A construction company fined £700,000 after an employee died after being run over by a dumper truck whilst changing over a blade on a piece of work equipment at the side of a roadway.  An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the company had failed to adequately assess the risks to their employees whilst they were repairing and replacing equipment. They failed to provide a system of work in relation to this task which defined a place or places where such work could be carried out safely and which segregated people from vehicles.

A Berkshire automotive engineering firm was fined £100,000 after an employee developed an allergic form of dermatitis after coming into contact with metalworking fluids. An investigation by the HSE found that the company had failed to identify the potential for exposure to the hazardous chemicals. Therefore it had not implemented the controls to prevent skin contact. This was particularly important in this case as the company was already aware the employee had a history of dermatitis.

A Scottish chemical firm has been fined £400,000 following an incident in which ethylene was released from a cracked pipe.  The release of approximately seventeen tonnes of ethylene occurred in May 2017. This leak resulted in the formation of a flammable gas cloud of around 65,000m³. The HSE stated that “the line should have been designed for all potential operating conditions and should not have failed as a result of the rapid opening of a valve and sudden inrush of hot gas”