Source · Health & safety enforcement

HSE Enforcement Actions

217 total actions 173 improvement notices 23 prohibition notices 10 convictions · £1,656,600 fines 11 Crown censures

Health and Safety Executive enforcement actions: improvement and prohibition notices, criminal convictions, and Crown censures against government bodies.

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O E S Medical Limited

Improvement Notice Complied Exora Medical Limited 32990 - OTHER MANUFACTURING NEC
29 Dec 2025 Comply by 27 Mar 2026
West Oxfordshire
IN/OESML/091225/EO/01 - You have failed to ensure that the exposure of your employees to a substance hazardous to health, namely water-mix metalworking fluid mist, which may result in an identifiable disease or adverse health effect (including occupational asthma) used in CNC machine 5, Mill Doosan VC430 (Serial: MV0039-001170), is either prevented or, where this is not reasonably practicable, adequately controlled. IN/OESML/091225/EO/02 - You have failed to provide Health Surveillance, where it is appropriate for the protection of the health of your employees who are, or are liable to be, exposed to water-mix metalworking fluid, which is a substance hazardous to health, which could cause respiratory disease and dermatitis.
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O E S Medical Limited

Improvement Notice Not complied Exora Medical Limited 32990 - OTHER MANUFACTURING NEC
29 Dec 2025 Comply by 26 Mar 2026
West Oxfordshire
IN/OESML/091225/EO/01 - You have failed to ensure that the exposure of your employees to a substance hazardous to health, namely water-mix metalworking fluid mist, which may result in an identifiable disease or adverse health effect (including occupational asthma) used in CNC machine 5, Mill Doosan VC430 (Serial: MV0039-001170), is either prevented or, where this is not reasonably practicable, adequately controlled. IN/OESML/091225/EO/02 - You have failed to provide Health Surveillance, where it is appropriate for the protection of the health of your employees who are, or are liable to be, exposed to water-mix metalworking fluid, which is a substance hazardous to health, which could cause respiratory disease and dermatitis.
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Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

Improvement Notice Complied Windsor and Maidenhead Council 99000 - EXTRATERRITORIAL ORGS/BODIES
22 Dec 2025 Comply by 19 Jan 2026
Windsor & Maidenhead
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.
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W & K Precision Engineering Limited

Improvement Notice Not complied B & D Civil Engineering Limited 25110 - MF METAL (PARTIAL) STRUCTURES
08 Dec 2025 Comply by 11 Mar 2026
East Riding
Improvement Notice 315508538 - LEEDS/EA4/021225/WKPE2 Issued as you have failed to ensure the health and safety of your employees in that you have failed to ensure that measures are taken which are effective to prevent access to any dangerous part of machinery or stop the movement of any dangerous part of machinery before any part of a person enters a danger zone. Namely access can be gained to the tooling of 8 of your CNC machines due to defeated interlocks on the machinery doors. Improvement Notice 315508550 - LEEDS/EA4/021225/WKPE3 Issued as you have failed to ensure the health and safety of your employees in that you have failed to ensure that the exposure of your employees to substances hazardous to health, namely the mist generated from metalworking fluids in your various CNC Machining Centres, is either prevented or, where this is not reasonably practicable, adequately controlled. Improvement Notice 315508552 - LEEDS/EA4/021225/WKPE4 Issued as you have failed to ensure the health and safety of your employees in that you have failed to ensure that employees who are liable to be exposed to metalworking fluids are provided with such health surveillance as is appropriate having regards to the risks to their health and safety.
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W & K Precision Engineering Limited

