HSE Enforcement Actions

District Council fined £50,000 after worker seriously injured in lawnmower incident

Failure to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety, and welfare of your employees by failing to have suitable arrangements for the effective planning, organisation, control, monitoring and review of your preventive and protective measures for the provision of relevant clinical details for samples which may contain Hazard Group 3 biological agents.

IN Served - You have failed to prevent access to the dangerous parts of your Pedrazzoli Horizontal Bandsaw (serial number and model number not displayed), namely the cutting blade, whilst the machine is in motion. IN served - You have failed to take suitable and sufficient steps to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, a person falling from a distance liable to cause injury, at the elevated platform in the yard and its associated stairs, as there is no suitable edge protection or other protective measure in place. IN served - You have failed to appoint one or more competent persons to assist you in undertaking the measures you need to take to comply with the requirements imposed on you under the relevant statutory provisions.

IN Served - You have failed to prevent access to the dangerous parts of your Pedrazzoli Horizontal Bandsaw (serial number and model number not displayed), namely the cutting blade, whilst the machine is in motion. IN served - You have failed to take suitable and sufficient steps to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, a person falling from a distance liable to cause injury, at the elevated platform in the yard and its associated stairs, as there is no suitable edge protection or other protective measure in place. IN served - You have failed to appoint one or more competent persons to assist you in undertaking the measures you need to take to comply with the requirements imposed on you under the relevant statutory provisions.

IN Served - You have failed to prevent access to the dangerous parts of your Pedrazzoli Horizontal Bandsaw (serial number and model number not displayed), namely the cutting blade, whilst the machine is in motion. IN served - You have failed to take suitable and sufficient steps to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, a person falling from a distance liable to cause injury, at the elevated platform in the yard and its associated stairs, as there is no suitable edge protection or other protective measure in place. IN served - You have failed to appoint one or more competent persons to assist you in undertaking the measures you need to take to comply with the requirements imposed on you under the relevant statutory provisions.

IN served - You have failed to ensure that exposure of your employees to substances hazardous to health, namely water-mix metalworking fluid mist, when operating the Hardinge V480 Machining Centre (serial number CVLB8L 0043) is either prevented or where this is not reasonably practicable, adequately controlled.

Police force fined after student officer hit by car on Christmas Eve

PN/18/02/2026/SLI 315698488 I hereby give you notice that I am of the opinion that the following activities namely: All works in the excavation at Great Horton Service Station, 472 Great Horton Road, Bradford BD7 3HR other than to make safe under the instruction of a competent engineer (civil or structural) involve a risk of serious personal injury, and that the matters which give rise to the said risks are: the uncontrolled collapse of the excavation face as work equipment is being used on top of the excavation face without suitable means to prevent the face collapsing because suitable + sufficient steps have not been taken to precent any person, work equipment or any accumulation of material from falling into any excavation. This being a matter within your control.

PUWER 4(1) - Robinson Brothers Ltd have failed to ensure the health and safety of their employees in that they have failed to ensure that work equipment, specifically Bulk Methanol Storage Tank T122 (manufacturer’s job number 620186) and Tank T123 are so constructed as to be suitable for the purpose for which they are intended, in that they have not been bolted down so as to prevent movement of the tanks. PUWER 6(2) - Robinson Brothers Ltd have failed to ensure the health and safety of their employees in that they have failed to ensure that structural steelwork supporting safety critical pipework, vessels and other equipment is in itself included on the register of safety critical equipment, and so inspected at suitable intervals to ensure that any deterioration of said steelwork can be detected and remedied in good time, so as to avoid a significant loss of containment.

PUWER 4(1) - Robinson Brothers Ltd have failed to ensure the health and safety of their employees in that they have failed to ensure that work equipment, specifically Bulk Methanol Storage Tank T122 (manufacturer’s job number 620186) and Tank T123 are so constructed as to be suitable for the purpose for which they are intended, in that they have not been bolted down so as to prevent movement of the tanks. PUWER 6(2) - Robinson Brothers Ltd have failed to ensure the health and safety of their employees in that they have failed to ensure that structural steelwork supporting safety critical pipework, vessels and other equipment is in itself included on the register of safety critical equipment, and so inspected at suitable intervals to ensure that any deterioration of said steelwork can be detected and remedied in good time, so as to avoid a significant loss of containment.

Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea - Notice Case - IN/MA/RBK/241125/01

Notice 315638934 / GRP18/19012026/KS1 - IN served - failure to ensure that those employees who are exposed to Respirable Crystalline Silica, which is a substance hazardous to health, where there is a reasonable likelihood that an identifiable disease / health effect may occur (silicosis), are under suitable health surveillance.

You have failed to adopt and implement a suitable and effective procedure for the ongoing assessment of compliance with the objectives set by your MAPP and SMS, in particular relating to the control and maintenance of your inventory such that your establishment remains in the Lower Tier.

Derbyshire Police prosecuted for failing to protect officers

PN PT13/06/2026-01 -I hereby give you notice that I am of the following opinion that the following activities namely all works removing the asbestos cement not sheets at the premises save for safe remedial measures. People are liable to be exposed to and inhale asbestos dusts arising for work activity. this may cause significant and serious long term health effects. You are carrying out work that has disturbed asbestos contaminating materials - asbestos sheeting that are located on the former chicken shed, structures that are liable to give rise to asbestos dusts and you have not taken suitable steps to prevent exposure and spread of contamination around the site. INPT16/01/2026-02 315592412 You have failed to undertake suitable non-notifiable asbestos removal training, or provide this to your employees, prior to undertaking non-notifiable asbestos removal work. INPT16/01/2026-01 315592417 Waste which contains asbestos should not be stored, except in a sealed receptacle such as a lockable, totally enclosed skip or container. You failed to ensure that appropriate measures were in place to comply with this statutory provision. INPT16/01/2026-03 315592420 You have failed to ensure that personal protective equipment, namely respiratory protective equipment, provided in accordance with this regulation is suitable for its purpose, i.e. the operatives have not been face fit tested for use of the tight-fitting RPE INPT16/01/2026-04 315592429 You do not have suitable arrangements in place to plan, manage, monitor or coordinate construction work carried out by you or workers under your control, to ensure that, so far as is reasonably practicable, construction work is carried out without risks to health or safety, as demonstrated by the inadequately controlled risks during demolition of the former poultry sheds.

PN PT13/06/2026-01 -I hereby give you notice that I am of the following opinion that the following activities namely all works removing the asbestos cement not sheets at the premises save for safe remedial measures. People are liable to be exposed to and inhale asbestos dusts arising for work activity. this may cause significant and serious long term health effects. You are carrying out work that has disturbed asbestos contaminating materials - asbestos sheeting that are located on the former chicken shed, structures that are liable to give rise to asbestos dusts and you have not taken suitable steps to prevent exposure and spread of contamination around the site. INPT16/01/2026-02 315592412 You have failed to undertake suitable non-notifiable asbestos removal training, or provide this to your employees, prior to undertaking non-notifiable asbestos removal work. INPT16/01/2026-01 315592417 Waste which contains asbestos should not be stored, except in a sealed receptacle such as a lockable, totally enclosed skip or container. You failed to ensure that appropriate measures were in place to comply with this statutory provision. INPT16/01/2026-03 315592420 You have failed to ensure that personal protective equipment, namely respiratory protective equipment, provided in accordance with this regulation is suitable for its purpose, i.e. the operatives have not been face fit tested for use of the tight-fitting RPE INPT16/01/2026-04 315592429 You do not have suitable arrangements in place to plan, manage, monitor or coordinate construction work carried out by you or workers under your control, to ensure that, so far as is reasonably practicable, construction work is carried out without risks to health or safety, as demonstrated by the inadequately controlled risks during demolition of the former poultry sheds.

PN PT13/06/2026-01 -I hereby give you notice that I am of the following opinion that the following activities namely all works removing the asbestos cement not sheets at the premises save for safe remedial measures. People are liable to be exposed to and inhale asbestos dusts arising for work activity. this may cause significant and serious long term health effects. You are carrying out work that has disturbed asbestos contaminating materials - asbestos sheeting that are located on the former chicken shed, structures that are liable to give rise to asbestos dusts and you have not taken suitable steps to prevent exposure and spread of contamination around the site. INPT16/01/2026-02 315592412 You have failed to undertake suitable non-notifiable asbestos removal training, or provide this to your employees, prior to undertaking non-notifiable asbestos removal work. INPT16/01/2026-01 315592417 Waste which contains asbestos should not be stored, except in a sealed receptacle such as a lockable, totally enclosed skip or container. You failed to ensure that appropriate measures were in place to comply with this statutory provision. INPT16/01/2026-03 315592420 You have failed to ensure that personal protective equipment, namely respiratory protective equipment, provided in accordance with this regulation is suitable for its purpose, i.e. the operatives have not been face fit tested for use of the tight-fitting RPE INPT16/01/2026-04 315592429 You do not have suitable arrangements in place to plan, manage, monitor or coordinate construction work carried out by you or workers under your control, to ensure that, so far as is reasonably practicable, construction work is carried out without risks to health or safety, as demonstrated by the inadequately controlled risks during demolition of the former poultry sheds.

