A logistics company has been fined £133,000 after excavation work, carried out in 2018 at its rail and container freight facility, exposed staff to asbestos.  An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found an asbestos survey had not been carried out and the workers involved had not received any training in relation to asbestos.  In addition, the company failed to report the incident correctly.

Two West Midlands companies have been fined a total of £359,000 plus costs after an HGV driver suffered fatal chest injuries sustained while unstrapping a load.  An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that arrangements for planning and restraining the load were inadequate.  They failed to ensure that the stability of goods was independent of the load straps, so that release of the straps did not allow the load to fall from the vehicle.

A north-east England confectionary manufacture has been fined £800,000 after an employee suffered life-changing injuries. The incident happened on November 30, 2020 when the man was drawn into a roller mechanism on a conveyor machine.  A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation found that the company had not properly assessed the risk created by the rollers under the conveyor belt and failed to guard the roller. It was foreseeable that access to this area would be required and that there was a clear risk of injury from coming into contact with this roller. The company had previously been prosecuted following a similar incident at another factory.