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H&S News August 2001
| Title | Comments | Publication |
| 'The management, design and operation of microbiological containment laboratories.' New guidance published. | Aimed at those responsible for the management and operation of CL2 and CL3 microbiological laboratories. | Isbn 0-7176-2034-4 £9.50. HSE. Tel:01787-881165 HSE Press Release C030:01 27/7/01 |
| New health and safety statistics show fatalities up, reported non-fatal injuries down. | Increase of 34% in workplace fatalities with 295 deaths compared to 220 in 1999/00. | 'Safety Statistics Bulletin 2000/01.' HSE Tel:01787-881165 HSE Press Release C031:01 30/7/01 |
| Ionising Radiations Advisory Committee to hold open meeting on 10/10/01. | There will be an open meeting to enable members of the public to see how the IRAC functions. | HSE Press Release C032:01 27/7/01 |
| HSE calls on industry to help develop workplace transport computer software. | The initiative aims to reduce major injuries by presenting transport operators with realistic scenarios involving hazard spotting and risk identification. | HSE Press Release E131:01 27/7/01 |
| Workers safety adviser pilot scheme contract awarded. | The scheme will introduce specially trained safety advisers to workplaces that do not currently have safety reps. | HSE Press Release C033:01 1/8/01 |
| HSE publishes guidance on how to survey buildings for asbestos. | Describes 3 levels of survey of varying degrees of intensity which can be carried out on a building. | MDHA100 Isbn 0-7176-2076-X £18. HSE. HSE Press Release E138:01 2/8/01 |
| Millennium Coatings UK Ltd | Fined £2,000 under WHSWR 1992. Fall whilst stepping from ladder onto flat roof used for storage. No safe access or edge protection. | HSE Prosecution Case F130000283 (11/6/01) |
| Timber Tailors Ltd | Fined £4,000 under PUWER 1998. Injured whilst using spindle moulding machine. No jig in use and poor machinery guarding. No safe system of work or instruction. | HSE Prosecution Case F130000313 (11/6/01) |
| Wear Engineering Ltd | Fined £12,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Injured under 16 ton load when conveyor rollers inadvertently started. Electrical control system derelict. Prior to accident, there had been a previous inadvertent start up. | HSE Prosecution Case F190000293 (12/6/01) |
| M/S AL Legge & Son | Fined £1,000 under PUWER 1998. Injured whilst working at an unguarded conveyor nip point on a potato grading line. | HSE Prosecution Case F080000255 (13/6/01) |
| Coates Bros (Contractors) Ltd | Fined £3,000 under CPR 1986. Complaint from owner of house adjacent to potato crop field sprayed with sulphuric acid. No prior notice given. | HSE Prosecution Case F070000269 (14/6/01) |
| Tower Joinery Ltd | Fined £8,500 under PUWER 1998 / RIDDOR 1995. Injured whilst using a wood surface planer. No guarding. Major injury not reported for 6 months. | HSE Prosecution Case F110000636 (14/6/01) |
| Recover Rollers Ltd | Fined £2,500 under PUWER 1998. Injured whilst using unguarded rotating chuck on a wrapping machine. Explicit advice on chuck guarding given twice previously. | HSE Prosecution Case F110000651 (14/6/01) |
| Chilwood Ltd | Fined £9,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2 / MHSWR 1999. Injured whilst using in-running nip after going behind defeated guards. No RA. Guards not correctly installed. | HSE Prosecution Case F160000304 (14/6/01) |
| Ace Roofing | Fined £2,000 under CHSWR 1996. In control of roof refelting at heights greater than 5m. No edge protection. | HSE Prosecution Case F020000331 (15/6/01) |
| Vizor Tempered Glass Ltd | Fined £2,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Injured falling from trolley balanced on forks of lift truck. No RA, management control or training. Unsafe system of work. | HSE Prosecution Case F110000623 (17/6/01) |
| Rehabilitation is the missing link in Safety Bill, says TUC. | A speaker at a recent TUC conf stated that the Government should use the Safety Bill to require employers to develop rehabilitation policies. | Health & Safety at Work 2001 23(8):5 |
