Compliance Radar
Who was sanctioned, and for what?
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.
Click a bar to drill down one level.
Where?
by authority- Health and Safety Executive (Walsall Magistrates' Court) €859,697 58 % · 1 case
- Cannock Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive) €345,742 23 % · 1 case
- Sheffield Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive) €160,514 11 % · 1 case
- Grimsby Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive) €46,699 3 % · 1 case
- Warrington Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive) €34,694 2 % · 1 case
- Birmingham Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive) €27,501 2 % · 1 case
What for?
by area of lawAll areas of law
Who?
by companyWhen?
per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | €373,243 |
| 2026 | 4 | €1.1m |
6 cases
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
Report an error
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
Report an error
18 Feb 2026 Somers Forge LimitedSomers Forge: 750,000 GBP after fatal accident on a 20-metre lathe €859,697
In December 2023, a machinist was caught by a lathe and fatally injured while finishing a rotating workpiece with emery cloth. The forge had not prohibited manual work with emery cloth, had not prevented access to moving parts and had not carried out a risk assessment; the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecution resulted in a fine of 750,000 GBP plus 38,314 GBP in costs. According to the annual accounts filed with the UK companies register for financial year 2025, the company had around 136 employees.
Expressly prohibit dangerous habitual practices on machine tools and safeguard against them with guarding and instruction.
Safe working on rotating machinery
- Authority / court
- Health and Safety Executive (Walsall 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
- Steel and metals
- Employees
- 50 to 249
- Published
- 18 Feb 2026
Original amount 750,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 18 Feb 2026.
- Forging company fined over death of employee entangled in lathe Press release of an authority
- Companies House: Registereintrag Somers Forge Limited (00468767) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link
Report an error
22 Jan 2026 Stanley Wire LimitedWire drawing company: fatal accident at unguarded machine – 140,000 GBP €160,514
In 2021 a 45-year-old employee in Penistone became entangled in an unguarded wire drawing and recoiling machine and died. There was no risk assessment, no safe system of work, no fixed guards or interlocks and no formal training, only verbal instruction; after the accident eight prohibition notices were served. Fine of 140,000 GBP plus 6,652 GBP in costs for the business, which had 17 employees according to its annual accounts.
Provide formal training and physical guarding rather than relying on verbal instruction – make dangerous moving parts technically inaccessible.
Machinery safety and formal instruction
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- Sheffield 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
- Steel and metals
- Employees
- Under 50
- Mitigating circumstances
- Early guilty plea
- Published
- 23 Jan 2026
Original amount 140,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 22 Jan 2026.
- Company fined after operative receives fatal head injury at work (HSE) Press release of an authority
- Companies House: Registereintrag Stanley Wire Limited (12783585) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
Report an error
5 Dec 2025 FMP West Midlands LimitedMetal polishing firm: fine after crush injury on unguarded tube polishing machine €27,501
While feeding a tube polishing machine that had no guarding and defective rollers, an employee's hand was drawn into the machine; one finger was partially severed and two others were crushed. The business had not prevented access to dangerous machine parts. Fine of £24,000 plus costs. According to the annual accounts filed with the UK companies register for financial year 2025, the company had around 16 employees.
In-running nips on rollers must be protected by fixed guards; defective machines must be taken out of service, not kept running.
- 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 11(1) Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Employees
- Under 50
- Published
- 8 Dec 2025
Original amount 24,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 5 Dec 2025.
- Metal polishing company fined after employee's hand crushed in machinery (HSE) Press release of an authority
- Companies House: Registereintrag FMP (West Midlands) Limited (15228193) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link
Report an error
13 Oct 2025 Bridgnorth Aluminium LimitedAluminium rolling mill: hydraulic arm falls on worker in casting mould – 300,000 GBP €345,742
In 2023 a worker was kneeling in a casting mould when the hydraulic launder arm, weighing around 1.5 tonnes, fell on him as a result of hydraulic failure; he was trapped for more than 20 minutes and has not been able to return to work since. The safety bar was not fit for purpose and the risk of the arm falling had never been assessed; fine of 300,000 GBP plus 8,301 GBP in costs. According to its 2025 annual accounts, the plant had an average of 345 employees.
Do not work beneath raised loads – where this cannot be avoided, use tested mechanical fall-prevention devices.
- Authority / court
- Cannock 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
- Steel and metals
- Employees
- 250 to 999
- Published
- 20 Oct 2025
Original amount 300,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 13 Oct 2025.
- Aluminium manufacturer fined £300,000 after worker crushed (HSE) Press release of an authority
- Companies House: Registereintrag Bridgnorth Aluminium Limited (04155640) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link