CQMS News
Stay up-to-date with the latest health and safety news from CQMS. Also, check out recent HSE and Corporate Manslaughter prosecutions.
24th July 2019
EGP Building Services Limited (EGP) has been fined for unsafe gas work which resulted in gas escapes. Subsequent fires were reported at two occupied properties at […]
24th July 2019
A car and commercial vehicle component manufacturer has been fined after two employees suffered burns whilst cleaning a distillation tank. Cheltenham Magistrates’ Court heard how on […]
16th July 2019
A Plymouth-based furniture company has been sentenced for failing to have employers’ liability compulsory insurance (ELCI) the day an employee was injured. Pinexpress flouted repeated requests […]
16th July 2019
A Stockport construction company has been prosecuted after failing to ensure suitable welfare facilities were provided for workers on site. Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard that R […]
12th July 2019
The proprietor of a set of lock up garages in Wigston, Leicestershire has been sentenced for asbestos related offences. Leicester Crown Court heard that work carried […]
11th July 2019
A restaurant owner has been fined after asbestos was disturbed during the conversion of rooms above the restaurant into flats in Essex. Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court heard […]
3rd July 2019
An alloy wheel refurbishment company was sentenced after a 16-year-old apprentice worker was overcome by vapours from a chemical used in the stripping and cleaning of […]
3rd July 2019
Construction company Construction 360 Ltd was sentenced for safety breaches after a worker collapsed and lost consciousness while working at the site of King Asia Foods […]
2nd July 2019
A St Helens wood product manufacturer and a company director have been fined after a worker was dragged into a rotating drive shaft at their site […]
28th June 2019
A company director has received a Community Service Order and two construction companies have been fined after a worker suffered life changing injuries following a fall […]
20th June 2019
A milling company has been fined after a worker suffered life changing injuries resulting in loss and partial loss of three fingers in his dominant hand. […]
17th June 2019
Red Funnel Ferries has been fined after a worker fell from the unprotected edge of its Red Falcon ship’s mezzanine car deck. Southampton Crown Court heard […]