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Health and Safety Executive press releases 2011

December

• 23/12/11: House building firm sentenced over worker's electric shock
• 22/12/11: Broken neck leads to fine for Nottinghamshire company
• 22/12/11: Scotland's apprentice tradesmen get to grips with hidden killer
• 22/12/11: Global steel firm prosecuted after workers were crushed
• 22/12/11: Firms fined following quarry death of Somerset father
• 22/12/11: Brothers fined after farmworker run over by tractor
• 21/12/11: Basildon company fined after worker injures hand
• 21/12/11: Catalogue of safety failings by Rotherham firm
• 20/12/11: Company fined after contractor's fatal roof fall
• 16/12/11: Construction worker killed when crane overturned
• 15/12/11: Global manufacturer prosecuted over factory worker's death
• 14/12/11: UK Coal sentenced for safety failings that cost four lives
• 14/12/11: Fines after roofer suffers severe injuries
• 12/12/11: Companies fined after worker breaks back in fall
• 12/12/11: Blacksmith fined after worker falls from roof
• 12/12/11: Bus company in court after apprentice's ordeal
• 09/12/11: Croydon landlord fined over carbon monoxide poisoning
• 09/12/11: St Helens manufacturer in court over crushed hand
• 09/12/11: Firms fined £100k over forklift death at Macclesfield factory
• 08/12/11: Sentencing after Telford fireball incident
• 06/12/11: Wakefield builder fined for dangerous gas work
• 06/12/11: Warwickshire County Council fined for man's injuries
• 06/12/11: Company fined after worker falls from balcony
• 06/12/11: Next meeting of Hanson Cement Investigation Response Team (Public Health Wales release)
• 05/12/11: Plumber given community service for putting people's lives at risk
• 02/12/11: Council fined for carbon monoxide leak at community centre
• 01/12/11: Firms in court over Liverpool highways worker's fatal fall
• 01/12/11: Worker's arm dragged into industrial conveyor belt

November

• 29/11/11: Housebuilder fined after child seriously injured
• 29/11/11: More than one in three basement construction projects show serious safety failings
• 29/11/11: Waste firm in court over Blackburn worker's fall
• 28/11/11: HSE welcomes Löfstedt review
• 25/11/11: Companies fined after Arsenal stadium injury
• 25/11/11: Employee loses three fingers at Heywood factory
• 24/11/11: Farmers encouraged to attend Staffordshire safety event after thumbs up
• 24/11/11: Firm fined after reversing lorry crushes worker
• 24/11/11: Baker fined after worker suffers crush injuries
• 24/11/11: Firm prosecuted after worker is crushed by machinery
• 24/11/11: Double-glazing firm in court over worker's ladder fall
• 22/11/11: Walsall landlord prosecuted for putting tenants at risk
• 21/11/11: Fines issued after worker's farm fall
• 21/11/11: North Yorkshire firm in court for safety breach
• 17/11/11: Devon farmers encouraged to attend Holsworthy safety event
• 16/11/11: Pair fined £13,000 for scaffolding collapse at Exeter trading estate
• 16/11/11: University fined for asbestos failings
• 16/11/11: Top health and safety executive to be awarded honorary degree
• 16/11/11: Scunthorpe firm in court after worker scarred for life
• 16/11/11: Farmers encouraged to attend Hexham safety event after thumbs up
• 14/11/11: Carmarthenshire man fined after roofer fall
• 14/11/11: Health and safety chair hears from industry leaders at Leicestershire quarry
• 14/11/11: Scaffold collapse leads to fine for Nottinghamshire director
• 14/11/11: Father and son fined for unsafe roof work
• 14/11/11: Farmers encouraged to attend Haverfordwest safety event after thumbs up
• 11/11/11: Shropshire poultry farm prosecuted for worker's fall
• 11/11/11: Firm fined after roofer fall
• 10/11/11: Chicken company fined after worker fractures back
• 10/11/11: Leading health firm sentenced after worker loses finger
• 09/11/11: Company fined after worker's finger amputated
• 09/11/11: Scottish salmon farming company fined after worker drowns
• 09/11/11: Worker's injuries lead to fine for Nottinghamshire firm
• 09/11/11: Tragic death highlights agricultural dangers for children (COPFS release)
• 08/11/11: HSE Chair named president-elect of IChemE
• 07/11/11: Worker's injuries lead to suspended sentences for roofers
• 07/11/11: Birmingham tradesman fined over asbestos release
• 07/11/11: Help for the industry - from the industry, at construction safety and health awareness day in Leicester
• 04/11/11: BBC Countryfile presenter hosts farm safety event
• 04/11/11: Vehicle recovery firm fined for breaking prohibition notice
• 04/11/11: Gas engineers fined over carbon monoxide poisoning in Cardiff
• 04/11/11: Farmers encouraged to attend Melton Mowbray safety event after thumbs up
• 04/11/11: Farmers encouraged to attend Elgin safety event after thumbs up
• 04/11/11: Farmers encouraged to attend Fort William safety event after thumbs up
• 04/11/11: Gas explosion injury at Macclesfield Town's training ground
• 04/11/11: Industrial waste firm in court after forklift hits worker
• 03/11/11: Firm fined for unsafe roof work
• 02/11/11: Engineering firm fined for safety breaches
• 02/11/11: Firm fined for not insuring itself
• 02/11/11: New figures show continued fall in workplace ill health and injury

