Health & Safety Fines – Transport company fined
A transport company has been fined £255,000 after a worker fell from a lorry and fractured his skull. The man, who was working as a delivery driver had been delivering glass to a customer when the incident occurred in Hinckley, Leicestershire on 4 December 2020. As no forklift truck was available, the man was passing panes of glass from a stillage in the lorry to another worker on the ground. The man...
HSE Safety Cornerstones – June 2023
This edition of HSE Safety Cornerstones discusses building and maintaining a culture of safety. Click the link to read more HSE newsletter May-June 2023Download Contact us on 0871 22 616 22 to see how we can help your business. ...
Company fined as worker crushed by 700kg crate
A glass distribution and installation company has been fined £200,000 after an employee broke two ribs and fractured his vertebra after being crushed by a crate. The employee had been moving a crate of replacement glass, weighing approximately 700kg, with the help of another colleague on 16 June 2021. The pair placed the crate on the top of a set of skates and intended to push the load across the warehouse. While...
Insurance and Health & Safety
There is a clear link between the quality of health & safety, HR and operations within a business, and the competitiveness of insurance premiums. Risk Hub is a sister company of Crownford and can help you make this important link https://riskhubgroup.co.uk/ Understanding your Health and Safety and control of HR is a key element that insurers look for when pricing risk. Consequently we are in a great position to get you...
HSE Prosecution Case Study: £180,000 Machine Maintenance Incident
Vita Cellular Foams (UK) Ltd. was fined £180,000 and ordered to pay costs of £4,377 after an employee lost her hand following a machine maintenance incident. Find out more, including what could have been done to prevent such a tragic incident. Click the document below HSE Prosecution Case Study - Machine MaintenanceDownload Contact us on 0875 22 616 22 to see how we can help keep your employees and business safe from injuries...
Health and Safety in the Transportation and Storage Sector (HSE)
This video describes data from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE’s) 2021-22 annual health and safety statistics report relevant to the transportation and storage sector. Contact us on 0875 22 616 22 to see how we can help your business. ...
Health & Safety Executive (HSE) – Health and Safety in the Manufacturing Sector Statistics
This video describes data from the Health & Safety Executive (HSE’s) 2021-22 annual health and safety statistics report relevant to the manufacturing sector. Contact us on 0871 22 616 22 to see how we can help your business with its health and safety needs. ...
HSE Fines – Trucking company fined after man killed unloading a wagon
On 17 August 2018 the father-of-two was helping move a large piece of machinery from one trailer to another at the GCS Johnson depot at Barton Quarry industrial estate in Richmond. As a team of workers were moving the piece of machinery, it fell from the bed of the vehicle trailer and hit Anthony killing him instantly. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that when the workers were...
Ten Reasons Why Health And Safety Is Important To Your Business
It’s good to know the benefits, so we’ve listed 10 reasons why health and safety is important. It is morally right to ensure your workers return home safe and healthy at the end of every working day. By protecting your workers, you reduce absences, ensuring that your workplace is more efficient and productive. Research shows that workers are more productive in workplaces that are committed to health and safety. Reducing down-time caused by illness and accidents means...
£1 million pound fine for concrete firm after man dies at work
A concrete manufacturer has been fined £1m after a 24-year-old man died at a site in Nottingham. A man from Mansfield, was working for Creagh Concrete Products Ltd (CCP) at its Thurgarton Lane site in Hoveringham when he suffered fatal head injuries on 15 March 2017. An investigation by the Health and Safety executive (HSE) showed that CCP did not have a safe system of work for the use of the grab...