Working dangerously at height

A property company has been fined after workers were found working dangerously at height while demolishing buildings in Lancashire. Photograph taken by HSE inspector of worker on roof Responding to a complaint, Health and Safety Executive inspectors visited the site –...

Company fined for unguarded machinery

Ferrisgate Coatings Limited was fined £13,500 with £3,603 costs at Norwich Magistrates’ Court on Friday 29 April 2015 after a worker sustained serious personal injury to his hand. Ferrisgate Coatings Limited, of Burrell Way, Thetford, Norfolk, pleaded guilty of...

Landlord – tenants at risk

A landlord who put his tenants’ lives at risk by ignoring fire safety regulations has been jailed for eight months. Haresh Rambhai Patel’s two adjoining properties in Evington Street, Highfields, Leicester, caught fire in the early hours of May. Firefighters had to...

In Court

A global defence contractor has been fined after two workers suffered horrific burns in an accident at a Scots plant. Raytheon Systems Ltd had Steven Delargey and Russell Brand, who were both employees of Fife firm C&F Electrical Services, carry out non essential...