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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa: 2,207 cases from 44 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.
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by company- Anonymised companies €1.33m 75 % · 3 cases
- LiveBetter Services Limited €412,314 23 % · 1 case
- St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton €40,151 2 % · 1 case
When?
per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | €160,495 |
| 2024 | 2 | €1.17m |
| 2025 | 0 | – |
| 2026 | 2 | €452,465 |
5 cases
18 Jun 2026 St. Joseph's Healthcare HamiltonHamilton hospital: CA$65,000 after injury caused by known centrifuge defect €40,151
In the teaching hospital's virology laboratory, the lid of a centrifuge fell on an employee who had to hold it open by hand because of a defective gas spring; she was seriously injured. Maintenance reports from 2023 and 2024 had already called for the spring to be replaced. Fine of CA$65,000 plus victim fine surcharge.
A defect documented in maintenance reports that is not remedied makes every subsequent accident foreseeable – defective equipment must be taken out of use.
Reporting defective equipment and taking it out of service
- Authority / court
- Provincial Offences Court Hamilton (Ermittlung: Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Section 25(1)(b) Occupational Health and Safety Act (Ontario)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea; repair two days after the accident.
- Published
- 21 Jul 2026
Original amount 65,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 18 Jun 2026.
- St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton Fined $65,000 for Workplace Injury (Ontario Newsroom, Court Bulletin) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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1 May 2026 LiveBetter Services LimitedLiveBetter Services: 675,000 AUD after fatal scalding of an NDIS participant €412,314
Following an investigation by SafeWork NSW, the District Court of NSW fined LiveBetter Services Limited 675,000 AUD for a breach of ss 32/19(2) of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011. In February 2022, a participant in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was placed in a bath with excessively hot water, suffered serious burns and died from her injuries.
When bathing people in care, water temperature must be limited by technical means and checked before every bath.
Preventing scalds in care and support services
- Authority / court
- SafeWork NSW
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW) ss 32/19(2)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Healthcare
Original amount 675,000 AUD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 30 Apr 2026.
- SafeWork NSW: Prosecution summaries – May 2026 (LiveBetter Services Limited, 1 May 2026) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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12 Jun 2024 a Californian care facilityCalifornian care facility: 658,948 USD – care workers up to 24 hours without breaks €612,121
At the care facility, employees worked up to 24 hours a day, seven days a week, were not allowed to leave the premises, had to work through breaks and received no overtime pay. The settlement of 658,948 USD comprises 608,948 USD for 34 employees (including overtime and break premiums) and 50,000 USD in civil penalties.
Round-the-clock shifts without rest periods are a recurring pattern in care – rosters need checks against maximum working hours and breaks.
Working time limits and breaks in care
- Authority / court
- California Labor Commissioner's Office (Division of Labor Standards Enforcement)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Working time
- Legal basis
- California Labor Code (Überstunden, Meal and Rest Periods, Mindestlohn)
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Healthcare
Original amount 658,948 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 12 Jun 2024.
- California DIR, Medienraum (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2024) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 4 · Company name anonymised since 12 Jun 2026 · Direct link
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9 Jan 2024 an English NHS hospital trustNHS hospital trust: £480,000 fine after accident in a manhole €558,542
The hospital trust was fined £480,000 and ordered to pay £4,286.15 in costs after an employee was found unconscious in a manhole on 1 February 2022 while unblocking a drain and suffered a brain injury. The Health and Safety Executive found that the manhole had not been identified as a confined space and the task had not been properly risk-assessed; there was no safe system of work for clearing blocked drains, and the estates team had not been trained for work in confined spaces.
Manholes and drains must be recognised as confined spaces before anyone enters them.
Work in confined spaces and manholes
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- Wellingborough Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Section 2(1) Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea.
- Published
- 9 Jan 2024
Original amount 480,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 9 Jan 2024.
- HSE, Pressemitteilungen (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2024) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 9 Jan 2026 · Direct link
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14 Nov 2023 a British operator of private psychiatric hospitalsHospital operator: £140,000 fine after the death of a patient €160,495
The operator of a hospital in Roehampton was fined £140,000, with costs to be decided later. In 2013 a young patient on a specialist psychiatric ward was found unconscious in a lounge and died three days later. The Health and Safety Executive found that the company had not organised in-patient treatment so that patients were not exposed to risks to their health.
Monitoring of vulnerable patients must be maintained even when the ward is dealing with other incidents.
Monitoring vulnerable patients on psychiatric wards
- Authority / court
- Southwark Crown Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Section 3(1) Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea.
- Published
- 14 Nov 2023
Original amount 140,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 14 Nov 2023.
- HSE, Pressemitteilungen (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2023) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 14 Nov 2025 · Direct link