October

• 31/10/11: Suffolk firm fined after worker crushed to death
• 31/10/11: Merthyr company fined over Legionella risk
• 31/10/11: Trafford contractor fined £145k over worker's death
• 28/10/11: Property firm sentenced after worker exposed to asbestos
• 28/10/11: Plastic bag firm prosecuted over worker's finger loss
• 28/10/11: Roofer fined after fatal fall from height
• 28/10/11: Oldham roofer caught on camera putting lives at risk
• 27/10/11: Leicester firm fined after death of worker
• 27/10/11: Workers exposed to deadly asbestos fibres
• 26/10/11: Cardiff gas fitter fined for working without registration
• 26/10/11: Animal feed firm in court over worker's hand injury
• 26/10/11: Two thirds of Scottish workplace deaths in agriculture
• 25/10/11: South Tyneside manufacturer fined after workers exposed to hazardous fumes
• 25/10/11: Stonemason 'as seen on TV' is prosecuted
• 25/10/11: Chicken Company fined £230,000 after worker loses most of his hand
• 24/10/11: Safety watchdog challenges construction industry to learn from London 2012
• 21/10/11: Food firm sentenced over Wigan worker's injuries
• 20/10/11: Illegal gas fitter receives two-year prison sentence
• 19/10/11: Farmers encouraged to attend Ayrshire safety event after thumbs up
• 19/10/11: Louth man fined after joiner injured in scaffold fall
• 18/10/11: Company fined after scaffolding tube hits passer by
• 18/10/11: Exeter firm fined over worker's injury
• 17/10/11: Cemex fined after man killed in explosion
• 17/10/11: Dorset manufacturing firm fined after worker injured
• 17/10/11: Farmers encouraged to attend Usk safety event after thumbs up
• 14/10/11: Unregistered gas fitter fined after putting lives at risk
• 14/10/11: Laundry firm fined for ignoring safety notices
• 14/10/11: Lorry driver fined after worker crushed in brick clamp
• 14/10/11: Chemical firm in court over major incident in Cheshire
• 14/10/11: Asbestos checks reveal compliance picture at non-LA schools
• 12/10/11: Firm fined after worker hit by forklift
• 11/10/11: Fife farming company fined after worker loses two toes
• 11/10/11: Builder given community service order for unsafe gas work
• 07/10/11: Farmers encouraged to attend Cheshire safety event
• 06/10/11: 4,000 tradesmen to confront a hidden killer
• 06/10/11: Stourbridge builder fined for illegal gas work
• 06/10/11: Bromley building contractor fined for working without asbestos licence
• 05/10/11: Landlord fined for taking risks with gas safety
• 05/10/11: Perthshire malt company fined after worker loses part of leg
• 03/10/11: Farmers encouraged to attend Lancaster safety event
• 03/10/11: Farmers flock to attend safety event in East Yorkshire

