CASE STUDY – Fine £4,500
What happened?
Accident in loading bay, employee trapped between delivery vehicle and dock.
Judgement: Company had not conducted a risk assessment for movement of vehicles on site and had not considered pedestrian segregation.
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CASE STUDY – Fine £12,000
What happened?
Employee inhaled chlorine gas. Valve of container left open and leak occurred, employee was hospitalized.
Judgement: Control measures designed to segregate hazardous chemicals were ignored.
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CASE STUDY – Fine £4,000
What happened?
Employee sustained crush injuries to hand having trapped it in de-skinning machine.
Judgement: Insufficient guarding of machine, unsuitable protective equipment and inadequate power controls.
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CASE STUDY – Fine £5,000
What happened?
Farm employee fell through fragile roof.
Judgement: Lack of adequate measures to prevent falling or mitigating consequences.
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CASE STUDY – Fine £10,000
What happened?
Employee working with long irrigation pipe, when lifted it hit an overhead power line, this resulted in severe electrical burns.
Judgement: Lack of risk assessment and safe systems of work.
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CASE STUDY – Fine £14,000
What happened?
Safety guards on five pieces of machinery deliberately bypassed, allowing employees to gain access while machinery still operating.
Judgement: Company failed to prevent access to dangerous parts of machinery.
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CASE STUDY – Fine £3,750
Neglect of first aid responsibilities – November 2005
What happened? Extensive roof work undertaken on two storey house.
Judgement: Adequate arrangements were not in place to administer first aid, nor did the defendant have compulsory employers liability insurance cover.
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CASE STUDY – Fine £8,000
Smoking ban breach – February 2009
What happened? Continued breach of Smoking Ban in Bradford restaurant.
Judgement: Five breaches of the ban on smoking in enclosed public places.
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CASE STUDY – Fine £6,000
What happened?
Assessment of emergency evacuation procedure found fire alarm switched off, chemicals stored dangerously and escape routes unclear or blocked.
Judgement: Breaches of the Construction (Design and Management Regulations 2007.)
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Case Studies Intro
2009-2010 saw 152 people die in workplace accidents in the UK.
There were 28.5 million working days lost through ill-health
and injuries in the UK. 1.8 million employees suffered
from a work related health problem.
My next 9 blogs I am going to write about different case studies telling you about different accidents that happened in the workplace and what the judgement was in court.
my website is www.healthandsafetysignsuk.co.uk
