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Health and safety fines - 18 August

18 August 2010

The fines and costs which may flow from a safety related incident can be significant, not to mention the reputational stigma which the company will suffer. We set out below examples of recent prosecutions which give a flavour of the sentences handed down following conviction. For further information on any of these cases please do not hesitate to contact Rhys Griffiths of our Corporate Risk Management Group.


Distribution company fined following vineyard owner’s death

Injury:   Death
Fine:   Architects: £200,000
Company:   Gregory Distribution Ltd
Legislation:   Section 3 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
Costs:   £16,993
Source:    HSE, 04/08/2010

Architects and construction firm fined after worker falls nine metres to his death

Injury:   Death
Fine:   Architects: £120,000
EPC: £75,000
Company:   Express Park Construction Company Limited and Oxford Architects Partnership
Legislation:   Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs:   Architects: £60,000
EPC: £68,000
Source:    HSE, 29/07/2010

Quarry company fined after digger death

Injury:   Death
Fine:   £96,000
Company:   Leiths Scotland Limited
Legislation:   Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
Costs:   None mentioned
Source:    HSE, 10/08/2010

Companies fined after 44-tonne machine crashes onto Hull road
Injury:   None
Fine:   Balfour Beatty: £25,000
Multibuild Ltd: £20,000
Company:   Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering Ltd and Multibuild Ltd
Legislation:   Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
Costs:   Balfour Beatty: £17,676
Multibuild Ltd: £18,687
Source:    HSE, 05/08/2010

Crane firm fined after four tonne weight crashed to ground near students

Injury:   No injury
Fine:   £18,000
Company:   London Tower Crane Hire & Sales Limited
Legislation:   Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and Regulation 5(2) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007
Costs:   £15,837.45
Source:    HSE, 16/08/2010

Kelso company fined following traumatic amputation of worker's arm 
Injury:   Severed arm, other severe injuries
Fine:   £16,750 (reduced from £25,000 to take account of the company's guilty plea)
Company:   John Hogarth Ltd
Legislation:   Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
Costs:   None mentioned
Source:    HSE, 30/07/2010

Wembley builder exposed customers to carbon monoxide
Injury:   None - exposure to carbon monoxide
Fine:   Company: £12,000
Director: £3,000
Company:   Rushi Construction (UK) Ltd and one of its directors
Legislation:   Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and regulations 4 and 8(1) of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 
Costs:   Company: £1,000
Director: £731
Source:    HSE, 10/08/2010

Company and director prosecuted after staff exposed to high levels of lead
Injury:   None - exposure to lead
Fine:   Company: £10,000
Director: £10,000
Company:   Anglia Lead Ltd and one of its directors
Legislation:   Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
Costs:   Company: £10,556 
Source:    HSE, 05/08/2010

Biscuit giant prosecuted after worker's fingers severed in mixing machine
Injury:   Loss of two fingers
Fine:   £10,000
Company:   United Biscuits (UK) Ltd
Legislation:   Section 2 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
Costs:   £2,889
Source:    HSE, 30/07/2010 

Steeplejack firm fined after worker falls 
Injury:   Fracture to heel of foot
Fine:   £8,000
Company:   Rafferty Chimneys Engineering Ltd
Legislation:   Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
Costs:   £5,000
Source:    HSE, 16/08/2010