An East Yorkshire chemical company was fined £480,000 and ordered to pay costs of £13,441 following an ignition of flammable vapours, which resulted in a worker suffering serious burns to his right arm and hand. The incident occurred during the manufacture of a batch of hairspray. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the extraction system used to remove vapours was not adequate to prevent a build-up of a flammable atmosphere. https://press.hse.gov.uk/2022/04/07/chemical-company-fined-after-worker-suffered-burns

A north-east England transport and haulage company was fined £200,000 and ordered to pay costs of £15,322 after a worker died after falling from the rear of a shipping container. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that although the company had various generic risk assessments and safe working method statements, it had not put in place the simple control measures to prevent or mitigate a fall from the rear of this container.  It also failed to carry out a suitable or sufficient risk assessment for this specific work activity. https://press.hse.gov.uk/2022/03/31/company-fined-after-worker-died-following-fall-from-shipping-container