| New EN standard - making it easier to choose correct respirators. | Updated EU standard intended to make it easier for wearers of dust masks to select the correct level of protection. | EN 149:2001 Health & Safety at Work 2001 23(8):5 |
| Keeping the Woolf from the door. | Introduced in 1999, the reforms changed both court rules and the Civil Procedure Rules. (L Bamber) | Health & Safety at Work 2001 23(8):17-18 |
| Consulting not insulting. | Problems which can arise from the lack of proper discussion between employers and workers. (P Hughes) | Health & Safety at Work 2001 23(8):20-22 |
| Mobile phones and health - BMA interim report and recommendations. | Summarises current knowledge on the health implications and outlines current and planned research. | Health & Safety at Work 2001 23(8):28-29 |
| Preventing DVT in long haul flights. | A study found that wearing elastic compression stockings is associated with a reduction in the condition. | Health & Safety at Work 2001 23(8):29 |
| Investigating accidents. Pt 2 | Accident investigation - conducting the investigation. (R Mackmurdo) | RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Journal 2001 31(8):8-10 |
| Burnt out or burning bright? | Mental as well as physical well being in the workplace should be equally important to directors. | Mental Health Found. £15 Tel:020-7535-7441 RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Journal 2001 31(8):14 |
| Fighting fit? | Changes in the attitude of the MOD regarding the h&s of members of the armed forces. (E Gates) | RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Journal 2001 31(8):20-22,24-26 |
| Dedicated followers of fashion. | What happens when individual employment practices come into conflict. (Prof P Beaumont) | RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Journal 2001 31(8):28-29 |
| Ground rules. | How land becomes designated as being contaminated and who is held responsible for cleaning it up. (P Ellis) | RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Journal 2001 31(8):36-38,40 |
| Employers unaware of Workplace Regulations. | Survey shows that only 58% of employers are aware of the Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regs 1997. | 'Compliance Survey 2001'. CACFOA. Fire Prevention 2001 347 (Aug):3 |
| Dangerous interpretations. | Fire safety standards could fall as a result of uncertainties in interpretation of the Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regs 1997. (P Hardy) | Fire Prevention 2001 347 (Aug):8 |
| 9999 - a call for help. | Draft of new BS reflecting changes in fire safety practice, procedure and RA. Replaces most of BS5588. (D Wright) | Draft BS 9999-2 BSI. Tel:020-8986-7237 Fire Prevention 2001 347 (Aug):12-13 |
| Brave new world. | Draft of new BS for the fire protection of data processing and other electronic equipment installations. (F Smith) | Draft BS 6266 BSI. Tel:020-8996-9001 Fire Prevention 2001 347 (Aug):21-22 |
| Random tests called for to tackle drink and drugs issues at work. | London Chamber of Comm & Industry proposes radical moves to tackle substance abuse in the workplace. | 'Tackling alcohol in the workplace'. LCCI. Tel:020 7203-1871. Safety & Health Practitioner 2001 19(8):4 |
| Hotel admits failure to supervise young worker. | Metropole Hotel (Holdings) Ltd fined £10,000 + £12,000 costs. Work placement pupil scalded by pot of tea. No RA, safe system of work, information, supervision or training. | Safety & Health Practitioner 2001 19(8):8 |
| Collarbone cracked by crane. | Angle Ring Co Ltd fined £4,500 + £1,500 costs. 15yr old apprentice struck by crane as he worked on an overhead walkway. No sufficient RA. | Safety & Health Practitioner 2001 19(8):8 |
| BSI subsidiary in dock over 'inadequate' PPE. | Inspectorate Griffith Ltd fined £25,000 + £8,990 costs + £3,500 compensation payment to lab worker splashed with hot acid which ignited lab coat. No safe system of work, inadequate PPE. | Safety & Health Practitioner 2001 19(8):10 |
