A company director has been given a suspended prison sentence after a mechanic died when he fell through a roof light. Terry Lewis, 64, was a retired mechanic working with his friend Leigh Bakewell on the roof of a building at Radnor Park Industrial Estate in Congleton in June 2013. They were cleaning roof lights […]
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Star Wars Film Maker Fined £1.6 Million For Injuring Harrison Ford 5/10
The makers of Star Wars: The Force Awakens have been sentenced after failing to protect the actors and workers while on set during filming, after actor Harrison Ford was struck by a heavy hydraulic metal door on the set of the Millennium Falcon at Pinewood Studios. Mr Ford suffered a broken leg and deep lacerations when […]
October 2016 – In the News
London Zoo Gorilla Helped Himself To Blackcurrant Squash A gorilla that escaped from its enclosure at London Zoo drank five litres of undiluted blackcurrant squash before being returned to his den, a report has found. Kumbuka, a western lowland silverback, made an “opportunistic” exit through unlocked doors, London Zoo added. The zoo said the gorilla […]
£400,000 Fine After Gangway Fall
A company in Pembrokeshire has been fined £400,000 after a serious accident took place at its refinery. Valero Energy UK Limited was fined after a worker was trapped by a slack wire rope when an access tower walkway that provided gangway access to a stationary tanker vessel dropped 3.5 metres. Operator David Thomas suffered fractures […]
September 2016 – In the News
Official Guidance Issued On Robot Ethics Isaac Asimov gave us the basic rules of good robot behaviour: don’t harm humans, obey orders and protect yourself. Now the British Standards Institute has issued a more official version aimed at helping designers create ethically sound robots. The document, BS8611 Robots and robotic devices, is written in the dry language of a […]
Sports Direct Treats Workers “As Commodities Rather Than Human Beings”
A report by the Business, Innovation and Skills committee has accused Sports Direct, one of Europe’s biggest retailers, of not treating its workers like humans, after an investigation revealed “extremely disturbing working practices” and serious health and safety breaches at the company’s Shirebrook Warehouse. MPs are now saying that the company’s founder, Mike Ashley, must be […]
Site Manager Jailed Following Fatal Fall
A building site manager who had a “total disregard of health and safety” has been convicted of gross negligence manslaughter following the death of a 40-year-old worker who died when he fell through a skylight. Site manager Faruk Patel “continued to put workers’ lives at risk even after a fatal accident on the site” the Health […]
Search Resumes at Didcot Power Station
Search efforts have resumed to find the bodies of three men, who died when part of Didcot power station collapsed in February this year. The search was halted in May when contractors reached a 50m (164ft) exclusion zone, beyond which it was considered too dangerous to continue. Yesterday morning (Sunday 17 July) a remote demolition […]
July 2016 – In the News
Sports Direct Treats Workers “As Commodities Rather Than Human Beings” A report by the Business, Innovation and Skills committee has accused Sports Direct, one of Europe’s biggest retailers, of not treating its workers like humans, after an investigation revealed “extremely disturbing working practices” and serious health and safety breaches at the company’s Shirebrook Warehouse. MPs […]
£250k Fine after Employees are Overcome by Fumes
A food waste disposal and recycling firm has been fined £250,000 after three employees were overcome by toxic gases, including hydrogen sulphide, and a reduced oxygen atmosphere in an animal waste facility in Stoke-on-Trent. The prosecution comes 12 months after the firm was fined £660,000 following the death of an employee. Prosecuting, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) […]