September

• 30/09/11: Worker's fingers severed by wood cutting machine
• 30/09/11: County Durham firm fined after worker crushed to death
• 30/09/11: Forklift worker suffers head injury in Leigh
• 30/09/11: Construction Industry rises to London 2012 Safety Challenge
• 29/09/11: Company fined after worker's fingers are crushed
• 29/09/11: Kent factory fined after worker suffers severe head injuries
• 27/09/11: High street retailer fined £1 Million for safety failings. Three contractors also fined
• 26/09/11: Demolition firm fined for Maesteg site asbestos failings
• 26/09/11: Crackdown on Unsafe Construction Sites in Bournemouth
• 26/09/11: Farmers encouraged to attend Ulverston safety event
• 26/09/11: Changes aim for swifter justice over workplace deaths. Issued on behalf of the Work Related Deaths National Liaison Committee
• 23/09/11: Building company fined after construction worker seriously injured by falling stone
• 23/09/11: Chorley pub landlords prosecuted for failing to protect employees
• 22/09/11: Aberdeen company fined after man falls from scaffolding
• 21/09/11: Farmers encouraged to attend Inverurie safety event after thumbs up
• 21/09/11: Firm fined over cooling tower drowning
• 21/09/11: Shetland firm fined after worker injured in fall
• 19/09/11: Stoke foundry fined for worker's burns
• 19/09/11: Scaffold firm fined after putting workers at risk
• 19/09/11: Farmers encouraged to attend Oldham safety event after thumbs up
• 16/09/11: Street light workman fined over toddler injury
• 16/09/11: Building site manager fined for ignoring safety notices
• 15/09/11: Construction company fined after worker suffers severe burns from electrical explosion
• 15/09/11: Paralysed worker urges Merseyside firms to stay safe
• 15/09/11: Worker crushed in potato harvester
• 14/09/11: Cannock firm fined after worker dragged into machine
• 13/09/11: Safety breach led to teenager's fairground trauma
• 13/09/11: Newport council fined following death of disabled man
• 13/09/11: Farmers encouraged to attend safety events after thumbs up
• 13/09/11: Bus builder fined after Falkirk worker hit by steel platform
• 13/09/11: Worker exposed to dangerously high levels of asbestos
• 13/09/11: Kent tree surgeon fined over worker's injuries
• 12/09/11: Changes to HSE incident reporting and information services come into effect
• 09/09/11: Disregarded safety warnings cost Bolton firm
• 09/09/11: NE Lincs firm in court after roofers caught on camera
• 09/09/11: Derby firm fined for unsafe roof work
• 08/09/11: Liverpool dock workers injured in high voltage shock
• 08/09/11: Company fined after man dies in machine incident
• 08/09/11: Man fined after worker injured on Huddersfield site
• 08/09/11: West Yorkshire firm fined over worker injury
• 07/09/11: Langford mushroom firm fined after worker's arm crushed
• 07/09/11: Asbestos exposure leads to fine
• 06/09/11: Pitmachie garage worker fatally injured
• 06/09/11: Two Sheffield companies in court over worker's injury
• 05/09/11: Company fined after scaffolding collapse at wedding
• 05/09/11: Somerset employer prosecuted after teenage employee loses fingers
• 05/09/11: Council in court over workers exposed to asbestos
• 05/09/11: Poignant training pledge launched to tackle 4000 asbestos death toll
• 01/09/11: Liverpool boss in court over workers' facial burns

August

• 31/08/11: Willenhall man prosecuted for illegal gas work
• 31/08/11: Leamington components firm fined over worker injury
• 31/08/11: National power firm fined after employee electrocuted
• 30/08/11: Two firms prosecuted for dangerous building site
• 30/08/11: County Durham firm fined after worker struck by waste vehicle
• 30/08/11: Glasgow demolition worker fatally injured
• 25/08/11: Roof fall results in suspended prison sentence
• 24/08/11: Barnet bread company fined after man dies from fall
• 23/08/11: Middlesbrough firm fined after worker hurt by 600kg bag of fertiliser
• 22/08/11: Fine over Livingston worker's forklift injuries accident
• 19/08/11: Norfolk firm prosecuted over burns to apprentice
• 18/08/11: Meat plant worker killed by forklift
• 17/08/11: Timber firm fined after worker injured
• 17/08/11: West coast fish farmers to receive safety advice
• 16/08/11: Lives risked on slippery roof in Wirral
• 15/08/11: Worker crushed between two skips
• 12/08/11: Satellite firm sentenced after fatal roof fall
• 12/08/11: Hampshire farmers urged to work safely during harvest season
• 11/08/11: UK's largest pork producer fined after worker severs fingers
• 11/08/11: Burnley handyman survives fall through leaking roof
• 10/08/11: Sweet manufacturer sentenced over severed finger
• 09/08/11: Two companies and contractor fined for releasing asbestos at Birmingham office
• 08/08/11: Prosecutions over asbestos exposure
• 08/08/11: Suffolk firm prosecuted over injury to trapped worker
• 05/08/11: Seaton gas fitter fined for work on gas boiler and fire
• 05/08/11: Cardiff roof company fined after worker's crush injury
• 04/08/11: Burton brewery fined after three men burned by caustic soda
• 04/08/11: Burton brewery fined after man hit by forklift truck
• 03/08/11: Ipswich printer fined after worker injures hand
• 03/08/11: County Durham firm fined after worker's fingers severed
• 03/08/11: Roof fall leads to fine for Nottinghamshire firm
• 01/08/11: Dad-to-be's death exposes safety flaws
• 01/08/11: Parcel firm fined £150,000 after lorry reverses into worker's head

