We all hope it will never happen to us, but the following are a just a few examples of what the costs are, both physical and financial, for getting health and safety procedures wrong
Plastics Manufacturer Fined £1 Million After a Delivery Driver’s Death
Glynwed Pipe Systems Ltd was fined £1 million and ordered to pay costs of £27,942.57 after a delivery driver visiting the company was struck and killed by a forklift. The driver had arrived at the yard area when a forklift overladen with large coils struck him. In its investigation, the HSE found that the company had failed to properly implement and enforce safe transport practices in its yard area.
Dairy Farm Fined After an Escaped Bull Tackled a Farmhand
T N Beeston and Son, a dairy farm, was fined £16,000 and ordered to pay costs of £3,079 after a bull seriously injured a farmhand. The man had entered the shed where the dairy cows were stored to clean it out. However, the shed also housed the bull’s pen. Unbeknownst to the farmhand, the bull had gotten out and struck the man. In its investigation, the HSE found that the farm had not properly conducted a risk assessment of the shed nor had it installed the necessary safety restraints in the bull’s pen.
Scaffolding Company and its Managing Director Sentenced After Safety Incident
LS Scaffolding Ltd was fined £47,000 and ordered to pay costs of £7,371 with a £170 surcharge after a worker suffered a serious injury while taking down a scaffold. In addition, the company’s managing director was sentenced to 18 weeks custodial sentence suspended for 12 months and fined £1,700 with a £115 surcharge for the incident. In its investigation, the HSE found that the company had been using untrained workers to construct and take down scaffolding.
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