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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 718 cases from 32 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
€46,699Total of monetary amounts
€46,699Largest single case: PPS Metal Recycling Ltd
€46,699Median per case with an amount

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1 case

1 Sep 2026 PPS Metal Recycling LtdScrapyard: £40,000 fine after metal pile collapses on father and son United KingdomWorkplace safety and accidents €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.

What organisations can take from it

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
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.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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