1) TATA CHEMICALS
On 5 June, Tata Chemicals Europe Limited was fined more than £1 million at Chester Crown Court.
The case was brought against the firm following the death of a young father who died while erecting a scaffold tower in a chemical plant in Northwich.
2) OPENREACH
Telecommunications giant Openreach was given a £1.34 million fine after an engineer died while trying to repair a telephone line in Wales. Alun Owen died after he slipped and fell into the River Aber in Abergwyngregyn and was swept away on 6 October 2020.
3) BAM NUTTALL Ltd
Construction company BAM Nuttall Ltd was fined £2.345m following the death of worker Gary Webster, who lost his life from drowning in the river Aire on 30th October 2017. He had been on a boat removing debris at the bottom of the weir gates at Knostop weir when it capsized.
4) HOUSING COMPANY
On 19th June, Avant Homes (Scotland) Ltd were fined more than £300,000 after a driver was crushed to death by falling concrete blocks at a construction site in South Lanarkshire.
5) CHARITABLE TRUST
Wilts & Berks Canal Trust were fined £30,000 after a male volunteer was fatally crushed while carrying out restoration work as part of its project to preserve, conserve & improve the route of the Wilts & Berks Canal at Pewsham Locks.
6) EXPLOSIVES MANUFACTURER
On 27th June, Chemring Countermeasures Limited were fined £670,000 after a male worker was killed in a explosion at the factory in Salisbury, whilst cleaning a vessel used in the production of MTV – an explosive substance in military flares.
7) ENGINEERING COMPANY
On 15th July, EMC Elite Engineering Services Ltd was fined after a worker sustained multiply injuries while working at a HS2 construction site in Hertfordshire, as he fell more than 30 feet & landed on a concrete floor below.
8) ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION COMPANY
A Cheshire based electrical transmission company was fined £240,000 after a worker was left paralysed following a fall from height, whilst demolishing and replacing electricity pylons in East Staffordshire.
9) RECYCLING COMPANY
The national recycling company Veolia ES (UK) ltd was fined £3m after a worker was killed as he fell about 12m to the ground, whilst decommissioning an old North Sea rig, at an onshore facility in Great Yarmouth.
10)LIVESTOCK AUCTIONEERS
Operators of livestock market in the Welsh town of Whitland were fined after a man was knocked down, trampled on & killed by a cow being auctioned that had managed to escape.
