£66,000 FINE FOR ANGLERS ASSOCIATION FOLLOWING VOLUNTEER FATALITY

An anglers association has been ordered to pay a £66,000 fine after admitting breaching health and safety laws that led to the death of one of its volunteers. On 9 October 2019, a group of volunteers from the Birmingham Angler’s Association (BAA) were carrying out routine fisheries maintenance working, cutting …
WIND FARM FIRMS ADMIT SAFETY FAILURES THAT LED TO SECURITY GUARD’S DEATH
ROOFER AND SCAFFOLDER SENTENCED FOLLOWING FATAL FALL FROM HEIGHT

A roofer and a scaffolder have been sentenced following a fatal fall from height at a two-storey terraced house on Rosevine Road, Wimbledon. Philip Drinkwater and Anthony Bradley were working on the roof, which was accessed using a ladder and scaffolding that had been erected by Dean Glen, Southwark Crown …
VUE ENTERTAINMENT LTD FINED £750,000 FOLLOWING MAN’S DEATH
UTILITIES COMPANY FINED AFTER MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC DIED FOLLOWING FALL INTO EXCAVATION SITE
SCHOOL FINED AFTER WORKER INJURED IN FALL FROM LADDER
Southend High School for Boys Academy Trust has been sentenced after a worker fell from a ladder. The injured person was using an unsecured ladder at the school to dismantle a canopy roof. The ladder slipped, causing the worker to fall and sustain fractures to his face, a fractured femur …
GRENFELL FIRE RISK ASSESSOR ‘MISREPRESENTED’ HIS QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Thursday 3rd June 2021 ELAINE KNUTT The former firefighter who carried out fire risk assessments (FRAs) on Grenfell Tower between 2010 and 2017 has admitted that he misrepresented his qualifications and experience. At the public inquiry into the June 2017 disaster, Carl Stokes also admitted he had cut and pasted …