2021
A plastics manufacturer, who specialises in the manufacturing of traffic barriers and cones, has been fined after an employee’s finger was severed due to inadequately guarded […]
11th January 2021
A construction company was fined after a driver was trapped when a dumper truck overturned at a site in Liskeard, Cornwall. Plymouth Magistrates’ Court heard how […]
11th January 2021
A company director and project manager were sentenced after an untrained and unsupervised worker was killed when the forward tipping dumper truck he was operating overturned. […]
11th January 2021
Enva Scotland Limited has been fined following an incident where a 28-year-old employee, Martin Kane, was fatally injured whilst cleaning a mobile shredder. Paisley Sheriff Court […]
11th January 2021
A company has been fined for failing to complete the correct asbestos survey at a domestic construction project. Salisbury Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 18 October […]
11th January 2021
A managing director has received a suspended sentence after an employee suffered severe burns on a construction site in Swynecombe, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. Milton Keynes Magistrates Court […]
11th January 2021
Manufacturing company, Acrivarn Ltd, was sentenced today for safety breaches after an employee using a 9-inch angle grinder suffered significant facial injuries when the cutting disc […]