July

• 29/07/11: Companies fined £300,000 for worker's death on motorway
• 28/07/11: Companies in court over major chemical fire in Crewe
• 27/07/11: Companies sentenced after worker is forced through 125mm gap
• 27/07/11: Worker fell off unguarded stair
• 26/07/11: St Helens firm sentenced after worker loses three fingers
• 26/07/11: Cambridgeshire school fined over loft fall
• 25/07/11: Council fined after crane jib brings down overhead power line
• 25/07/11: Salisbury skip hire company fined over death of employee
• 22/07/11: Consultation opens on cost recovery scheme for health and safety interventions
• 22/07/11: Newcastle firm fined after worker impaled
• 22/07/11: Roofer injured at Stockport school
• 22/07/11: Roofer risks lives at Bolton takeaway
• 21/07/11: Somerset farm owner fined after telehandler crush
• 21/07/11: Somerset firm fined after man falls from platform
• 19/07/11: Dunstable glass firm fined after worker seriously hurt
• 19/07/11: Safety statistics show fall in leaks and injuries offshore
• 18/07/11: High street retailer and two contractors found guilty of safety failings
• 18/07/11: Manufacturer fined after worker's arm is severed by industrial 'corkscrew'
• 18/07/11: Plumber sentenced after explosion at Willenhall bungalow
• 18/07/11: Cumbrian grandfather survives being engulfed by fireball
• 15/07/11: Roofing company in Croydon fined for asbestos and scaffolding failures
• 15/07/11: Wiltshire firm failed to prevent fall risk
• 14/07/11: Cleaning products firm fined after truck falls on worker
• 12/07/11: Essex school fined over caretaker injury
• 08/07/11: Design firm fined after workers injured at fashion chain
• 08/07/11: Third company ordered to pay £33k after construction death
• 07/07/11: South Yorkshire firm fined for exposing workers to asbestos
• 06/07/11: Warwickshire man fined for carrying out dangerous gas work
• 06/07/11: Car components firm fined for woman's finger injuries
• 06/07/11: Demolition firm fined after ceiling collapse injures worker
• 06/07/11: Halifax company fined after worker hit by steel girder
• 06/07/11: Father-of-two falls to death through rooflight
• 05/07/11: Chemical giant 'INEOS' fined £100,000 following an oil release
• 04/07/11: Companies fined £640,000 for double fish farm deaths
• 04/07/11: Global chemical firm sentenced over finger loss
• 04/07/11: Poole builders fined after scaffold fall
• 04/07/11: Health and safety drive to reduce deaths on Isle of Wight construction sites
• 01/07/11: Cornwall timber firm fined £20,000 after worker's panel saw injury
• 01/07/11: Cornwall caravan site owner operated without gas safety certificate

