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Robert Spicer
Jun 6, 20171 min read
Severed hand in the workplace: company fined £24,000
Severed hand: £24,000 finE Health and Safety Executive v Pipework Engineering Services Ltd (2017) Birmingham magistrates’ court, May 26...
Robert Spicer
May 30, 20171 min read
Nottingham City Council fined after apprentice injured
Lawnmower hand injuries: local authority fined £33,000 Health and Safety Executive v Nottingham City Council (2017) Nottingham Crown...
Robert Spicer
May 29, 20171 min read
Homelessness not a matter of necessity: Lord Denning in London Borough of Southwark v Williams
Hunger and homelessness: London Borough of Southwark v Williams (1971) Homeless families in London squatted in empty houses in Southwark....
Robert Spicer
May 28, 20171 min read
Four workers killed on excavation site: companies and director prosecuted
Multiple deaths on excavation site: two companies and director sentenced Health and Safety Executive v Claxton Engineering Services Ltd,...
Robert Spicer
May 25, 20171 min read
Construction site death from reversing vehicle: two companies fined £20,000 each
Reversing vehicle death: £20,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Cavanna Homes (SW) Ltd and Steve Hoskin Construction Ltd (2017)...
Robert Spicer
May 24, 20171 min read
Death of worker: employer fined £475,000
Death of worker: £475,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v ATE Truck and Trailer Sales Ltd (2017) Wolverhampton Crown Court, May 16...
Robert Spicer
May 23, 20171 min read
Farm death: badly maintained machinery: Penhill farm and owner fined
Farm death: £20,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Penhill Farm Ltd and Selwyn Andrew Thomas Richards (2017) Swansea Crown Court, May...
Robert Spicer
May 17, 20171 min read
Chainsaw laceration: Growing Green Ltd fined £120,000
Chainsaw lacerations: £120,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Growing Green Ltd (2017) Basildon magistrates’ court, May 8 Statutory...
Robert Spicer
Apr 22, 20171 min read
Nottinghamshire County Council fined £1million after disabled man crushed by tractor
Local authority fined £1million for crushing incident Health and Safety Executive v Nottinghamshire County Council (2017) Nottingham...
Robert Spicer
Apr 18, 20171 min read
Workplace injury: fingers amputated: company fined
Serious hand injuries: construction company fined Health and Safety Executive v Coldmac Ltd (2017) Nuneaton magistrates’ court, March 28...
Robert Spicer
Apr 16, 20171 min read
Workplace laceration injury: employer fined £200,000
Engineering company fined for laceration Health and Safety Executive v Moy Park Ltd (2017) Lincoln Crown Court, April 12 Statutory...
Robert Spicer
Apr 9, 20171 min read
Serious crushing injuries: Bryan Alexander Ltd fined for health and safety offence
Crushing injuries: £46,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Bryan Alexander Ltd (2017) Plymouth magistrates’ court, April 3 Statutory...
Robert Spicer
Apr 6, 20171 min read
Worker electrocuted: life-changing injuries: BAM Construction Ltd fined £260,000
Worker electrocuted: £260,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v BAM Construction Ltd and Shoreland Projects Ltd (2017) Winchester Crown...
Robert Spicer
Apr 4, 20171 min read
Essar Oil (UK) Ltd fined £1.65million for major oil refinery explosion
Essar Oil (UK) Ltd fined £1,650,000 after explosion at refinery [remove for online] Health and Safety Executive v Essar Oil (UK) Ltd...
Robert Spicer
Mar 26, 20171 min read
Heathrow crushing death: Laing O’Rourke fined £800,000
Construction company fined £800,000 following Heathrow crushing death Health and Safety Executive v Laing O’Rourke Construction Ltd...
Robert Spicer
Mar 21, 20171 min read
Disability discrimination: wheelchair user: FirstGroup bus: no compensation:Supreme Court
Reasonable adjustments Case FirstGroup plc v Paulley [2017} IRLR 258, Supreme Court Facts P, a wheelchair user, tried to catch a bus...
Robert Spicer
Mar 19, 20171 min read
Fall from aircraft: Stansted Airport: serious injuries: £160,000 fine
Fall from aircraft: serious injuries: £160,000 fine Health and Safety Executive v Inflite Engineering Ltd (2017) Chelmsford magistrates’...
Robert Spicer
Mar 13, 20171 min read
London Container (Tilbury) Ltd fined after worker suffers life-changing injuries
Container terminal fined £180,000 following serious injuries to worker Health and Safety Executive v London Container (Tilbury) Ltd...
Robert Spicer
Mar 12, 20171 min read
Stately home butler crushed to death by lift: £266,000 fine for employer
Lift crushing death: stately home operator fined £266,000 Health and Safety Executive v Burghley House Preservation Trust Ltd (2017)...
Robert Spicer
Mar 11, 20172 min read
MOD agency driver killed: no prosecution: Crown Censure: rule of law? You speak in jest
Driver death: Ministry of Defence Crown Censure Statutory reference: ss. 2 and 3 of the Health and Safety at Work, etc., Act 1974 (HSWA)....
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