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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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Where?
by authority- Health and Safety Executive (Southwark Crown Court) €4.37m 17 % · 1 case
- Chelmsford Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive) €3.27m 13 % · 2 cases
- Leeds Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive) €3.22m 13 % · 3 cases
- Birmingham Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive) €1.37m 5 % · 6 cases
- Bristol Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive) €1.17m 5 % · 1 case
- Southampton Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive) €1.16m 5 % · 1 case
- City of London Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive) €917,326 4 % · 1 case
- Health and Safety Executive (Walsall Magistrates' Court) €859,697 3 % · 1 case
- Aberdeen Sheriff Court (Ermittlung: Health and Safety Executive) €806,989 3 % · 2 cases
- Lincoln Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive) €804,320 3 % · 1 case
- 23 more€7.71m
What for?
by topicWho?
by sectorAll sectors
- Chemicals and pharmaceuticals €5.37m 21 % · 4 cases
- Construction and real estate €3.66m 14 % · 7 cases
- Retail and e-commerce €3.65m 14 % · 3 cases
- Other €3.48m 14 % · 4 cases
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering €2.48m 10 % · 6 cases
- Energy and utilities €2.16m 8 % · 3 cases
- Food and agriculture €1.85m 7 % · 5 cases
- Steel and metals €1.47m 6 % · 6 cases
- Healthcare €719,037 3 % · 2 cases
- Public sector €484,520 2 % · 3 cases
- 1 more€322,174
When?
per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | €1.54m |
| 2024 | 2 | €924,506 |
| 2025 | 9 | €5.91m |
| 2026 | 32 | €17.3m |
46 cases
16 Sep 2026 Hillbeck Homes (Sowerby Bridge) LtdDeveloper pays £300,000 after agency worker falls through unprotected stairwell opening €349,895
A 24-year-old labourer working as a temporary worker for a scaffolding company fell, in his second week of work on the developer's housing site, through a stairwell opening that was neither securely covered nor guarded, dropping one storey onto concrete and suffering serious spinal injuries. The court found the company guilty on three counts because it had neither adequately planned nor supervised work at height and had not taken suitable measures to prevent falls. Fine of £300,000 plus costs. The company is a micro-enterprise with fewer than 10 employees.
Floor openings on construction sites must be covered with load-bearing covers or guarded at all times – new and temporary workers in particular do not know where the hazards are.
Fall protection at openings; induction of new workers
- Authority / court
- Leeds Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Work at Height Regulations 2005
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Employees
- Under 50
- Published
- 21 Sep 2026
Original amount 300,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 16 Sep 2026.
- Construction company fined after 24-year-old father falls through unprotected stairwell opening (HSE) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link
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14 Sep 2026 Fire Protection Recycling LimitedFire extinguisher explodes fatally during recycling – 40,000 GBP fine €46,730
While decommissioned powder extinguishers were being discharged in Oldbury in 2023, a cartridge-type extinguisher exploded and struck a 37-year-old employee on the head, fatally injuring him. There was no risk assessment, no safe system of work, no suitable storage and no restraint system for discharging; the recycling business (20 employees according to its annual accounts) was fined 40,000 GBP plus 17,034.25 GBP in costs.
Carry out a documented risk assessment even for routine work with pressurised containers and provide technical restraints – experience is no substitute for a safeguard.
- 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) Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Employees
- Under 50
- Published
- 17 Sep 2026
Original amount 40,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 14 Sep 2026.
- Fire extinguisher recycling company fined after 'thoughtful and kind' man killed at work (HSE) Press release of an authority
- Companies House: Registereintrag Fire Protection Recycling Limited (07249428) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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4 Sep 2026 Samworth Brothers LimitedSamworth Brothers: £594,000 after two workers scalded at steam line €691,518
At the Kettleby Foods plant in Melton Mowbray, an employee and a contractor were scalded with hot water while replacing a leaking gasket on an isolation valve of a steam line (burns to 4–5 % and 9 % of their body surface respectively). The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the task had neither been assessed nor documented as a safe system of work, isolation and lock-off procedures had not been applied, fall protection was missing and supervision was inadequate. Following a guilty plea, a fine of £594,000, plus £6,000 compensation for the injured employee, costs and a victim surcharge.
Maintenance on steam and pressure lines requires a written isolation and lock-off procedure that is supervised on site.
Isolating and locking off equipment during maintenance (lockout/tagout)
- 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 Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Published
- 16 Sep 2026
Original amount 594,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 4 Sep 2026.
