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News updates ebulletin

Issued: 18 June 2025

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Latest news and prosecutions

This ebulletin contains a selection of HSE's latest prosecution notices:

Oil and gas operator fined following incident on North Sea platform
The £300,000 fine was issued after safety failings resulted in a lift partially filling with water, putting the 3 workers inside at risk.

Construction supervisor fined after school pupils exposed to asbestos
The supervisor cut through an asbestos insulating board, causing asbestos fibres to spread throughout the school hall.

Housebuilder fined £800,000 after apprentice injured on site
The worker suffered several injuries after a temporary stairwell covering collapsed causing the worker and 20kg of concrete blocks to fall to the floor below

Airport fined £80,000 after man falls from ambulift
The elderly man fell 5 feet after leaning against a misaligned safety rail which swung outwards, causing serious injuries resulting in his death.

College fined after student’s fingers severed
The £40,000 fine was issued after a students hand came in contact with a mitre saw, severing his fingers.

Flour mill fined after worker severs finger
The company was fined £300,000 after a worker severed one of his fingers in machinery.

Company fined after worker exposed to radiation
The worker was exposed to gamma radiation after a radiation source was not returned to it's shielded container. 

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