A manufacturer in Sheffield has been fined after a steel pallet landed on an employee, leaving him permanently disabled.  The 800kg load crushed Wayne Hatton’s legs during a night shift at Amber Precast Ltd’s factory on 14 January 2021.  Mr Hatton, from Doncaster, had his right lower leg amputated with two toes on his left foot also being removed following the incident at Davy Business Park.

A company has been fined after an employee had three fingers severed by a panel saw at work.  David Broadway, 36, had been working at Pemberton Timber Frame Limited, a company that manufactures timber frame structures for the construction industry, at its site in Evelyn Way in Ramsgate on the morning of 4 January 2023.

A company has been fined £133,000 after a man was left seriously injured when he fell through a barn roof in Southampton.  The 37-year-old from Bursledon had been helping his friend repair a fire-damaged storage barn at Dodwell Farm Limited on Pylands Lane on 9 February 2023. The father-of-one had been at the top of a sloped roof fixing new panels to timbers, but they weren’t strong enough to hold his weight.

A company that produces stone products and its director have been fined a total of just under £20,000 after repeatedly failing to protect workers from exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS).  The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) carried out several inspections on Warmsworth Stone Limited, which produces carved stone masonry products using limestone, sandstone, granite and marble, at the company’s site at Knabs Hill Farm on Clayton lane in Thurnscoe, starting in May 2023.

A roofing firm has been fined while its director has been handed a suspended prison sentence after putting the lives of workers at risk during a roof renovation in Surrey.  Weather Master Roofing Limited and company director Jack Avanzo, also known as Jack Avenzo, were sentenced at Brighton Magistrates’ Court on Monday following a prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services UK has been ordered to pay £1.6 million over safety breaches after an employee was crushed to death when a crane sling snapped.  Jack Phillips was working at South Cliff Tower in Eastbourne in August 2019, assisting while temporary mast climber work platform sections were being lifted by a lorry mounted crane. The lifting sling which was attached to the crane snapped, causing the load to fall. 

Hundreds of council building inspections will be carried out by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to check councils are managing the risk of asbestos properly.  HSE inspectors will visit the head offices of dozens of councils across the county to make sure asbestos risks are being effectively managed to keep people safe. Each council visit will see inspections take place at several sites within each local authority’s property portfolio. This work continues previous inspection campaigns that targeted hospitals and schools.

A court has fined John Lewis PLC £1.2m after an agency worker suffered serious injuries at its warehouse in Magna Park in 2022.  The incident took place in February 2022 and resulted in the worker falling from steps over a conveyor belt. The small steps were without handrails, presenting a significant risk of slips, trips and falls, which was exacerbated by confined headspace.

A company has been fined £1.6m after a 24-year-old man was crushed to death.  Jack Phillips lost his life on 8 August 2019 while working for Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services UK Ltd at South Cliff Tower in Eastbourne.  Jack had been assisting while temporary Mast Climber Work Platform sections were being lifted by a lorry mounted crane.  The load fell on top of Jack when the lifting sling which was attached to the crane snapped.

A plastics manufacturer in Kent has been fined £400,000 after an employee was seriously injured by a forklift truck.  The man was struck by the vehicle while walking to collect materials at FloPlast Limited’s site at Eurolink Business Park on 4 July 2023.