| Floating nightclub prosecuted over asbestos risk. | Cinderella Rockerfella's Ltd fined £16,000 + £7,377 costs. During ship refurbishment, disturbance of areas containing sprayed asbestos. Failure to prevent exposure. No RA or information. Previous enforcement notices. | Safety & Health Practitioner 2001 19(8):10 |
| New report on working practices in call centres. | Report contains best practice and sets out positive action towards making call centres safe and rewarding places. | 'Holding the line'. UNISON £15. Safety & Health Practitioner 2001 19(8):12 |
| EU ministers agree new limits on noise at work. | The upper limit in the workplace for exposure to noise taking account of ear protection is set to be 87 dB. | Safety & Health Practitioner 2001 19(8):13 |
| EU court upholds right to paid holidays for all. | The European Court has ruled that the UK has not correctly incorporated the Working Time Dir as the UK makes the right subject to completion of a min 13 weeks uninterrupted employment. | Safety & Health Practitioner 2001 19(8):14 |
| No, minister. | An open process of debate is required for the new Safety Bill which presents an opportunity to revitalise h&s. (R Bibbings) | Safety & Health Practitioner 2001 19(8):20-21 |
| Preventing disaster. | Lack of manager competence in h&s can put lives at risk. With training managers can be both competent and comfortable with h&s duties. (A Christodoulou) | Safety & Health Practitioner 2001 19(8):34-36 |
| This is the modern world. | The Modern Apprenticeship is a new vocational qualification. (C Adams) | Safety & Health Practitioner 2001 19(8):38-40 |
| HSE issues warning on avoiding ill-health during recreation on farmland. | To avoid possible infection with E coli O157 fields used by farm animals should not be used for camping, picnicking or play areas. | AIS23. Free. HSE Tel:01787-881165 HSE Press Release E137:01 1/8/01 |
| HSE issues new guidance on preventing falls from height in the food and drink industries. | Each year there are approx 750 falls from height in the industry. | FIS30. Free. HSE. Tel:01787-881165 HSE Press Release E139:01 3/8/01 |
| Construction company guilty of corporate manslaughter. | English Bros Ltd fined £30,000 + £12,500 costs for corporate manslaughter following the death of a worker. | HSE Press Release E140:01 1/8/01 |
| Reliability of carbon monoxide alarms. HSE published research report. | The research into CO alarms suggests that there is uncertainty about their long term reliability. | CRR360. Isbn0-7176-2085-9 £25. HSE HSE Press Release E141:01 6/8/01 |
| HSE increases recreational diving project inspections. | Following an increase in deaths there will be more inspections of commercial recreational diving facilities. | HSE Press Release E142:01 6/8/01 |
| £200,000 fine for Constain Ltd | Fined £200,000 + £12,423 costs. Worker killed trapped between the end of a wall and a 13 tonne hydraulic excavator. | HSE Press Release E143:01 6/8/01 |
| Dellion Developments Ltd | Fined £6,000 under CLWR 1998. Extensive previous advice and then found to be melting lead at unregistered, unmarked site. | HSE Prosecution Case F140000245 (19/6/01) |
| Marcel Pieters | Fined £800 under CLWR 1998 / EWR 1989 / FA 1961. Director denied melting lead and tried to hide the melting operation. | HSE Prosecution Case F140000246 (19/6/01) |
| Global Shipping Services Ltd | Fined £20,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Worker killed whilst assisting with steel stacking operation. Failure to properly organise lifting operation. | HSE Prosecution Case F140000248 (19/6/01) |
| Rose Tissue | Fined £2,500 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Amputation whilst inserting a finger to check the alignment of the cams in a paper converting machine. Method was common practice. | HSE Prosecution Case F160000312 (19/6/01) |
| Maersk Co Ltd | Fined £10,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Amputation during maintenance of conveyor machinery. Unsafe system of work. | HSE Prosecution Case F200000406 (19/6/01) |