Improvement Notice Not complied B & D Civil Engineering Limited 25110 - MF METAL (PARTIAL) STRUCTURES
08 Dec 2025 Comply by 10 Jun 2026
East Riding
Improvement Notice 315508538 - LEEDS/EA4/021225/WKPE2 Issued as you have failed to ensure the health and safety of your employees in that you have failed to ensure that measures are taken which are effective to prevent access to any dangerous part of machinery or stop the movement of any dangerous part of machinery before any part of a person enters a danger zone. Namely access can be gained to the tooling of 8 of your CNC machines due to defeated interlocks on the machinery doors. Improvement Notice 315508550 - LEEDS/EA4/021225/WKPE3 Issued as you have failed to ensure the health and safety of your employees in that you have failed to ensure that the exposure of your employees to substances hazardous to health, namely the mist generated from metalworking fluids in your various CNC Machining Centres, is either prevented or, where this is not reasonably practicable, adequately controlled. Improvement Notice 315508552 - LEEDS/EA4/021225/WKPE4 Issued as you have failed to ensure the health and safety of your employees in that you have failed to ensure that employees who are liable to be exposed to metalworking fluids are provided with such health surveillance as is appropriate having regards to the risks to their health and safety.
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W & K Precision Engineering Limited

Improvement Notice Complied B & D Civil Engineering Limited 25110 - MF METAL (PARTIAL) STRUCTURES
08 Dec 2025 Comply by 09 Jan 2026
East Riding
Improvement Notice 315508538 - LEEDS/EA4/021225/WKPE2 Issued as you have failed to ensure the health and safety of your employees in that you have failed to ensure that measures are taken which are effective to prevent access to any dangerous part of machinery or stop the movement of any dangerous part of machinery before any part of a person enters a danger zone. Namely access can be gained to the tooling of 8 of your CNC machines due to defeated interlocks on the machinery doors. Improvement Notice 315508550 - LEEDS/EA4/021225/WKPE3 Issued as you have failed to ensure the health and safety of your employees in that you have failed to ensure that the exposure of your employees to substances hazardous to health, namely the mist generated from metalworking fluids in your various CNC Machining Centres, is either prevented or, where this is not reasonably practicable, adequately controlled. Improvement Notice 315508552 - LEEDS/EA4/021225/WKPE4 Issued as you have failed to ensure the health and safety of your employees in that you have failed to ensure that employees who are liable to be exposed to metalworking fluids are provided with such health surveillance as is appropriate having regards to the risks to their health and safety.
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GSK Bodyworks Ltd

Improvement Notice Complied GKL Bodyworks Ltd 45200 - MVR
01 Dec 2025 Comply by 27 Feb 2026
Luton UA
IN served - You have failed to ensure that employees exposed to isocyanates, a substance which is hazardous to health and is a respiratory sensitiser, are under suitable health surveillance. Chased up twice. Employee booked in for H/S 18/02/26 Waiting for results from 18/02/26
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British Steel Limited

Improvement Notice Complied British Gas Services Limited 24100 - BASIC IRON/STEEL/FERRO-ALLOYS
28 Nov 2025 Comply by 02 Feb 2026
North Lincolnshire
Improvement Notice issued as you have failed to ensure that employees exposures to substances hazardous to health is either prevented or, where prevention is not reasonably practicable, adequately controlled, namely employees exposure to manganese whilst loading additions during the tapping process in the vessels area of the plant.
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Northumbria Police

Improvement Notice Complied Northumbria Police 84240 - PUBLIC ORDER/SAFETY ACTIVITIES
27 Nov 2025 Comply by 08 Jan 2026
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Improvement Notice IN-RMC-01-03-27/11/2025-01 served - You have failed to ensure so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of all employees in your employment in that you have failed to ensure that Detention Officers are provided with stab vests when conducting section 54 searches of detainees.
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B. Braun Medical Limited

Improvement Notice Complied Exora Medical Limited 32500 - MEDICAL/DENTAL INSTRMNT/SUPPLY
27 Nov 2025 Comply by 12 Mar 2026
Sheffield
Improvement Notice BB01/EP/06112025 served - You have failed to implement appropriate arrangements with regard to the nature of your activities and the size of your undertaking for the effective planning, organisation, control, monitoring and review of your preventative and protective measures, required for the prevention and management of dermatitis.
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North Lanarkshire Council

