Recent Prosecutions
It is essential to have robust Health and Safety procedures in place to protect your business, workforce, and yourself from accidents, especially in the current harsh economic climate.
CQMS Ltd urges all employers to review their arrangements, procedures, supervision, and employee competency to ensure they are taking all reasonable steps to prevent workplace injuries and dangerous occurrences.
The cases mentioned below are taken from the press and serve as a stark reminder of what can happen when the arrangements are inadequate.
20th April 2023
A Bodmin dairy farm has been fined more than £60,000 after one of its workers sustained multiple injuries when he fell more than 20 feet through […]
19th April 2023
A company in Cornwall has been fined after putting its employees at risk of exposure to ionising radiation over a ten-year period. In 2009, Terrill Bros. […]
19th April 2023
Two construction companies have been sentenced after a worker was hospitalised for nearly two weeks after being struck by a 124kg panel. The man was working […]
14th April 2023
A Scottish civil engineering contractor has been fined £800,000 for safety breaches after a 10-year-old boy died after falling down a manhole on a building site […]
13th April 2023
A Lancashire trucking company has been fined £30,000 after a mechanic died while repairing a forklift truck. Joseph Robinson, a mechanic at E. Jackson (Chatburn) Limited, […]
13th April 2023
An asbestos removal company has been convicted and its director given a prison sentence after failing to ensure the safe removal of asbestos. Asbestos Boss Limited, […]
5th April 2023
A concrete manufacturer has been fined £1m after a 24-year-old man died at a site in Nottingham. Stewart Ramsay, from Mansfield, was working for Creagh Concrete […]
4th April 2023
A man has been jailed after a worker fell from the roof of a commercial property in North London and died a week later. Patrick McCarthy […]
3rd April 2023
A manufacturing company has been fined £600,000 after a worker’s leg was crushed by a forklift truck. The man was working for AkzoNobel Packaging Coatings Limited […]
31st March 2023
Automotive group McLaren has been fined £650,000 after a father-of-five from Portsmouth fell to his death carrying out an inspection. David Oldham’s widow, Patricia, says she […]
30th March 2023
An East Yorkshire garden landscaping supply company has been fined £600,000 after an employee died while loading a lorry. Brian White, 59, was working for Kelkay […]
28th March 2023
A Peterborough company has been fined £500,000 after a young father was killed in an explosion at a firework factory. Twenty-four-year-old Brendan Ledgister was working for […]