| GT Roofing Ltd | Fined £5,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Injured falling approx 4m from ladder whilst carrying materials. No hoist provided. | HSE Prosecution Case F210000333 (19/6/01) |
| GJ Bowmer Waste Disposal | Fined £600 under ELCIR 1998. Failure to have insurance cover whilst employing 8 workers. | HSE Prosecution Case F070000307 (20/6/01) |
| Brett Aggregates (West) Ltd | Fined £7,000 under PUWER 1998/ MHSWR 1999. Sub-contractor injured by conveyor after foreman turned it on. Poor system of work, information and supervision. | HSE Prosecution Case F080000259 (20/6/01) |
| Bird Installations | Fined £4,000 under HASAWA 1974 s3. Metal extrusion wrapped around the outer part of a flue to a room sealed gas appliance. | HSE Prosecution Case F070000297 (21/6/01) |
| Rigid Containers Ltd | Fined £2,500 under MHSWR 1999. Injured falling from the platform of a waste skip. No information provided. | HSE Prosecution Case F090000333 (21/6/01) |
| Patrick Transport Ltd | Fined £1,500 under LOLER 1998. Injured falling from a stillage balanced on the forks of a lift truck. Lack of h&s management. | HSE Prosecution Case F090000337 (21/6/01) |
| Bernard Peter John Byrne | Fined £500 under HASAWA 1974 s33. CORGI registered installer falsified a Landlords Gas Safety Record. Gas fire found to be dangerous. | HSE Prosecution Case F130000272 (22/6/01) |
| Landscape Contract Designs Ltd | Fined £2,000 under PUWER 1998. Workers using inadequately guarded PTO rotary brush on a tractor with inadequately maintained brakes and roll over protection. | HSE Prosecution Case F190000295 (22/6/01) |
| K Emmett & Sons Ltd | Fined £15,000 under HASAWA 1974 s6. Accident during the first use of a fairground ride supplied without pre-use testing required. Weak restraint bar and no speed restriction. | HSE Prosecution Case F030000331 (25/6/01) |
| Inspection & Testing Ltd | Found guilty and imprisoned after issuing pre-use certificates on a fairground ride knowing that the Design Review was incomplete. Injury during the first use. Weak restraint bar and no speed restriction. | HSE Prosecution Case F030000333 (25/6/01) |
| Two Sisters Food Products Ltd | Fined £9,000 under RIDDOR 1995 / PUWER 1998. Injured whilst using a wrapping machine. Failure of interlock switch. Same defect noted during a later visit. Two injuries not reported. | HSE Prosecution Case F100000370 (25/6/01) |
| Leangrange Ltd | Fined £2,500 under HASAWA 1974 s33 / EWR 1989. Failure to comply with an Improvement Notice regarding electrical work. | HSE Prosecution Case F190000294 (25/6/01) |
| Blood borne viruses in the workplace. HSE publishes guidance. | Explains what BBVs are, the sort of work where exposure may occur, transmission and how to prevent infection. | INDG342 Free. HSE Tel:01787-881165 HSE Press Release E144:01 10/8/01 |
| HSC consults on new health and safety guidance for zoos. | A guide to RA, hazard identification and controls needed for safe working practice in zoos. | CD170 Free. HSE Tel:01787-881165 HSE Press Release C034:01 14/8/01 |
| HSE issues guidance to help prevent injuries to waiting staff. | Highlights common risks and gives a checklist of safety measures for waiting staff and managers. | Catering Information Sheet No 2. Free. Tel:01787-881165 HSE Press Release E146:01 15/8/01 |
| Cheshire Mouldings & Woodturnings Ltd | Fined £3,000 under PUWER 1998. Injured whilst using a rotary knife lathe. Defeated interlock guard. | HSE Prosecution Case F170000302 (26/6/01) |
| Aston Manor Brewery Co Ltd | Fined £3,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Injured whilst removing a spear from a cider keg under pressure. No RA or written safe system of work. | HSE Prosecution Case F100000357 (28/6/01) |
| Technical Demolition Services Ltd | Fined £28,000 under CAWR 1987 / ALR 1983. Dry asbestos stripping had taken place in the hospital boiler house. No site decontamination unit and poor compliance. Prohibition Notice issued. | HSE Prosecution Case F110000589 (28/6/01) |
| Leslie John Hughes | Fined £6,000 under HASAWA 1974 s36. Asbestos manager for contract in hospital boiler room. Dry asbestos stripping had taken place. No site decontamination unit and poor compliance. Prohibition Notice issued. | HSE Prosecution Case F110000590 (28/6/01) |