- Food manufacturing giant fined £594,000 after two workers scalded at Melton Mowbray site (HSE) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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3 Sep 2026 B&Q LimitedB&Q: publicly named for minimum wage underpayment of 4,530 workers €530,980
In the 24th naming round of the National Minimum Wage scheme, B&Q was listed first: the company had underpaid 4,530 workers by a total of £456,934.72 (period according to the list: 15 May 2020 to 31 March 2025). Named employers had to pay the arrears and additionally received penalties whose amount per employer is not published (around £7m for the whole round). The amount is the arrears ordered to be repaid, not a fine.
Minimum wage errors in payroll quickly affect thousands of workers and are made public.
Minimum-wage-compliant payroll
- Authority / court
- Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade / Fair Work Agency (Ermittlung: HM Revenue and Customs)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Published
- 3 Sep 2026
Original amount 456,934.72 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 3 Sep 2026.
- DBT/Fair Work Agency: Nearly 660 employers announced as failing to pay the minimum wage (03.09.2026) Press release of an authority
- Round 24 Naming Publication Spreadsheet (Liste der benannten Arbeitgeber) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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1 Sep 2026 PPS Metal Recycling LtdScrapyard: £40,000 fine after metal pile collapses on father and son €46,699
In February 2025, a pile of scrap collapsed on a father and his son at the metal recycler's site while an excavator had been working near them for around 20 minutes; one of them suffered a broken leg. Pedestrians were separated neither from machinery nor from unstable stockpiles, even though there had been a near miss involving the same excavator shortly before. Fine of £40,000 plus £6,181 costs. According to the annual accounts filed with the UK companies register for financial year 2025, the company had around 18 employees.
Companies that allow customers or visitors onto a site with machinery must physically separate pedestrians and vehicles and treat near misses as a warning sign.
- Authority / court
- Grimsby Magistrates' 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
- Steel and metals
- Employees
- Under 50
- Mitigating circumstances
- After the accident, a separate unloading zone, signage, supervised procedures and fenced-off walkways were introduced.
- Published
- 2 Sep 2026
Original amount 40,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 1 Sep 2026.
- Scrap yard fined after father and son injured by collapsing metal pile (HSE) Press release of an authority
- Companies House: Registereintrag PPS Metal Recycling Ltd (07991359) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link
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25 Aug 2026 ExxonMobil Chemical LimitedExxonMobil Chemical: 267,000 GBP for five hydrocarbon leaks at Fife ethylene plant €312,098
Between February 2018 and September 2019, five leaks of highly flammable hydrocarbons occurred at the Mossmorran major hazard site (COMAH upper tier), all caused by corrosion under insulation; around 82 tonnes escaped in one leak. During a routine inspection in May 2019, inspectors of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) smelled escaping gas – the company had known about this leak for around four months and had continued production without additional precautions. The inspection arrangements for insulated pipework were inadequate; fine of 267,000 GBP.
Recurring damage patterns must change the inspection concept – visual inspections from the ground are not sufficient for insulated pipework.
- Authority / court
- Health and Safety Executive (Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998, reg. 6(2); Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, s. 33(1)(c)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Chemicals and pharmaceuticals
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Published
- 26 Aug 2026
Original amount 267,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 25 Aug 2026.
- Six-figure fine for ExxonMobil after five leaks of extremely flammable hydrocarbons at Fife chemical plant Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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20 Aug 2026 Truro Sawmills LimitedCornwall sawmill ignores three improvement notices: 20,000 GBP €23,330
According to the HSE, the sawmill failed to protect employees from wood dust (no face-fit testing for respiratory protective equipment, no health surveillance) and let staff drive lift trucks without training; three improvement notices from the HSE (Health and Safety Executive, Britain's workplace safety regulator) were not complied with. The court fined the company, a micro-entity, 20,000 GBP plus 5,000 GBP in costs.
Treat improvement notices from the regulator as binding deadlines, not recommendations; ignoring them risks a fine.
Lift truck training and protection against wood dust
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- Truro Crown 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 Section 33(1)(g) Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Employees
- Under 50
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not reported here.
- Published
- 21 Aug 2026
Original amount 20,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 20 Aug 2026.
