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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.
Injury: |
Death |
Fine: |
£200,000 |
Company: |
Environment Agency |
Legislation: |
Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 |
Costs: |
£28,548 |
Source: |
HSE, 14 December 2012 |
Injury: |
7 people hospitalised |
Fine: |
£165,000 plus £19,000 in compensation |
Company: |
Apollo Property Services Group Ltd |
Legislation: |
Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety etc. at Work Act 1974 |
Costs: |
£117,582 |
Source: |
HSE, 18 December 2012 |
Injury: |
Death |
Fine: |
£45,000 |
Company: |
Need a Skip Limited |
Legislation: |
Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 |
Costs: |
£125,000 |
Source: |
HSE, 17 December 2012 |
Injury: |
Burns to wrist, leg and groin |
Fine: |
£20,000 |
Company: |
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council |
Legislation: |
Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 |
Costs: |
£7,594 |
Source: |
HSE, 14 December 2012 |
Council fined after putting tenant at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning |
|
Injury: |
None – person at risk of CO poisoning |
Fine: |
£18,000 |
Company: |
Chesterfield Borough Council |
Legislation: |
Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 |
Costs: |
£7,534 |
Source: |
HSE, 13 December 2012 |
Injury: |
Punctured lung, broke every rib on the left hand side of body, shattered all the bones in left hand and fractured pelvis in three places |
Fine: |
£13,500 (for each company) |
Companies: |
Galliford Try Construction Parkstone Group Limited |
Legislation: |
Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 |
Costs: |
£3,345 |
Source: |
HSE, 11 December 2012 |
Two north east firms fined after worker suffered serious head injuries |
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Injury: |
Double fracture to the skull, facial fractures and a fractured eye socket |
Fines: |
£13,000 (for SAICA) £4,000 (for MD) |
Companies: |
SAICA Pack UK Ltd MD Engineering Services (UK) Ltd |
Legislation: |
Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (SAICA) Regulation 8(1)(c) of the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (MD) |
Costs: |
£5,489.40 (for SAICA) £4,600 (for MD) |
Source: |
HSE, 12 December 2012 |
Council and building firm fined for asbestos exposure during school refurbishment |
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Injury: |
None – potential asbestos exposure |
Fines: |
£8,000 (G Evans) £10,000 (council) |
Companies: |
G Evans (Services) Ltd Staffordshire County Council |
Legislation: |
Sections 2(1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (G Evans) Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (council) |
Costs: |
£4,000 (G Evans) £5,000 (council) |
Source: |
HSE, 14 December 2012 |
Firm's failures led to workers' exposure to asbestos at Aberystwyth flats |
|
Injury: |
Exposure to asbestos |
Fine: |
£5,000 |
Company: |
Superior Plumbing Installations Ltd |
Legislation: |
Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 |
Costs: |
£3,830 |
Source: |
HSE, 10 December 2012 |
Injury: |
Crushed finger |
Fine: |
£4,000 |
Company: |
Tenza Technologies Limited |
Legislation: |
Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 197 |
Costs: |
£3,613 |
Source: |
HSE, 6 December 2012 |
Injury: |
None – fine for ignoring a safety notice and exposing workers and members of the public to serious risk of injury. |
Fine: |
£2,000 |
Company: |
Rimo Construction Ltd |
Legislation: |
Sections 2(1), 3(1) and 33(1)(g) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 |
Costs: |
£1,000 |
Source: |
HSE, 18 December 2012 |
Injury: |
two factures in fingers and ripped tendons in index and middle fingers |
Fine: |
£1,000 |
Company: |
Jian's Dumplings Ltd |
Legislation: |
Section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 |
Costs: |
n/a |
Source: |
HSE, 13 December 2012 |