June

• 30/06/11: Housing association fined after pensioner's death
• 29/06/11: Workers' injuries lead to fines for plastering firm
• 29/06/11: HSE launches consultation on safety in the adventure activities sector
• 28/06/11: Two firms guilty over Legionella risk
• 28/06/11: New figures published of fatally injured agriculture workers
• 28/06/11: New figures published of fatally injured construction workers
• 28/06/11: New figures published of fatally injured waste and recycling workers
• 28/06/11: New figures published of fatally injured workers
• 27/06/11: Public urged to 'restore sanity' to health and safety rulebook
• 27/06/11: Care home fined £65k over Preston mother's death
• 27/06/11: Marine company put diver's life at risk
• 24/06/11: Firms fined £70,000 and £40,000 after Bristol man left with severe brain injuries
• 23/06/11: Bupa care home company fined after resident death
• 22/06/11: HSE issues safety alert after shellfish diver deaths
• 20/06/11: Shell UK sentenced over Norfolk gas blast
• 17/06/11: Company fined after gas cylinder explosion kills worker
• 16/06/11: Demolition company fined for failing to meet basic gas and electricity safety regulations
• 16/06/11: Wiltshire man sentenced to 300 hours community service over faulty gas work he was not registered to do
• 15/06/11: Worcestershire firms fined after man's fingers severed
• 15/06/11: Blackburn truck firm sentenced over fall injuries
• 15/06/11: Girl trapped in swimming pool results in council prosecution
• 15/06/11: Engineering company sentenced over worker's death
• 15/06/11: Appliance recycling firm fined after worker injured
• 14/06/11: Hazardous materials workers denied hot water by employer
• 14/06/11: Southport shopfitter's finger severed in rotating saw
• 14/06/11: Sentence after trainee's forklift fall
• 13/06/11: Solihull man fined for carrying out illegal gas work
• 09/06/11: Glass giant fined £20,000 for workers' injuries at Bristol site
• 09/06/11: Worker killed in trench collapse
• 08/06/11: Death due to safety failings at textile firm
• 08/06/11: Contractor fined after injuries to public
• 07/06/11: National Film and Television School fined after volunteer is paralysed
• 06/06/11: Carlisle firm fined over death at tractor pulling contest
• 06/06/11: Man's fingers severed at Telford factory
• 06/06/11: Firms fined after worker killed on M25
• 03/06/11: Refurbishment firm fined over asbestos exposure
• 03/06/11: Sentences after worker killed in 12 metre fall
• 02/06/11: Worker cheats death after being dragged through 125mm gap
• 02/06/11: Family firm prosecuted after fatal roof fall
• 01/06/11: Company fined after scaffold collapse
• 01/06/11: Ex-serviceman's arm severed at Hull recycling site

May

• 31/05/11: Heating company failed to prevent a fall
• 31/05/11: Firms fined £130,000 after worker's electric shock
• 27/05/11: Property firm fined after worker's scaffold fall
• 27/05/11: Unregistered gas installer put Lincolnshire lives at risk
• 27/05/11: Workers exposed to asbestos at Derby building site
• 27/05/11: Manchester property firm fined after workers put at risk
• 27/05/11: Heinz fined over finger loss at Wigan baked bean factory
• 26/05/11: Landlord fined for illegal and dangerous gas work
• 26/05/11: Firm fined for failing control wood dust risk
• 25/05/11: Huntingdon firm prosecuted over worker's injury
• 25/05/11: Car park owner jailed for ignoring safety
• 25/05/11: Gearbox firm fined over Oldham worker's crush death
• 24/05/11: Kent builder fined after man falls through roof
• 24/05/11: Company fined after security guard dies from carbon monoxide poisoning
• 24/05/11: Contractor fined £100,000 after worker fatality in Belgravia
• 24/05/11: Landlord prosecuted for putting tenants' lives at risk
• 23/05/11: Care home sentenced after resident's bed rail death
• 23/05/11: Building trades workers invited to get asbestos aware
• 20/05/11: Middlewich roofer fined after employee put at risk
• 20/05/11: Paper firm fined after worker suffers severe hand injuries
• 20/05/11: Sussex chemical company fined after serious spill
• 19/05/11: Triple prosecution after construction death
• 18/05/11: Building trades workers invited to get asbestos aware
• 18/05/11: Leamington firm fined for unsafe work at height
• 18/05/11: ONR press release - Chief Nuclear Inspector publishes interim 'lessons learnt' report
• 17/05/11: Farming company fined after 21-year-old worker electrocuted
• 17/05/11: Event to help Highland construction companies cut deaths
• 16/05/11: Firm fined after employee trapped under stone slabs
• 13/05/11: Steeplejack firm fined after death of worker
• 13/05/11: Cardiff steel firm fined after worker's hand disfigured
• 13/05/11: Community order for Shropshire man in illegal gas work
• 13/05/11: Operator fined after girl thrown from funfair ride
• 13/05/11: Companies fined for unsafe excavation work
• 12/05/11: Principal contractor fined after failing to meet health and safety requirements
• 12/05/11: Stourbridge firm fined after man's thumb amputated
• 12/05/11: Safety tour targets North West construction workers
• 11/05/11: Former cinema collapses onto dual carriageway
• 11/05/11: Quarry owner fined for unsafe equipment
• 10/05/11: Bristol woodworking firm fails to comply with enforcement
• 10/05/11: Aerospace firm fined after worker suffers severe hand injuries
• 10/05/11: Recycling firm fined after worker's jaw smashed
• 10/05/11: Playground firm fined after North Yorkshire worker hurt
• 10/05/11: Unregistered gas fitter fined after putting lives at risk
• 10/05/11: Ipswich manufacturer fined £25,000 after worker injured
• 10/05/11: HSE introduces new arrangements for online reporting of injuries and incidents
• 09/05/11: Scaffolder balanced eight metres without safety harness
• 09/05/11: Asbestos exposure at sheltered housing leads to fine
• 06/05/11: Chard company fined after fork lift injury
• 06/05/11: Developer prosecuted over dangers at Trafford mansion
• 05/05/11: Company fined after Crawley employee paralysed
• 05/05/11: Landlord convicted of repeated gas inspection failure
• 05/05/11: Oldham company in court over electric shock risk
• 03/05/11: Hertfordshire farm fined for worker's roof plunge