- HSE, Pressemitteilungen (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2026) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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21 Jul 2026 Dragon Alfa Cement LimitedCement plant with 12 employees: 1 million GBP after fatal accident at unguarded machinery €1.17m
In 2021 a 35-year-old employee was crushed by a 1.6-tonne concrete weight at the cement bagging plant in Sharpness. A large section of the perimeter fencing had routinely been removed over a prolonged period, leaving dangerous moving parts freely accessible. The company – with 12 employees according to its 2024 annual accounts – was fined 1 million GBP plus 9,621 GBP in costs.
Treat removed guard fencing as a management failure and stop it – tolerating permanently open danger zones can lead to fines in the millions, even for a small business.
- Authority / court
- Bristol 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
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Employees
- Under 50
- Published
- 21 Jul 2026
Original amount 1,000,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 21 Jul 2026.
- Cement company fined £1,000,000 after father crushed by 1.6 tonne concrete weight (HSE) Press release of an authority
- Companies House: Registereintrag Dragon Alfa Cement Limited (03473666) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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17 Jul 2026 Puratos LimitedPuratos: 120,000 GBP for flour dust above exposure limits and heavy sack handling €141,014
During an inspection in December 2024, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found dust escaping from machinery, blowing down with compressed air and dry sweeping at the bakery ingredients factory; measurements confirmed that workplace exposure limits had been exceeded, with a risk of asthma. In addition, employees lifted 25 kg sacks by hand every day. The site had already been cited in 2021 for the same deficiencies; fine of 120,000 GBP plus 6,270 GBP in costs. According to the annual accounts filed with the UK companies register for financial year 2024, the company had around 116 employees.
Companies that do not permanently remedy deficiencies after a citation pay significantly more the next time – flour dust is a recognised cause of asthma.
Dust exposure and lifting heavy loads
- Authority / court
- Health and Safety Executive (Milton Keynes Magistrates' Court)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, s. 2(1)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Employees
- 50 to 249
- Repeat case
- yes
- Published
- 20 Jul 2026
Original amount 120,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 17 Jul 2026.
- Food manufacturer fined £120,000 after workers exposed to hazardous dust and manual handling risks Press release of an authority
- Companies House: Registereintrag Puratos Limited (00949175) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link
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6 Jul 2026 Emma Bridgewater LimitedEmma Bridgewater: snow machine falls during Christmas lights event – 266,666 GBP €311,752
During a Christmas lights event at the factory shop in Hanley in November 2024, an unsecured artificial snow machine fell from a window; shards of glass injured a twelve-year-old girl on the head. The ceramics manufacturer had not assessed the risks and, contrary to the manufacturer's instructions, had not secured the machine; fine of 266,666 GBP plus 4,931 GBP in costs. According to its annual accounts (financial year to April 2025), the company had an average of 345 employees.
Treat marketing events as a health and safety matter: when installing equipment above the public, prevent objects from falling and follow the manufacturer's instructions.
- 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
- Regulation 10(1) Work at Height Regulations 2005; Section 3(1) Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Employees
- 250 to 999
- Published
- 7 Jul 2026
Original amount 266,666 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 6 Jul 2026.
- Emma Bridgewater fined £266,666 after falling shard of glass injures child (HSE) Press release of an authority
- Companies House: Registereintrag Emma Bridgewater Limited (01943787) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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3 Jul 2026 TMA Haulage LtdTMA Haulage: operator licence curtailed from five to four vehicles, revocation from 6 October 2026 Other
Following an investigation by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), the Traffic Commissioner (regulator of commercial vehicle operators) found that the sole director of TMA Haulage Ltd had driven using the driver card of a former employee, thereby falsifying the records, three times in June and July 2025 and – after being interviewed by the DVSA – twice in April 2026; on one of those days he continued driving in this way without taking the break that was due. The operator's licence was curtailed immediately from five to four vehicles and revoked with effect from 6 October 2026. Measures against individuals are not set out here.
Driver cards are strictly personal – regularly comparing vehicle unit data with the cards of the drivers deployed uncovers misuse before the authority does.
Drivers' hours and misuse of driver cards
- Authority / court
- Traffic Commissioner (Western Traffic Area); Ermittlung: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Working time
- Legal basis
- Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995, ss. 26(1)(f), 27(1)(a) und (b); Road Traffic Act 1988, ss. 115, 117; Tachografen- und Lenkzeitvorschriften
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Transport, logistics and shipping
- Culpability
- intentional
- Mitigating circumstances
- According to the decision, points in the company's favour were: most compliance systems in place, drivers properly employed, an MOT pass rate in line with the national average, and the re-engagement of a consultant and legal representation.
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not set out here.
