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€917,326Total of monetary amounts
€917,326Largest single case: Lanes Group Limited
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2 Oct 2025 Lanes Group LimitedLanes Group: fatal accident with high-pressure hose – 800,000 GBP United KingdomWorkplace safety and accidents €917,326

While a high-pressure jetting system was being primed in freezing conditions in 2022, a pressure release occurred and the end of the hose struck a drainage engineer in the face; he died two and a half weeks later. There was no safe system of work, jetting vices were not properly maintained, monitoring was lacking, and information, instruction, training and supervision were insufficient; fine of 800,000 GBP (reduced from 1.2 million GBP for an early guilty plea) plus 8,680 GBP in costs. According to its consolidated accounts (financial year to July 2024), the company employed 2,268 people and the group 3,610.

What organisations can take from it

Make routine safe with high-pressure equipment: always secure hose ends mechanically, include weather risks such as frost in work instructions and check compliance.

Relevance to training and awareness

Safe working with high-pressure water jetting equipment

Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.

Authority / court
City of London 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
1,000 to 9,999
Mitigating circumstances
Early guilty plea (reduction from 1.2 million GBP to 800,000 GBP)
Published
6 Oct 2025

Original amount 800,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 2 Oct 2025.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link

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