| Sarjit Dulay | Fined £6,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2 & s37. Following a fatal accident in a quarry, charges brought against the 'deciding mind' in the company. | HSE Prosecution Case F150000434 (28/6/01) |
| General Demolition Ltd | Fined £10,000 under HASAWA 1974 s3. Concrete encased girder fell onto a hoarding which fell onto a member of the public. No safe system of work, survey or exclusion zone. | HSE Prosecution Case F060000315 (29/6/01) |
| Economic Packaging Ltd | Fined £9,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2 & s21. Injured whilst using an unguarded roller coating machine. Poor training, enforcement and unsafe system of work. Failure to comply with Improvement Notice relating to RA. | HSE Prosecution Case F110000663 (29/6/01) |
| Vitafibres Ltd | Fined £13,500 under HASAWA 1974 s3. The company lost a radioactive source (density gauge) whilst dismantling a machine. | HSE Prosecution Case F160000290 (29/6/01) |
| HSE issues Offshore Statistics Bulletin 2000/2001. | There were 3 fatalities and 229 injuries reported, compared to 248 in the previous year. | HSE. Free. Internet: www.hse.gov.uk/osd/stat0001.htm HSE Press Release E147:01 17/8/01 |
| £150,000 contract signals green light for free chemical internet advice to protect workers. | In April 2002, an electronic version of 'COSHH Essentials' will become available as part of the free access site 'hsedirect'. | Internet: www.hsedirect.com HSE Press Release E149:01 17/8/01 |
| HSE issues karabiner alert to arborists and tree surgeons. | Following a serious accident there is a possible risk to those climbers using a karabiner with a 3 way action locking sleeve. | HSE Press Release E150:01 17/8/01 |
| Safety bus takes life-saving messages to construction site workers. | The Working Well Together bus will set out from Glasgow, visit several major cities and finish in London. | Tel:0845-2727500. HSE Press Release C035:01 17/8/01 |
| New HSE research shows construction workers face noise exposure risk. | Construction workers often receive insufficient audiometric screening and tend to show poor compliance in wearing hearing protectors. | CRR361. Isbn 0-7176-2087-5 £15. HSE Press Release E148:01 20/8/01 |
| Safety in construction given extra priority. | The Chief Insp of Construction has been given extra freedom to devote all his time to achieve a reduction in fatalities and injuries in the industry. | HSE Press Release E152:01 17/8/01 |
| Greatstar 2000 Ltd | Fined £1,000 under PUWER 1998 / RIDDOR 1995. Accident involving a pizza delivery driver whist on the premises of a private house. | HSE Prosecution Case F010000418 (2/7/01) |
| Bairds Malt Ltd | Fined £6,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2 / COSHH 1999. A leak of sulphur dioxide led to 4 workers being taken to hospital. | HSE Prosecution Case F070000287 (2/7/01) |
| Tomlin Hydraulics Ltd | Fined £12,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2 / MHSWR 1999 / PUWER 1998. Injured whilst using circular metal cutting saw. No guarding, safe system of work, or RA. | HSE Prosecution Case F090000345 (2/7/01) |
| Ultima Healthcare Ltd | Fined £3,500 under HASAWA 1974 s3. Scalded when lowered into a hot bath. Care home aware of problem but had neither taken water temperature nor closed bathroom. | HSE Prosecution Case F160000315 (2/7/01) |
| Pillsbury UK Ltd | Fined £5,000 under MHSWR 1999 / PUWER 1998. Injured whilst checking a blockage at the depositor head of an inadequately guarded machine. Magic eye was activated causing the machine to operate. | HSE Prosecution Case F190000291 (2/7/01) |
| Thrislington Engineering Co Ltd | Fined £2,000 under PUWER 1998. Injured using a vertical milling machine whilst wearing gloves. Inadequate guarding. | HSE Prosecution Case F190000304 (2/7/01) |
| Breckland Timber Products | Fined £8,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Injured whilst using angle grinder with attachment. Incorrect use and PPE. No RA, or trained first-aider. | HSE Prosecution Case F070000286 (3/7/01) |