- Published
- 22 Jul 2026
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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16 Jun 2026 SCS Railways (Joint Venture von Skanska Construction UK Limited, Costain Limited und Strabag AG)HS2 joint venture SCS Railways: £400,000 fine after tipper truck fall €462,583
SCS Railways, a joint venture of Skanska, Costain and Strabag on the HS2 rail project, was fined £400,000 and ordered to pay £8,974 in costs. On 27 July 2021 at the Copthall North site near Uxbridge, a 20-tonne tipper truck belonging to a contracted haulage company fell from an excavation ramp and the driver was injured. The Health and Safety Executive found neither signage nor edge protection on the vehicle routes; a traffic route changed on the morning of the incident had left an unprotected edge and had been neither properly planned nor communicated in time.
Every short-notice change to site vehicle routes needs a risk check and immediate briefing of all drivers.
Traffic routes and change management on major construction sites
- Authority / court
- Uxbridge Magistrates' 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
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea.
- Published
- 26 Jun 2026
Original amount 400,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 16 Jun 2026.
- HSE: HS2 contractor fined £400,000 after tipper truck driver injured (26.06.2026) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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16 Jun 2026 Samson Containers LtdContainer manufacturer ignores notices on welding fume and hearing protection – £30,000 €34,694
Despite improvement notices from September 2024 and February 2025, the manufacturer of skips and metal containers failed to implement any measures against carcinogenic welding fume (mild steel) – with neither extraction nor respiratory protection; in addition, there was no health surveillance for hearing for employees exposed to noise. Fine of £30,000 plus costs. According to the annual accounts filed with the UK companies register for financial year 2024, the company had around 17 employees.
Regulatory orders on hazardous substances have deadlines – companies that let them lapse will be prosecuted regardless of whether an accident occurs.
- Authority / court
- Warrington Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Section 33(1)(g) Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Nichtbefolgung von Improvement Notices)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Employees
- Under 50
- Repeat case
- yes
- Published
- 18 Jun 2026
Original amount 30,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 16 Jun 2026.
- Skip manufacturer fined £30,000 after failing to protect workers from carcinogenic fumes (HSE) Press release of an authority
- Companies House: Registereintrag Samson Containers Limited (11911188) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link
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12 Jun 2026 Esso Petroleum Company LimitedEsso: £1m fine after LPG release at Fawley refinery €1.16m
Esso was fined £1m and ordered to pay £12,277 in costs. On 8 November 2022, a corroded steel tower at the Fawley refinery partially collapsed, damaged pipework and released around 2,400 kg of liquefied petroleum gas over 33 hours; workers were exposed to the risk of falling debris and potential burns. According to the Health and Safety Executive's investigation, the corrosion had been known since 2010 without appropriate action being taken.
Known corrosion findings on load-bearing structures must be assessed and remedied promptly, before they lead to a major incident.
Asset integrity and handling known corrosion findings
- Authority / court
- Southampton Magistrates' 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
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea; no injuries.
- Published
- 15 Jun 2026
Original amount 1,000,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 12 Jun 2026.
- HSE: Esso fined £1 million after major gas leak at Fawley refinery (15.06.2026) Press release of an authority
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22 May 2026 Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy LtdSiemens Gamesa: £600,000 fine after accident at Hull blade factory €694,300
Siemens Gamesa was fined £600,000 and ordered to pay £7,980.80 in costs. At the blade factory in Hull on 18 July 2024, a prefabricated component weighing around 800 kg fell onto an employee after support poles had been removed; she has since been paralysed from the waist down. The Health and Safety Executive found inadequate risk assessment, no safe system of work and insufficient training.
Where employees develop their own working methods, a binding and trained safe system of work is usually missing.
Risk assessment and safe systems of work in manufacturing
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- Grimsby 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
- unknown
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea; after the accident the supports were secured with a key-controlled system.
- Published
- 26 May 2026
Original amount 600,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 22 May 2026.
- HSE: Siemens fined £600,000 after employee left paralysed at site in Hull (26.05.2026) Press release of an authority
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22 May 2026 Streamline Shipping Agencies LimitedAberdeen port agency: £146,700 after forklift accident without traffic separation €169,756
At the Port of Aberdeen, an employee loosening a lorry curtain was struck by a reversing forklift truck and suffered multiple fractures and a degloving injury. Pedestrians and vehicles were not separated during simultaneous loading and unloading. Fine of £146,700. According to the annual accounts filed with the UK companies register for financial year 2025, the company had around 236 employees.
