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Accident repair company fined for failure to comply

An accident repair company has been fined after it failed to comply with an improvement notice.

11 Dec

Worker at Woodland Landscapes crushed under van during inspection

A contract gardening company has been fined for safety failings that led to a worker sustaining serious crush injuries to his chest.

16 Nov

Reporting near misses will cut risk, says HSE

Fleets should adopt a near-miss reporting policy to reduce the risks faced by employees driving for work, according to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

6 Oct

Road deaths and serious injuries are on the rise

Safety targets needed to reverse first increase in overall casualties since 1997

5 Oct

Quarry operator fined after worker died in dumper truck fall

An Arbroath quarry operator has been fined for serious safety failings after a dumper truck driver died when his vehicle reversed over a stop block to the quarry floor below.

19 Feb

DHL in court after driver suffers life-changing injuries

Global courier firm DHL has been sentenced for safety failings after a driver was run over by his own vehicle at a depot in Bedfordshire.

13 Jan

Company investigated after at-work driver kills two cyclists

A company that employed a driver who fell asleep at the wheel and killed two charity cyclists could face criminal charges.

23 Sep

Construction company fined £100,000 after worker run-over

A major construction company has been fined for safety failings after a worker was critically injured when he was run over by a nine-tonne dumper truck.

22 Sep

Company fined £12,000 after reversing vehicle crushes employee

A pharmaceutical company has pled guilty at Edinburgh Sheriff Court for failing to ensure the health and safety of an employee when a reversing lorry crushed an employee's head and chest resulting in severe injury.

22 Aug

Firm fined £240,000 after driver crushed to death

A Stonehaven animal feed company has been fined £240,000 after a lorry driver was crushed to death when a two-tonne, fully-loaded grain bin fell onto him from a forklift truck.

18 Aug

Fleets review risk management policies after new HSE guidance

A renewed level of interest in risk management is being shown by fleets following the publication of revised Health and Safety Executive (HSE) guidance, reports GE Capital, Fleet Services.

7 Aug

Haulage companies in court after driver paralysed

Two haulage companies have been sentenced for safety failings after an HGV driver was left paralysed from the chest down following an incident at a transport yard in Sandy, Bedfordshire.

1 Aug

Costain sentenced for Parkway telehandler death

Global engineering specialist Costain has been ordered to pay more than £615,000 in fines and costs after a worker was killed when a telehandler overturned during the construction of the Parkway development in Newbury.

25 Jul

Safety failings led to worker’s death

A Slough construction firm and a bulldozer operator have been sentenced for serious safety failings after a worker was run over and killed while working on the M25 widening project.

16 Jul

Van maker in court over serious safety failings

A vehicle manufacturer has been told to pay nearly £180,000 in fines and costs for safety failings after a crane operator suffered severe crush injuries in a lifting operation at the company’s press shop in Luton.

25 Jun

Garage owner sentenced for safety failings

The owner of a Berkshire car maintenance business has been sentenced for safety failings after reversing into and killing a customer in his van.

22 Jan

Shropshire businessman fined for falsifying safety document

A Shropshire businessman, who supplies workplace vehicles and lifting equipment, has been fined for falsifying a safety document for a forklift truck.

13 Dec

Blackburn skip firm sentenced over young worker’s death

A Blackburn skip hire firm and its owner have been ordered to pay £80,000 in fines and costs after a 21-year-old worker was crushed to death.

13 Dec

Firm fined £200,000 for safety failings

A wood recycling company has been sentenced for serious safety failings after a worker was killed after being struck by a loading vehicle and run over.

22 Nov

HSE to charge business for safety failures

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has confirmed that its cost recovery scheme, Fee for Intervention (FFI), will start on October 1, 2012.

25 Sep

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Accident repair company fined for failure to comply

Worker at Woodland Landscapes crushed under van during inspection

Reporting near misses will cut risk, says HSE

Road deaths and serious injuries are on the rise

Quarry operator fined after worker died in dumper truck fall

DHL in court after driver suffers life-changing injuries

Company investigated after at-work driver kills two cyclists

Construction company fined £100,000 after worker run-over

Company fined £12,000 after reversing vehicle crushes employee

Firm fined £240,000 after driver crushed to death

Fleets review risk management policies after new HSE guidance

Haulage companies in court after driver paralysed

Costain sentenced for Parkway telehandler death

Safety failings led to worker’s death

Van maker in court over serious safety failings

Garage owner sentenced for safety failings

Shropshire businessman fined for falsifying safety document

Blackburn skip firm sentenced over young worker’s death

Firm fined £200,000 for safety failings

HSE to charge business for safety failures

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health and safety executive - Page 3

Accident repair company fined for failure to comply

Worker at Woodland Landscapes crushed under van during inspection

Reporting near misses will cut risk, says HSE

Road deaths and serious injuries are on the rise

Quarry operator fined after worker died in dumper truck fall

DHL in court after driver suffers life-changing injuries

Company investigated after at-work driver kills two cyclists

Construction company fined £100,000 after worker run-over

Company fined £12,000 after reversing vehicle crushes employee

Firm fined £240,000 after driver crushed to death

Fleets review risk management policies after new HSE guidance

Haulage companies in court after driver paralysed

Costain sentenced for Parkway telehandler death

Safety failings led to worker’s death

Van maker in court over serious safety failings

Garage owner sentenced for safety failings

Shropshire businessman fined for falsifying safety document

Blackburn skip firm sentenced over young worker’s death

Firm fined £200,000 for safety failings

HSE to charge business for safety failures

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