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.
25th January 2023
A company has been fined after a worker’s hand was pulled into a large drill causing serious injury. The aircraft fitter, who worked for GE Aviation […]
25th January 2023
The widow of a man who drowned during an open water training dive has said she now fears water following her husband’s death. Technical diving instructor, […]
24th January 2023
A company has been fined after a worker fell into a moulding pit and suffered a broken rib. The Peel Jones Copper Products Limited employee had […]
23rd January 2023
A company must pay more than £100k after one of its employees was left with life-changing injuries when a pallet of glass weighing more than one […]
20th January 2023
A construction company has been fined £146k after a joiner was crushed and killed by a 20-tonne excavator. Philip McDonald had been hired by Birch Brothers […]
20th January 2023
A director has been given a suspended prison sentence and two firms have been fined after a worker was killed when glass panes fell on top […]
18th January 2023
An Inverness company has been fined after a surveyor died from injuries caused by an electrical explosion. Christopher Wayne Earley, a director at CWE Asbestos Consultants […]
17th January 2023
A Greater Manchester company has been fined £180k after a female employee lost her hand after it was dragged into a machine. The Vita Cellular Foams […]
13th January 2023
Civil engineering firm Kier has been fined more than £4m after its workers twice struck overhead powerlines while working on the M6 motorway causing cables to […]
10th January 2023
A council has been fined £280,000 after the death of a six-year-old girl who was hit by a falling tree in her school playground. Ella Henderson […]
6th January 2023
An aircraft maintenance company has been fined £230k after a worker fell from height while inspecting wings at its facility in Cardiff. Iain Mawson, a British […]
22nd December 2022
A property management company has been fined £200,000 after an employee was left in a wheelchair after falling eight metres through a rooflight. Robin Williamson, an […]