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July 2013
Police force and firearm officer fined over PC death
Scaffolding firm sentenced over worker’s death
Developer prosecuted for asbestos failings
Building firm in court after Fulham scaffold collapse
Ledbury drinks maker and Hereford scaffolder fined for health and safety failings
Food firm’s failure highlights machinery dangers
Brewery fined after worker loses two fingers
Three firms sentenced after man killed by rocketing gas cylinder
Birmingham builders fined for illegal asbestos removal
Dorset contractor in court for neglecting safety risks
Workers exposed to asbestos during refurbishment work
Developer prosecuted after lorry hit power lines
Southend hospital trust fined over fatal fall
June 2013
Vending machine firm fined after employee falls through roof
Company sentenced following platform collapse
Stonemason in court following death of four-year old boy
Council prosecuted after worker’s near-death fall
Council fined for allowing potentially lethal work
Concrete manufacturer fined after worker’s arm pulled into machine
Health board fined for asbestos failings
Company fined after worker’s hand crushed
Monmouth roofing firm in court again over unsafe work
West Yorkshire firm in court over highly-flammable spillage
Chocolate company fined after worker’s finger amputated
Farm fined for young worker’s death in tractor tragedy
North Wales company in court after worker’s fall
Site supervisor fined after worker paralysed in roof fall
Norfolk illegal gas fitter in court
Rochdale bedding firm fined £50k over multiple safety failings
Bolton recycling firm sentenced after worker crushed
Firm in court after worker loses sight in one eye
Illegal gas work leads to court for Swindon builder
South Wales firm fined for worker’s six metre fall
High school fined after pupil’s climbing wall injury
Sheffield company fined for Derbyshire skip lorry death
Firms fined after worker loses finger in unguarded machinery
Bury roofer in court again over unsafe work
Worker’s fall leads to court for two companies
Building firm in court after Wolverhampton house collapse
Worker’s fall leads to court for two companies
Bury roofer in court again over unsafe work
Wigan worker injured in fall through sports hall roof
May 2013
Rugby firm fined for London skylight fall
Contractor prosecuted after road worker loses leg
Marquee company fined after welder severs finger
Care home provider fined after dangerous gas work put lives of elderly residents at risk
County Durham farmer fined after friend broke back in fall
Atomic Weapons Establishment sentenced for control failings
Scaffolder’s lack of safety measures put lives at risk
Four metre fall lands company in court
Company sentenced for exposing worker to deadly fumes
Companies prosecuted after roof collapsed on worker
BAE Systems sentenced for death of worker
Tyre firm fined after worker injured
Case 173 - Residents have to purchase a plastic utility barrier for maintenance on their lift
Recycling giant fined for worker death failings
Durham firm sentenced after worker’s arm amputated
Sub-contractor fined for safety failings at Devonport Royal Dockyard
Staff and public exposed to asbestos during refurbishment work
Staff and public exposed to asbestos during refurbishment work
Firms in court after worker fell from unguarded scaffolding
East of England firms in court for employee fall
Companies and director sentenced after worker’s fatal fall
Nottinghamshire plumber fined after putting family at risk
Roofing company in court for ignoring safety risks
Worker fell through pig shed roof after firm ignored safety warnings
Safety lesson for paper mill in court
Butchery firm in court for equipment failings
Bradford man may lose lower leg after work injury
April 2013
Contractor fined after pensioners hurt by falling hoarding
Firm sentenced after worker is killed by runaway lorry
Construction company fined for maintenance failings
Halifax firm’s failings put teenager in hospital
Steel firm fined after 17-year-old worker severs fingers
Missing safety catch leads to fine for company
Waste industry dangers highlighted in court
