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Health and safety fines bulletin | 21 June 2023

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A round-up of recent fines and costs resulting from health and safety related incidents.

Aircraft seat manufacturer fined £660k after worker fell through roof
Injury:             Multiple broken bones, including eight to ribs, collar bone,
                       as well as a fractured skull
Fine:                 £660,000
Entity:             Safran Seats GB Limited
Legislation:   Section 33(1)(a) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs:               £13,472
Source:            HSE, 19th June 2023
 
Company fined as worker crushed by 700kg crate
Injury:              Two broken ribs, a punctured lung and a fractured vertebra
Fines:                £200,000
Entity:              PSV Glass & Glazing Limited
Legislation:   Section 2 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs:               £4,897.05
Source:            HSE, 1st June 2023
 
Company fined after worker’s fingers sliced off
Injury:              Loss of two fingers and a thumb
Fine:                 £180,000
Entity:              VN Labs Limited
Legislation:   Section 2 (1) and 3 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc.
                           Act 1974
Costs:               £7,490.05
Source:            HSE, 20th June 2023
 
Private health care provider fined for exposing workers to chlorine gas
Injury:               Three workers received treatment following
                            exposure to chlorine gas.
Fine:                 £160,000
Entity:              Circle Health Group Limited
Legislation:   Sections 2(1) and 3 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc.
                        Act 1974
Costs:               £12,520.03
Source:             HSE, 21st June 2023
 
Council fined for waste collection failures
Injury:            Waste collection safety failures (discovered after the death of a
                         worker but the failings did not lead to the death)
Fine:                 £80,000
Entity:              Chelmsford City Council
Legislation:   Section 2(1) and Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work
                       etc. Act 1974
Costs:               £61,065
Source:             HSE, 19th June 2023
 
Bedding manufacturer fined £80,000 after machine operator loses fingers
Injury:              Three fingers on left hand amputated.
Fine:                 £80,000
Entity:              John Cotton Group Limited
Legislation:   Section 2(1) and 33(1) of the Health & Safety at Work etc.
                          Act 1974
Costs:               £4,989.05
Source:             HSE, 6th June 2023
 
Firm fined following outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease
Injury:              Five people were infected with Legionnaires’ disease
Fine:                 £50,000
Entity:              Riaar Plastics Limited
Legislation:   Section 2(1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs:               £11,000
Source:             HSE, 6th June 2023
 
Hampshire hygiene consultancy firm fined after admitting failures
Injury:            None; failures put workers at risk of exposure to hazardous
                        substances
Fine:                 £2,000
Entity:              Envirochem Analytical Laboratories Limited
Legislation:  Section 3(1) of The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs:               £6,583
Source:             HSE, 31st May 2023

 

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