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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 1,370 cases from 35 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.

1case from 1 jurisdiction
€276,021Total of monetary amounts
€276,021Median per case with an amount

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1 case

6 Oct 2025 Northwood Consumer Limited (heute NP Birmingham Limited)Reversing HGV kills employee: manufacturer pays 240,000 GBP United KingdomWorkplace safety and accidents €276,021

In 2023 an employee was killed by a reversing HGV on the service road of the shared industrial estate in Birmingham. The company had not assessed the risks of workplace transport, had neither avoided reversing nor made it safer with banksmen or signage, and had not controlled HGV access; fine of 240,000 GBP plus 6,917 GBP in costs. According to its 2024 annual accounts, the company employed an average of 37 people.

What organisations can take from it

Set clear rules for workplace transport: avoid or safeguard reversing and separate pedestrian routes from vehicle routes.

Authority / court
Birmingham 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) und 3(1) Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
Employees
Under 50
Published
7 Oct 2025

Original amount 240,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 6 Oct 2025.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link

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