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HSE ebulletin: news updates

Date issued: 20 March 2024   Please see below for a selection of the latest news and prosecution notices.   View our full list of press releases on the Media Centre.

Pizza maker fined £800,000 after 2 workers caught in machinery

15 March 2024

The fine was issued following 2 separate incidents involving workers being caught and severely injured in machinery at a factory.  

Construction firm fined after worker dies from fall

15 March 2024

A worker fell nearly 2 metres through an opening in a scaffold, suffering several broken ribs and serious internal injuries including.

£400,000 fine for chemical company after worker seriously injured

8 March 2024

The fine was issued after a worker fell into a sump due to inadequate grating and sustained severe burn injuries and permanent scarring to his leg.

Metal recycling company fined £200,000 after worker loses arm

6 March 2024

A worker's right arm was severed after becoming entangled and trapped in a catalytic converter sampling machine.

Company and director sentenced after worker crushed to death

6 March 2024

The worker was unpacking slabs using an overhead crane when 2 slabs weighing 250kg each fell and crushed the worker against a forklift truck.

Manufacturing company fined after worker fatally crushed

5 March 2024

A £120,000 fine has been issued following the worker suffering fatal injuries after becoming trapped between 2 heavy steel beams. 

Company fined after delivery driver suffers brain injury

1 March 2024

The worker was stowing equipment in a trailer when a reversing forklift struck the attached vehicle. This led to the trailer shunting into the worker causing him to fall over and hit his head on the tarmac floor below.