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Firefighter injured in exercise suffered multiple fractures. A fire authority has been fined after a firefighter was trapped underneath a car in a training exercise, breaking his legs in more than a dozen places. The firefighter was setting up a simulated road traffic collision with colleagues at Stockton Fire Station, South Road, Stockton on Tees […]
Jacksons Law Firm is delighted to announce the appointment of senior family solicitors in its Teesside and Newcastle office and the promotion of one of its Solicitors to Associate. Katy Moody, from Darlington joins the firm as Head of Family following a period with another law firm in Teesside. She graduated from the University of […]
Crush injuries prosecution for a demolition company and its director. A demolition firm has been fined and one of its directors ordered to do 250 hours of unpaid work after a 20-year-old worker was crushed. Ace Demolition Services Limited had been contracted by Southend Borough Council to demolish Futures Community College, on Southchurch Boulevard, Southend-on-Sea. […]
Amputations lead to fines for a Leeds waste management business. A scrap metal company has been fined for safety breaches after a worker lost parts of four fingers while operating poorly maintained machinery. On 27 March 2020, a man working for Infinity Metals Limited suffered amputations to multiple fingers while operating the machinery at Vickerdale […]
A costly collision has resulted in three companies being given six-figure fines after a driver was crushed between a reversing HGV and a forklift truck in a warehouse beside Heathrow Airport. An employee of Davies Turner Air Cargo Limited was collecting a consignment from Airworld Airlines Limited’s site at the X2 Hatton Cross Centre, which […]
A company which handles hazardous waste has agreed a pollution enforcement undertaking following groundwater contamination. The company made a payment of £25,000 to an environmental charity following the contamination of groundwater at its site. Augean South Limited of Stamford Road, Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire also paid £11,058.90 to cover the costs of the Environment Agency investigation. […]
Electric shock prosecutions by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) highlight the dangers of working near overhead power cables. A construction company and two workers have been sentenced after a worker suffered an electric shock whilst working on a farm. On 30 September 2019, an employee of Connop and Son Limited was working on Worton […]
A company director’s fire risk failings were identified during an HSE site visit. A building contractor has been fined £600,000 and its director has been ordered to complete 100 hours of unpaid work and fined £4,200 following serious and repeated failings in managing the risk of fire during work at a construction site. In January […]
Nestle Newcastle factory fine after an employee suffered life-changing injuries. The incident happened on 30 November 2020 when the man was drawn into a roller mechanism on a conveyor machine. South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court heard how the maintenance technician was investigating a problem on the conveyor belt of a machine used to make chocolate sweets. […]
A Barnsley landowner faces a duty of care fine and penalties of over £5,000 after failing to comply with an Environment Agency notice to keep and serve Waste Transfer Notes. Environment Agency Officers served a statutory notice on Carla Hardwick of Barnsley Road, Brierley. Following an investigation into fly-tipping in a layby at Windmill Hill […]
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