Latest news and prosecutions

This ebulletin contains a selection of HSE's latest prosecution notices

Chemicals firm fined following explosion
A £40,000 fine was issued after an explosion caused a laboratory to be demolished.

Manufacturing company fined as worker suffers 6 bone fractures
The fine was issued after the worker broke his arm while clearing debris off the bed of a radial arm drill.

Company fined after 81-year-old dies from fall
The man fell through a hole in his bathroom floor that had been left unguarded by workers.

Construction firm fined £285,000 after fatal incident
A worker fell 10 metres from a scissor lift and died, and another worker was injured during the construction of a university facility.

HSE to prosecute Snowdome Limited
The company has been charged following the death of a 12-year-old boy.