FARMS Leg amputation In July 2014 an employee of Clynderwen and Cardiganshire Farmers Ltd entered a wheat silo to clear a blockage. The...

ELECTROCUTION Death from electrocution In June 2010 Bradley Watts, a 21-year old subcontractor, was lagging pipes in the loft space of ...

DAY CARE Choking death In April 2012 Alison Evans, a 34-year old severely disabled woman, was attending an adult day care centre in...

CROWN CENSURES Royal Mint death The case of John Wynne, employed by the Royal Mint at Llantrisant, South Wales, has highlighted the legal...

CONSTRUCTION Trench collapse death Cooper Services Ltd had been employed by a domestic client to connect new bungalows to mains...

CHAINSAWS Chainsaw injuries Gilbert Bradfield, a tree surgeon, and three casual workers were engaged to fell a tree which had become...

CARE HOMES Death of resident Caring Homes Healthcare Group Ltd, the owner and manager of the Coppice Lea Nursing Home in Surrey, was...

BAKERIES Industrial bakery explosion death David Cole, a baker, repeatedly attempted to light an industrial bakery oven. He was not aware...

HEALTH AND SAFETY Death fall from hotel window Partnership Case R v Lear and Lear [2018] EWCA Crim 69, Court of Appeal Facts L and L...

HEALTH AND SAFETY Vicarious liability Employment status Case Grubb v Shannon (2018) Rep LR 48, Glasgow Sheriff Court Facts G, a beauty...

Contractor, client and director sentenced for dangerous building site Health and Safety Executive v Bodnariu, WEL Estates Ltd and Lew...

Waste management company fined after death of worker Health and Safety Executive v Viridor Waste Management Ltd (2018) Plymouth Crown...

SCHOOLS Repton School fined for safety failings In November 2013 Christine Bywater went to Repton School to watch her grandson play...

RECYCLING Recycling site death from exploding gas cylinder In June 2009 Tony Johnson was working at Walter Heselwood Ltd, a scrap metal...

LIFTS Lift crushing death: stately home operator fined Arthur Mellar, a butler, was killed in July 2014 when a luggage lift descended on...

INDUSTRY Foundry death from grinder Stuart Stead, an employee of H.I. Quality Steel Castings Ltd, was using a hand-held grinder to work...

Death of dementia patient from hoist In April 2008 an 87-year old dementia sufferer was being cared for by the Kent and Medway NHS Social...

HEALTH AND SAFETY Ex turpi causa non oritur actio: “from a dishonourable cause an action does not arise” Case D Geddes (Contractors)...

Health and safety law outwardly appears to be for the benefit of the working class. It has been argued that it was never properly...

Comparative health and safety in a war context Reports of health and safety prosecutions cover, with depressing regularity, incidents...