April

• 28/04/11: Car firm fined after fatal head injury to worker
• 28/04/11: Bucks company and mechanic fined after forklift death
• 27/04/11: Land Rover fined for failing to assess risk
• 27/04/11: £3,000 fine following fatal Bristol scaffold fall
• 26/04/11: Waste company fined £250,000 after member of the public dies
• 20/04/11: Two companies fined after man falls six storeys from roof
• 20/04/11: Roof fall leads to fine
• 20/04/11: Pet food giant fined £50,000 after steam scalds workers
• 19/04/11: Woodworker prosecuted for safety failing
• 18/04/11: Plymouth workers exposed to asbestos
• 18/04/11: Company fined after unsafe work on roof
• 18/04/11: Cannock firm fined after worker crushed
• 18/04/11: Tamworth firm fined for man's burns
• 14/04/11: Firm and director fined after workers suffer severe injuries
• 14/04/11: Stonehaven grain company fined after worker's fall
• 13/04/11: Lincoln firm fined for unsafe roof work
• 12/04/11: Gas fitter and employer fined for raft of safety breaches
• 12/04/11: Gateshead steel firm fined £40,000 for crush injury
• 12/04/11: Companies fined £400,000 after labourer's fatal fall
• 12/04/11: Worker suffers broken back in roof plunge
• 11/04/11: Builder jailed for putting profit before safety
• 11/04/11: Plumber survives after plummeting through Warrington roof
• 11/04/11: Don't be fobbed off by jobsworths - royal wedding celebrations given the 'health and safety' green light
• 08/04/11: HSE censures Ministry of Defence after pupil is injured at Suffolk school
• 07/04/11: Workers poisoned in carbon monoxide release
• 07/04/11: Bradford firm in court after worker's hand severed by machine
• 05/04/11: Contractors exposed to asbestos at former nightclub site
• 05/04/11: Roofing company ignored order to keep workers safe
• 04/04/11: Council fined after man with learning difficulties dies from drinking dishwasher fluid
• 04/04/11: Garage director fined for ignoring safety notice
• 01/04/11: Coventry construction firm put workers at risk