| Cammell Laird (Tyneside) Ltd | Fined £15,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Foreman fell 4.6m down stairwell of ship under construction. Inadequate edge protection. | HSE Prosecution Case F190000303 (3/7/01) |
| Walkers Snack Foods Ltd | Fined £10,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Injured after removing guard and accessing machine. No interlock guards and locking off procedures ignored. | HSE Prosecution Case F110000628 (4/7/01) |
| Kimberly-Clark Ltd | Fined £5,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Injured whilst clearing blockage in a screw press. Inadequate training and safe system of work. Poor isolation from power supply. | HSE Prosecution Case F030000337 (5/7/01) |
| JJ Construction and Plant Hire Ltd | Fined £1,000 under CHSWR 1996. Workers injured following collapse of motor vehicle repair pit. No RA, method statement, nor steps taken to prevent the collapse. | HSE Prosecution Case F170000309 (5/7/01) |
| Henlys Group plc | Fined £10,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Failure to control exposure of employees working with isocyanate spray paints. | HSE Prosecution Case F210000332 (5/7/01) |
| Timber Treatments Group Ltd | Fined £7,000 under HASAWA 1974 s33. Failure to comply with Improvement Notice to control risks from workplace transport and falling objects. Previous advice ignored. | HSE Prosecution Case F010000429 (6/7/01) |
| SITA Wastecare Ltd | Fined £15,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Killed when hit by a skip falling whilst being loaded onto a lorry. Previous incidents. Existing RA and instructions inadequate. | HSE Prosecution Case F030000342 (6/7/01) |
| Kerry Foods Ltd | Fined £14,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2 / MHSWR 1999 / HSFAR 1981. Injured between fork lift truck and a skip which was poorly designed and maintained. Inadequate training. No trained first-aider. | HSE Prosecution Case F070000290 (6/7/01) |
| Traffic Management North East | Fined £6,750 under HASAWA 1974 s3 / PUWER 1998. Whilst using a lift truck to move concrete road barriers, an operator damaged a passing coach. No training, unsafe system of work. | HSE Prosecution Case F150000419 (6/7/01) |
| HSE publishes research on the neurotoxic effects of exposure to mixtures of organic solvents at work. | The feasibility of using a benchmarking approach to interpret the data in studies. | CRR355 Isbn 0-7176-2060-3 £20 HSE Tel:01787-881165 HSE Press Release E151:01 24/8/01 |
| Electrical transformer explosion at Enron Power Operations Ltd, Middlesbrough, 8 August 2001. | Three workers were killed and one injured during a planned operation to alter voltage across a large 16/11kV transformer. | HSE Press Release E153:01 24/8/01 |
| HSE issues addendum report on liquid high level waste storage at Sellafield. | Updates BNFL's progress with earlier recommendations. | 'The storage of liquid high level waste at BNFL: Addendum to Feb 2000 report'. Free. HSE. Tel:0151-951-4103. HSE Press Release E154:01 30/8/01 |
| Step change in railway safety. | The 1996 Davies report on R&D in the railway industry recommended government funding. The RSRP fulfils those recommendations. | Railway Safety Research Programme 2001 (1)July:1-4 |
| Oven deaths. | Fresha Bakeries Ltd t/a Harvestime Ltd fined £373,000 + £255,000 costs. 2 directors and a manager charged after 2 workers died of heat exposure whilst trying to retrieve a broken part of a 75' oven. | RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Bulletin 2001 30(8):4-5 |
| BS EN 1757:2001 Safety of industrial trucks - pedestrian propelled trucks. | Pt 1 Stacker trucks. Isbn 0-580-37070-4 £50. Pt 2 Pallet trucks. Isbn 0-580-37069-0 £50. | BSI. Tel:020-8996-9001 RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Bulletin 2001 30(8):12 |
| BS EN 13411-2:2001 Terminations for steel wire ropes. | Safety - splicing of eyes for wire rope slings. Isbn 0-580-37699-0 £36. | BSI. Tel:020-8996-9001 RoSPA Occup Safety & Health Bulletin 2001 30(8):12 |