PN PT13/06/2026-01 -I hereby give you notice that I am of the following opinion that the following activities namely all works removing the asbestos cement not sheets at the premises save for safe remedial measures. People are liable to be exposed to and inhale asbestos dusts arising for work activity. this may cause significant and serious long term health effects. You are carrying out work that has disturbed asbestos contaminating materials - asbestos sheeting that are located on the former chicken shed, structures that are liable to give rise to asbestos dusts and you have not taken suitable steps to prevent exposure and spread of contamination around the site. INPT16/01/2026-02 315592412 You have failed to undertake suitable non-notifiable asbestos removal training, or provide this to your employees, prior to undertaking non-notifiable asbestos removal work. INPT16/01/2026-01 315592417 Waste which contains asbestos should not be stored, except in a sealed receptacle such as a lockable, totally enclosed skip or container. You failed to ensure that appropriate measures were in place to comply with this statutory provision. INPT16/01/2026-03 315592420 You have failed to ensure that personal protective equipment, namely respiratory protective equipment, provided in accordance with this regulation is suitable for its purpose, i.e. the operatives have not been face fit tested for use of the tight-fitting RPE INPT16/01/2026-04 315592429 You do not have suitable arrangements in place to plan, manage, monitor or coordinate construction work carried out by you or workers under your control, to ensure that, so far as is reasonably practicable, construction work is carried out without risks to health or safety, as demonstrated by the inadequately controlled risks during demolition of the former poultry sheds.

You have failed to ensure that a suitable and sufficient assessment is carried out to determine whether asbestos is or is liable to be present in the lift shafts within your premises where you have an obligation of maintenance or repair. By failing to carry out an assessment you are putting any workers under your control at risk of exposure to asbestos which can cause asbestosis or mesothelioma. As a dutyholder with maintenance and repair responsibilities, you have failed to ensure that: a) A written plan, namely an Asbestos Management Plan, is prepared identifying the parts of your premises where you have ascertained there is a risk that asbestos is or is liable to be present and b) the measures that are to be taken for managing that risk are specified in the plan.

PN PT13/06/2026-01 -I hereby give you notice that I am of the following opinion that the following activities namely all works removing the asbestos cement not sheets at the premises save for safe remedial measures. People are liable to be exposed to and inhale asbestos dusts arising for work activity. this may cause significant and serious long term health effects. You are carrying out work that has disturbed asbestos contaminating materials - asbestos sheeting that are located on the former chicken shed, structures that are liable to give rise to asbestos dusts and you have not taken suitable steps to prevent exposure and spread of contamination around the site. INPT16/01/2026-02 315592412 You have failed to undertake suitable non-notifiable asbestos removal training, or provide this to your employees, prior to undertaking non-notifiable asbestos removal work. INPT16/01/2026-01 315592417 Waste which contains asbestos should not be stored, except in a sealed receptacle such as a lockable, totally enclosed skip or container. You failed to ensure that appropriate measures were in place to comply with this statutory provision. INPT16/01/2026-03 315592420 You have failed to ensure that personal protective equipment, namely respiratory protective equipment, provided in accordance with this regulation is suitable for its purpose, i.e. the operatives have not been face fit tested for use of the tight-fitting RPE INPT16/01/2026-04 315592429 You do not have suitable arrangements in place to plan, manage, monitor or coordinate construction work carried out by you or workers under your control, to ensure that, so far as is reasonably practicable, construction work is carried out without risks to health or safety, as demonstrated by the inadequately controlled risks during demolition of the former poultry sheds.

Improvement Notice 1 - You have failed to ensure that exposure of your employees working in the sieving (pastry) room to substances hazardous to health, namely Flour dust, is either prevented or where this is not reasonably practicable, adequately controlled. Improvement Notice 2 - You have failed to ensure that employees who are, or are liable to be, exposed to substances hazardous to health, namely flour dust, are under suitable health surveillance.