Health and safety fines
In decreasing fine order
Valero Energy UK fined £5 million after four people died in an oil explosion
Injury: 4 people died
Fines: £5 million (Valero)
£120,000 (B&A)
Entities: Valero Energy UK Ltd
B & A Contracts Ltd
Legislation: Sections 2(1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £1 million (Valero)
£40,000 (B&A)
Source: HSE, 6 June 2019
Principal contractor fined more than £800,000 after worker hit by a heavy expanded polystyrene block
Injury: Three fractured vertebrae
Fine: £833,333.33
Entity: Bam Nuttall Limited
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £5,478.22 plus victim surcharge of £170
Source: HSE, 6th June 2019
West Sussex company fined after worker suffers fatal injuries
Injury: Death
Fine: £400,000
Entity: Tesla Engineering Limited
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £7,546 .72
Source: HSE, 5th June 2019
Grain store company fined after worker fatally struck by lorry
Injury: Death
Fine: £180,000
Entity: Camgrain Stores Ltd
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £20,000
Source: HSE, 19th June 2019
Two contractors fined after worker suffers fatal injury following a fragile roof fall during construction work
Injury: Death
Fine: £41,125
Entity: Sandwell Roofing Limited
Legislation: Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £33,000
Source: HSE, 7th June 2019
Company fined after employee was injured by fallen machinery
Injury: Five broken bones in foot
Fine: £36,000
Entity: Mademoiselle Desserts Corby Limited
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £1,371.80 plus victim surcharge of £170
Source: HSE, 10th June 2019
Halifax company fined after worker trapped in crushing machine
Injury: Crush injuries to arm
Fine: £33,350.00
Entity: MJB Excavations and Plant Hire Ltd
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £950
Source: HSE, 5th June 2019
Ferry company fined after worker suffers multiple fractures
Injury: Multiple fractures to foot and wrist
Fine: £30,000
Entity: The Southampton, Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Ltd (trading as Red Funnel Ferries)
Legislation: Section 3(1) of Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £10,800
Source: HSE, 17th June 2019
Company fined after woman crushed to death by roller shutter door
Injury: Death
Fine: £25,000
Entity: B.S. Graves (Electrical) Limited
Legislation: Section 3(1) of Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £6,500
Source: HSE, 10th June 2019
Company fined after worker falls from height
Injury: Broken right collar bone and multiple fractures to ribs, pelvis, femur and fibula along with ligament, muscle & tissue damage
Fine: £9,600
Entity: Rowecord Total Access Ltd
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £100,000
Source: HSE, 3rd June 2019
Company sentenced after employees exposed to silica dust
Injury: Fine for failing to adequately control employees’ exposure to respirable silica dust, resulting in an employee developing silicosis
Fine: £8,000
Entity: GO Stonemasonry Limited
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £10,000
Source: HSE, 12th June 2019
Milling company fined after employee suffers life changing injury to his hand
Injury: Life changing injuries resulting in loss and partial loss of three fingers in dominant hand
Fine: £5,000
Entity: Nene Milling Company Limited
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £2,499.03
Source: HSE, 20th June 2019
A round-up of recent fines and costs resulting from health and safety related incidents. For further information on any of these matters please contact Andrew Sanderson of our Health and Safety Group.