A biomass company in Glasgow has been fined a six-figure sum after a worker lost parts of three fingers in machinery at the Daldowie Fuel Plant.  The incident happened at SMW Limited’s site in Uddingston, near Glasgow, in 2023.

A road planing contractor in Leicestershire has been fined £92,450 after an employee’s leg became entangled in a road milling machine and had to be amputated.  On 14 February 2024, the 32-year-old employee, working for Power Plane Limited, was operating a road milling machine at Wade Road in Basingstoke. The operator’s foot became caught by the rotating milling drum, dragging him into the machine.

A poultry and egg production company has been convicted after a worker suffered serious nerve damage when his clothing became entangled in conveyor belt machinery at a farm near Banff.  On 15 October 2024, a 36-year-old man was working at Mains of Auchenbadie Farm during a routine cleaning operation.

A Hampshire-based company has been fined after a roofer suffered life‑changing injuries when he fell through an unprotected loft hatch while carrying out work on a domestic property in Wimbledon.  Mark Smith had been working for Willow Services (Southern) Limited on 13 May 2024, where he was re‑roofing the house. The 41-year-old had been stripping out internal insulation within the roof space, when he stepped onto an unguarded loft hatch which had not been identified or protected.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has today announced a major package of measures to protect workers from the dangers of engineered stone dust, including silicosis, a deadly-but-preventable lung disease caused by breathing in silica dust released during stone cutting.    

Andy Hazelden, 60, was employed by MM Flowers Limited at its Alconbury Weald site when the incident occurred on 4 February 2023. He had been assisting colleagues with the manual unloading of cargo from a delivery trailer during a busy period in the run-up to Valentine’s Day. 

Bristol Magistrates’ Court has fined a tree surgery company £60,000 after a worker suffered a powerful electric shock from an overhead power line, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) announced on Tuesday (5 May).   Joshua Pocknell, who worked for Upton Specialised Tree Services, had been clearing vegetation on the A3102 when the mobile lighting tower he was using made contact with an overhead power line.

The Channel Tunnel Group Limited (CTGL, also known as Eurotunnel) has been fined £2.25M after pleading guilty to an offence under the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974), which followed an investigation and prosecution by industry regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).  The incident involving an engineering surveyor, happened on 5 April 2018 at Eurotunnel’s UK terminal of the Channel Tunnel, in Folkestone. The surveyor stood at the bottom of one of the lighting masts with the Eurotunnel maintenance team that was assisting with their inspection.

A vehicle maintenance company in Worcestershire has been fined after one of its workers was crushed under a one-tonne concrete block.  The father -of-two, 35, had been working for Redditch-based BA Mobile Fleet Services Limited when the incident happened on 14 December 2023.

A manufacturing company has been fined £340,000 after an employee was seriously injured while cleaning machinery at its site in Swindon.  The 42-year-old man had been working a night shift for Tyco Electronics UK Limited at its premises on Faraday Road on 7 March 2023. He had been tasked with cleaning a machine used to manufacture pellets made from a mixture of raw materials. During the cleaning process, the worker manually raised the hydraulic ram inside the machine and opened the door. He then used his left hand to reach into the open space to clean the machine.