March

• 31/03/11: Harwich company fined after worker hit by fork-lift truck
• 31/03/11: China clay company prosecuted after worker fell into machinery
• 31/03/11: Cheshire car parts maker fined over crane injuries
• 30/03/11: Construction company fined after worker blinded in fall
• 30/03/11: Firm ignored risks to workers' safety for years
• 30/03/11: Farmer fined for fall injuries
• 29/03/11: Lorry driver killed by falling steel gates
• 29/03/11: Plymouth scaffolder erected dangerous scaffolding
• 28/03/11: Taunton company fined after man falls through fragile roof
• 28/03/11: Construction companies fined after workers exposed to asbestos
• 28/03/11: Worker's left hand severed at Knowsley factory
• 25/03/11: Aerospace firms sentenced over worker's death
• 25/03/11: Wirral roof maintenance firm fined after lives put at risk
• 24/03/11: Portsmouth landlord fined for failing to meet basic gas safety regulations
• 24/03/11: Telford firm fined after man's fall from youth centre roof
• 23/03/11: Construction firm fined for demolition site asbestos failings
• 21/03/11: Shropshire man fined for failing to protect workers
• 21/03/11: New online directory to increase confidence in health and safety advice
• 21/03/11: Nuneaton firm sentenced after teenager injured by forklift
• 18/03/11: Llanelli company fined £400,000 after employee dies at work
• 18/03/11: Firm fined over worker's fall through skylight
• 18/03/11: Event to help Hampshire farmers avoid death and injury
• 18/03/11: Safety watchdog declares construction sites unsafe in parts of Yorkshire & the Humber
• 18/03/11: Safety watchdog declares 10 construction sites unsafe in Lincoln
• 18/03/11: Safety watchdog declares one in five construction sites unsafe in Scotland
• 17/03/11: Safety watchdog declares one in four construction sites unsafe across the Tees Valley
• 17/03/11: Farming firm in court after worker's hand injured in hop press
• 17/03/11: Events help North East construction companies cut deaths and injury
• 17/03/11: Workers exposed to deadly asbestos fibres at Topshop
• 17/03/11: Safety watchdog declares fifth of region's construction sites unsafe
• 17/03/11: Construction firm fined after man's fall
• 16/03/11: Two companies fined after member of public badly hurt in scaffold collapse
• 16/03/11: Farm fined after worker's foot caught in machine
• 16/03/11: Safety watchdog declares third of High Peak construction sites unsafe
• 15/03/11: Contractors fined after scaffold collapse
• 15/03/11: Kent printers fined for putting workers at risk
• 15/03/11: Building firm in court after pupil injured on work experience
• 15/03/11: Theme park worker severely injures hand with saw blade
• 14/03/11: Roofing firm sentenced after worker's life put at risk
• 14/03/11: Father blinded after gas engineer's blunder
• 14/03/11: Firms fined after worker crushed to death by concrete
• 14/03/11: Roofing firm fined for worker's death by electrocution
• 11/03/11: Utilities firm fined after worker exposed to hazardous chemical
• 11/03/11: Fines for asbestos failures on site
• 11/03/11: Companies convicted over death of worker (COPFS release)
• 10/03/11: Roofing company fined for unsafe work
• 10/03/11: Site manager sentenced after worker exposed to asbestos
• 10/03/11: Company fined after worker injured by fork lift truck
• 09/03/11: Builder fined over collapse of St Neots Christmas lights
• 09/03/11: Dutch firm fined after Essex worker's arm had to be amputated
• 08/03/11: Company fined after exposing workers and the public to asbestos
• 08/03/11: Encouraging safety inspection results on County Durham industrial estates
• 07/03/11: Safety watchdog declares one in four construction sites unsafe in Newcastle
• 03/03/11: Crewe construction safety event aims to save lives
• 03/03/11: Worker fell from cage balanced on fork lift truck
• 03/03/11: Doncaster landlord neglected gas safety for tenant
• 03/03/11: Maintenance firm in court after plumber suffers acid burns
• 03/03/11: Redruth builder ignored improvement notice
• 03/03/11: Company sentenced after worker breaks back in lift fall
• 03/03/11: Worker suffers multiple injuries following roof light plunge
• 03/03/11: Steel firm fined after worker crushed
• 03/03/11: Independent school fined after groundsmen suffer electrical burns
• 02/03/11: Spalding firm fined after agency workers harmed
• 02/03/11: Roofing firm put town at risk from asbestos
• 01/03/11: Haulage partnership fined after safety breaches

February

• 28/02/11: Nottingham City Council fined for asbestos failings at depot
• 28/02/11: Stoke firm fined after steeplejack fall
• 28/02/11: Tyneside firm sentenced after worker's scaffold fall
• 28/02/11: Construction company fined after fatal trench collapse
• 28/02/11: Crane company fined after Tyneside workers' narrow escape
• 28/02/11: One in five construction sites fail safety inspections in East Lancashire
• 24/02/11: Tissue firm fined after employee suffers crush injury
• 23/02/11: Engineering firm sentenced over drill injury
• 23/02/11: A quarter of Merseyside's construction sites fail safety inspections
• 23/02/11: Event helps construction companies cut deaths and injury
• 22/02/11: Event to help East Sussex farmers avoid death and injury
• 22/02/11: HSE brings Crown Censure process against defence lab
• 22/02/11: Company fined after fatal warehouse roof fall
• 22/02/11: Farmer fined after falling bales kill friend
• 21/02/11: Telford firm fined after worker burned
• 17/02/11: Brighton firm fined after meat mincer injury
• 17/02/11: Brighton man fined after worker's plunge from roof
• 17/02/11: Firm fined for failing to manage asbestos on site
• 17/02/11: Birmingham firm fined for unsafe work at height
• 16/02/11: Report reveals fundamental management flaws lay behind Buncefield disaster
• 16/02/11: North Devon farm worker injured in roof fall
• 16/02/11: Event helps Lothian construction companies cut deaths and injury
• 15/02/11: Company fined after man suffers horrific burns to legs
• 15/02/11: Safety concerns at quarter of Derbyshire waste sites spot-checked
• 15/02/11: Care home in court after resident dies from drinking toilet cleaner
• 14/02/11: Manufacturing company fined after safety breaches
• 11/02/11: Firms sentenced over worker injury
• 11/02/11: Power company fined £120,000 after worker is crushed to death
• 10/02/11: HSE clampdown on unsafe construction sites
• 10/02/11: Wimbledon carpenters fined for risking employees' safety
• 10/02/11: Two North East companies fined after worker suffers electric shock
• 10/02/11: Food producer prosecuted for repeated safety failings
• 09/02/11: Worker left in a coma for two months after fall
• 08/02/11: Lincolnshire builder fined for leaving building at risk of collapse
• 08/02/11: Company fined after failure to manage asbestos
• 08/02/11: Global packaging firm fined after worker's fingers severed
• 08/02/11: Lichfield food firm prosecuted after conveyor incident
• 07/02/11: Chemical firm sentenced after worker suffers toxic burns
• 07/02/11: Saltash industrial estates under health and safety spotlight
• 04/02/11: Camden council fined following toddler death
• 03/02/11: Food firm fined after worker hospitalised
• 03/02/11: Farm safety events target Moray and Highland farmers
• 03/02/11: Pensioner died after being thrown from wheelchair on minibus
• 03/02/11: Event to help reduce death and injury on Bedfordshire farms
• 03/02/11: South Yorkshire glazing firm fined after scaffold fall
• 02/02/11: Cardiff company fined over failure to protect staff
• 02/02/11: Lancashire businessman in court after worker breaks back
• 02/02/11: Hyde construction safety event aims to save lives

