Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974

Brewery fined after workplace accident results in serious injuries

July 9, 2013

A brewery in the south of England has been fined after a workplace accident resulted in an employee losing two fingers. A 32-year-old worker – who does not wish to be named for personal reasons – lost two fingers in a workplace accident last year after the brewery he worked for failed to put in […]

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Gas firm heavily fined after explosion at work leads to severe injuries to worker

March 28, 2013

A large gas company with over 1,300 permanent employees has been heavily fined after a criminal prosecution found that it was guilty of serious health and safety breaches in the workplace. Calor Gas, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Dutch company SHV and a market-leader in liquified petroleum gas (“LPG”), employed Mr Kevin Bates and Mr […]

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