Improvement Notice Not complied North Lincolnshire Council 84110 - GENERAL PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
26 Nov 2025 Comply by 06 Apr 2026
North Lanarkshire UA
Notice: 315509825 - Serial Number: IAWU5G25261125-1 You have failed to make and give effect to such arrangements as are appropriate for the management of health and safety, which are appropriate to your activities and which are proportionate to the risks to be managed, in that the system in place for the selection of access equipment for work at height for employees working at community playparks is not effective, giving risk to the injury of one of your employees.
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Hywel Dda University Health Board

Improvement Notice Complied Hywel Dda University Health Board 86101 - HOSPITAL ACTIVITIES
26 Nov 2025 Comply by 06 Mar 2026
Pembrokeshire UA
Your current arrangements for planning, organising, monitoring and review of the preventative and protective measures necessary to minimise the risk of exposure of your employees to hazardous biological agents at the Microbiology Department for diagnostic purposes, are inadequate in that they failed to appropriately prioritise, follow up and address issues relating to (1) safe handling of contaminated laboratory waste and (2) the impermeability of laboratory benches
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The Thinking Schools Academy Trust

Prohibition Notice THE THINKING SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST 85310 - GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION
25 Nov 2025
Medway Towns UA
Work was being carried out in and access allowed to the external boiler room at Guernsey Benham House without suitable controls. This created a risk of serious personal injury from exposure to asbestos fibres, which could cause asbestosis or mesothelioma. This was because unencapsulated asbestos debris was present on the walls and damaged asbestos material was on the floor, and adequate measures were not taken to prevent exposure.
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Lift Schools

Improvement Notice Complied LIFT SCHOOLS 32990 - OTHER MANUFACTURING NEC
25 Nov 2025 Comply by 27 Mar 2026
Tendring
Improvement Notice - You have failed to ensure that the assessment of the risk to health from exposure to legionella is suitable and sufficient by failing to review the risk assessment following significant changes to the water system and its operation.
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Wychavon District Council

Improvement Notice Complied Wychavon District Council 84110 - GENERAL PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
18 Nov 2025 Comply by 28 Feb 2026
Wychavon
Improvement Notice 315463642 (CJC/WDC/131125/01) served: Your asbestos management plan does not include adequate measures for managing the risk from asbestos present or liable to be present in the premises
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Polymer Holdings Limited

Improvement Notice Not complied DfT OLR Holdings Limited 22190 - MF OF OTHER RUBBER PRODUCTS
16 Nov 2025 Comply by 24 Dec 2025
Aberdeenshire UA
Notice INGMcE/PHL/101025/01 Serial number 315466577 You have failed to ensure that the Local exhaust ventilation system provided to control exposure to the fumes generated while heating the granulated plastic (which is a substance hazardous to health) has been subject to a thorough examination and test within the preceding 14 months. Notice 315466609 Serial number INGMcE/PHL/101025/02 You have failed to carry out a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risk from noise to the health and safety of your employees.
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Polymer Holdings Limited

Improvement Notice Not complied DfT OLR Holdings Limited 22190 - MF OF OTHER RUBBER PRODUCTS
16 Nov 2025 Comply by 24 Dec 2025
Aberdeenshire UA
Notice INGMcE/PHL/101025/01 Serial number 315466577 You have failed to ensure that the Local exhaust ventilation system provided to control exposure to the fumes generated while heating the granulated plastic (which is a substance hazardous to health) has been subject to a thorough examination and test within the preceding 14 months. Notice 315466609 Serial number INGMcE/PHL/101025/02 You have failed to carry out a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risk from noise to the health and safety of your employees.
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Delta Academies Trust

Improvement Notice Complied DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST 85310 - GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION
13 Nov 2025 Comply by 19 Dec 2025
North Yorkshire
LEEDS/EA4/071025/DAT2 - You have failed to ensure that the Health and Safety of those in your employment and those not in your employment, including members of the public, in that you have failed to prepare an adequate written plan referred to as an asbestos management plan which sets out the measures for actively managing the risk from asbestos containing materials within Filey Academy
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Croda Europe Limited

