Two London based construction companies were prosecuted after a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspection identified serious safety breaches on a double basement construction project. Both companies had been made aware of the dangers on the site previously by an independent consultant, but they failed to act on the recommendations. The HSE inspection found workers [...]

A specialist roofing company and its two directors have been sentenced after admitting working unsafely at height on a hotel development in Manchester during a major refurbishment and extension works. On the 17 March 2015, a member of public witnessed and photographed unsafe work at a construction site and contacted the Health and Safety Executive [...]

Ace of Hearts Home Improvement Limited, a home improvement company based in Hertfordshire, has been fined after the unsafe removal of asbestos material from a domestic property. The company had removed asbestos containing materials (ACM) from a domestic property, which was situated in St Albans. The Asbestos Insulation Board soffits encompassing the underside of the [...]

A company, which manufactures signage and displays for high street retailers, received a fine as a result of a worker falling to his death through a roof light. Richard Perry, 43, was covering roof lights with blackout vinyl in the summer of 2014 at Whiteghyll Plastics Ltd, whilst working with colleagues. This was an attempt [...]

A construction company based in South Wales has been fined £100,000 for operating a hazardous timber-frame construction site. An investigation was launched by the HSE after making an unannounced visit to inspect Hale’s site in the centre of Blaenavon. Fifty-four timber-frame houses were under construction, which carry a serious fire risk when not planned or [...]

A company specialising in exhibitions and displays has been found guilty of breaching safety procedures, following the incident of an employee being crushed by a road roller, in November 2015, in Hipperholme. The three-tonne vibrating road roller being used by the 26-year-old worker, slid down a steep incline before pinning him beneath it. He suffered [...]

A construction site manager was fined for safety failings after a worker was injured while working at height on a house build site in Radlett, Hertfordshire. He had used an excavator to raise a site worker to access work at height in order to cut a protruding piece of steel. The court was told that [...]