January

• 31/01/11: Consultation opens on RIDDOR change
• 31/01/11: Consultants invited to sign up to new benchmark register for health and safety
• 31/01/11: Inspections aim to improve safety on County Durham industrial estates
• 31/01/11: Worker seriously burned after exposure to 11,000 volts
• 28/01/11: Firms sentenced after Bolton steeplejack falls to death
• 28/01/11: Recycling company fined after man dies from being struck
• 27/01/11: Vital safety advice for Herefordshire farmers
• 26/01/11: Farm building firms prosecuted after roof fall
• 25/01/11: Man severs fingers at bagel factory
• 25/01/11: West Lothian council fined after pensioner's fatal fall
• 25/01/11: Findings released on Shrewsbury gas explosion
• 24/01/11: Contractor fined after labourer has leg amputated
• 24/01/11: Construction boss fined after sub-contractor suffers appalling leg injuries
• 21/01/11: North Devon farm worker fractured skull in roof fall
• 21/01/11: Wigan firm sentenced after worker's finger severed
• 21/01/11: Kebab company put employees at risk through negligence
• 21/01/11: Council prosecuted after worker loses movement in hands
• 20/01/11: Grimsby firm fined after worker's fall
• 19/01/11: Steel firm fined after cherry picker plunge
• 19/01/11: £9,400 fines over asbestos at hospital
• 19/01/11: Care home company fined after pensioner dies
• 18/01/11: Walsall firm prosecuted after worker seriously injured on first day
• 17/01/11: Property company ignored order to keep workers safe
• 17/01/11: Liverpool nursing home fined £18k after 81-year-old woman falls from sling
• 17/01/11: Free safety advice for Cumbrian farmers
• 14/01/11: Window manufacturer fined for neglecting workers' welfare
• 14/01/11: Gloucestershire quarry fined after stone crushes worker's leg
• 14/01/11: Spot checks of waste sites to start across Derbyshire
• 14/01/11: Leicestershire construction firm put lives in danger
• 14/01/11: Chorlton construction safety event aims to save lives
• 13/01/11: Egg packing business fined for exposing workers to danger
• 12/01/11: Halifax firm in court for series of asbestos charges
• 12/01/11: Council-owned housing company fined for asbestos exposure
• 12/01/11: Litterpicker injured falling into well
• 11/01/11: Burnham furniture firm fined after worker injured
• 11/01/11: Chester construction safety event aims to save lives
• 10/01/11: Gainsborough firm fined after worker hit by three-tonne steel tank
• 07/01/11: Building contractor fined after serious failings found
• 07/01/11: Warrington worker paralysed in roof fall
• 07/01/11: Cardiff company fined over worker fall
• 07/01/11: Food packaging firm in court over Rochdale worker's injuries
• 06/01/11: Firm fined after worker's thumb and finger sawn off
• 06/01/11: Plumber jailed after 'Rogue Traders' exposes illegal gas work
• 05/01/11: Four workers fall suffering serious injuries
• 05/01/11: Scissor lift safety warning following fatal overturns

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