Loading and manoeuvring areas need firm rules on who may be where and when if forklifts and pedestrians are working at the same time.
- Authority / court
- Aberdeen Sheriff Court (Ermittlung: Health and Safety Executive)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Regulation 17(1) Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992; Section 33(1)(c) Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Transport, logistics and shipping
- Employees
- 50 to 249
- Published
- 28 May 2026
Original amount 146,700 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 22 May 2026.
- Shipping company fined £146,700 after worker seriously injured by forklift truck (HSE) Press release of an authority
- Companies House: Registereintrag Streamline Shipping Agencies Limited (SC073938) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link
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7 May 2026 Duncan Farms LimitedDuncan Farms: 53,000 GBP because a worker was caught in an unguarded conveyor €61,335
In October 2024, an employee of the egg producer climbed between two running manure conveyors to check a noise and was caught at the in-running nip; he suffered nerve damage to both arms. The drive had no fixed or interlocked guards – instruction and clothing rules alone were not sufficient. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecution resulted in a fine of 53,000 GBP.
Instruction is no substitute for technical safeguards: in-running nips must be protected by fixed or interlocked guards.
Stopping machinery before intervening
- Authority / court
- Health and Safety Executive (Aberdeen Sheriff Court)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998, reg. 11(1) und (2); Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, s. 33(1)(c)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Published
- 13 May 2026
Original amount 53,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 7 May 2026.
- Egg farm fined after worker trapped in running conveyor machinery Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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30 Apr 2026 Cardiff UniversityCardiff University: £280,000 fine over occupational asthma from animal allergens €323,232
Cardiff University was fined £280,000 and ordered to pay £11,745 in costs after two employees developed occupational asthma from exposure to animal allergens. According to the Health and Safety Executive, the university failed from 2008 to 2025 to identify and implement suitable controls against allergen exposure, although the COSHH regulations and relevant guidance had long been in place.
Slowly developing occupational diseases also lead to prosecution when exposures go uncontrolled for years.
Health protection in laboratories working with animals
- Authority / court
- Cardiff 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
- unknown
- Sector
- Public sector
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea.
- Published
- 1 May 2026
Original amount 280,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 30 Apr 2026.
- HSE: Cardiff University fined £280,000 after two employees develop occupational asthma (01.05.2026) Press release of an authority
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21 Apr 2026 Industrial Chemicals LimitedIndustrial Chemicals: 3.8 million GBP after caustic soda burns – one leg amputated €4.37m
In 2019, an employee stepped into a puddle of caustic soda; his safety boots offered no protection, and his leg had to be amputated below the knee. In 2022, another worker suffered chemical burns during manual decanting. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found leaking pipes and valves, a lack of maintenance, no risk assessment for decanting and untested safety footwear; fine of 3.8 million GBP plus 124,748 GBP in costs. According to the annual accounts filed with the UK companies register for financial year 2024, the company had around 469 employees.
Leaks of hazardous substances are not a normal state of affairs – maintenance, spill management and tested protective equipment go hand in hand.
Handling corrosive hazardous substances and PPE
- Authority / court
- Health and Safety Executive (Southwark Crown Court)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002, reg. 7(1)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Chemicals and pharmaceuticals
- Employees
- 250 to 999
- Published
- 24 Apr 2026
Original amount 3,800,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 21 Apr 2026.
- Chemical company fined £3.8 million after investigation into serious chemical burns suffered by two employees Press release of an authority
- Companies House: Registereintrag Industrial Chemicals Limited (03886037) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link
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10 Apr 2026 MM Flowers LimitedFlower supplier: leg amputated after roller deck accident – 134,000 GBP €153,837
While unloading stuck air cargo skids ahead of Valentine's Day 2023, an employee's leg became trapped in a 10 cm gap in the roller deck and was struck by a skid that slid forward; the leg had to be amputated. Employees had to free stuck loads by hand, and the gap had never been identified; fine of 134,000 GBP plus 4,908 GBP in costs. According to its annual accounts (financial year to August 2025), the flower supplier had an average of 882 employees.
Include everyday tasks such as freeing stuck loads in the risk assessment – especially for peak periods.
- Authority / court
- Peterborough 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
- unknown
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Employees
- 250 to 999
- Published
- 13 Apr 2026
Original amount 134,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 10 Apr 2026.
- 'At one point I was genuinely terrified I was going to bleed out and die' (HSE) Press release of an authority
- Companies House: Registereintrag MM Flowers Limited (05697954) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link