| Bristol City Council | Fined £8,000 under HASAWA 1974 s3. Rehabilitation centre resident burned on hot central heating pipe. Failure to do all that was reasonably practicable to safeguard safety. | HSE Prosecution Case F010000400 (9/7/01) |
| Mills & Spencer Contractors | Fined £10,000 under HASAWA 1974 s3. Subcontractor bricklayers were working on adapted scaffolding over 3.5m high. No proper site control, guard rails, or toe boards. | HSE Prosecution Case F020000323 (9/7/01) |
| ITW Ltd | Fined £3,500 under PUWER 1998. Injured whilst using an industrial vacuum. Guard cover of the rotating fan blade became detached. Poor maintenance. | HSE Prosecution Case F070000295 (9/7/01) |
| Graslyn Construction & Plant Hire Ltd | Fined £13,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2 / MHSWR 1999 / CHSWR 1996. Subcontractor dumper driver killed when trapped between roll over protection and excavator bucket. Unsafe system of work and poor dumper maintenance. | HSE Prosecution Case F110000613 (9/7/01) |
| Byzak Contractors Ltd | Fined £8,000 under HASAWA 1974 s3 / MHSWR 1999. Dumper driver killed when trapped between roll over protection and excavator bucket. Unsafe system of work and poor dumper maintenance. | HSE Prosecution Case F110000614 (9/7/01) |
| Brisco Hire Services Ltd | Fined £2,000 under HASAWA 1974 s3. Dumper driver killed when trapped between roll over protection and excavator bucket. Unsafe system of work and poor maintenance of the dumper they had supplied. | HSE Prosecution Case F110000615 (9/7/01) |
| Below Productions Ltd | Fined £2,800 under PUWER 1998. Workers struck by a guard from a circular bench saw whilst using it inappropriately. No instructions for use of machinery. | HSE Prosecution Case F030000335 (10/7/01) |
| Lavender & Co Ltd | Fined £9,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Injured whilst pouring molten aluminium into an ingot which erupted owing to trapped air within a scrap casting. No RA, safe system of work, or appropriate PPE. | HSE Prosecution Case F100000385 (11/7/01) |
| Hanson Construction Projects | Fined £20,000 under WHSWR 1992. Injured falling from the top of a concrete block making machine which had no proper access steps or platform. RA identified risks but no action taken. | HSE Prosecution Case F110000638 (11/7/01) |
| Ian Rimmer | Fined £2,000 under HASAWA 1974 s3. During building refurbishment a 2 storey external wall left overnight inadequately propped, collapsed trapping the owner. Lack of competence. | HSE Prosecution Case F180000311 (11/7/01) |
| Sherburn Stone Co Ltd | Fined £7,000 under HASAWA 1974 s33 / PUWER 1998. Unguarded machinery identified during a routine inspection. Failure to comply with an Improvement Notice. | HSE Prosecution Case F180000330 (11/7/01) |
| Ecofield Ltd | Fined £24,000 under HASAWA 1974 s33. Failure to comply with Improvement Notices. | HSE Prosecution Case F050000137 (12/7/01) |
| Countryside in Partnership plc | Fined £4,500 under CHSWR 1996. Accident when inadequately supported joist hangers collapsed. Failure to prevent falls and to follow company policy. | HSE Prosecution Case F180000320 (12/7/01) |
| JM Newling & Son Ltd | Fined £3,000 under PUWER 1998. Tractor driver injured whilst trying to clear blockage in roller of potato harvester. Poor guard maintenance. | HSE Prosecution Case F080000249 (13/7/01) |
| Post Office Corporation | Fined £2,500 under HASAWA 1974 s3. No monitoring arrangements for contractors, method statements, nor steps to manage H&S. | HSE Prosecution Case F100000320 (13/7/01) |
| Dolphin Fairway Ltd | Fined £9,500 under HASAWA 1974 s2 / MHSWR 1999. Injured after defeating guards on a thermoforming machine. No RA, safe system of work for clearing problems, nor training. | HSE Prosecution Case F170000325 (13/7/01) |
| Consarc Engineering Ltd | Fined £1,000 under HASAWA 1974 s2. Injured after interlock guard was removed. Failure to maintain plant and equipment. | HSE Prosecution Case F210000358 (13/7/01) |
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