Improvement Notice Complied Asurion Europe Limited 20200 - PESTICIDES/AGROCHEMICAL PROD
12 Nov 2025 Comply by 20 Feb 2026
East Riding
1x IN issued 12/11/2025 - provision of hygiene measures Handwash basins - Employees working in Area 604 are at risk of being exposed to substances liable to cause dermatitis including Adinol CT95. You have not provided appropriate hygiene measures including adequate washing facilities, in particular enough wash basins large enough to allow workers to wash their hands and forearms. This being a matter within your control.
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Leeds Diocesan Learning Trust

Improvement Notice Complied LEEDS DIOCESAN LEARNING TRUST 85200 - PRIMARY EDUCATION
10 Nov 2025 Comply by 19 Dec 2025
North Yorkshire
Improvement Notice issued as you have failed to ensure that the health and safety of those in your employment and those not in your employment, including members of the public, in that you have failed to prepare an adequate written plan, referred to as an asbestos management plan, which sets out the measures for actively managing the risk from asbestos-containing materials within Christ Church CE Primary School.
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Maiden Erlegh Trust

Improvement Notice Complied MAIDEN ERLEGH TRUST 85200 - PRIMARY EDUCATION
04 Nov 2025 Comply by 03 Feb 2026
Reading
As a dutyholder of a non-domestic premises, with maintenance and repair responsibilities you have failed to manage the risk of potential exposure to asbestos (a substance hazardous to health which can cause asbestosis and mesothelioma) of your employees, pupils and contractors undertaking work undertaking work in your buildings as do you not have an adequate written plan which identifies confirmed or presumed asbestos containing materials. As a dutyholder of a non-domestic premises, with maintenance and repair responsibilities you have failed to manage the risk of potential exposure to asbestos (a substance hazardous to health which can cause asbestosis and mesothelioma) of your employees, pupils and contractors undertaking work in your buildings as you do not have an adequate written plan.
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Maiden Erlegh Trust

Improvement Notice Complied MAIDEN ERLEGH TRUST 85200 - PRIMARY EDUCATION
04 Nov 2025 Comply by 03 Feb 2026
Reading
As a dutyholder of a non-domestic premises, with maintenance and repair responsibilities you have failed to manage the risk of potential exposure to asbestos (a substance hazardous to health which can cause asbestosis and mesothelioma) of your employees, pupils and contractors undertaking work undertaking work in your buildings as do you not have an adequate written plan which identifies confirmed or presumed asbestos containing materials. As a dutyholder of a non-domestic premises, with maintenance and repair responsibilities you have failed to manage the risk of potential exposure to asbestos (a substance hazardous to health which can cause asbestosis and mesothelioma) of your employees, pupils and contractors undertaking work in your buildings as you do not have an adequate written plan.
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Ward Bros (Malton) Ltd

Conviction Ward Bros (Malton) Ltd
31 Oct 2025 £250,000
Dormor Way, South Bank, Middlesbrough
Haulage company fined £250,000 following death of employee
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Skala Contracts Limited

Improvement Notice Complied Haulage Contractors  Limited 16290 - WOOD/CORK/STRAW/PLAITING PROD
30 Oct 2025 Comply by 30 Jan 2026
Lichfield
Notice 315438547/ IN.AF.18.SCL.281025.1 - IN served - operation of a local exhaust ventilation (LEV) system to control substances hazardous to health without ensuring it has undergone a thorough examination and test by a competent person within the last 14 months. Notice 315438616/ IN.AF.18.SCL.281025.2 - IN served - failure to ensure that employees liable to be exposed to substances hazardous to health, namely wood dust, which may cause occupational asthma and contact dermatitis, are placed under a suitable system of health surveillance.
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Skala Contracts Limited

Improvement Notice Complied Haulage Contractors  Limited 16290 - WOOD/CORK/STRAW/PLAITING PROD
30 Oct 2025 Comply by 06 Jan 2026
Lichfield
Notice 315438547/ IN.AF.18.SCL.281025.1 - IN served - operation of a local exhaust ventilation (LEV) system to control substances hazardous to health without ensuring it has undergone a thorough examination and test by a competent person within the last 14 months. Notice 315438616/ IN.AF.18.SCL.281025.2 - IN served - failure to ensure that employees liable to be exposed to substances hazardous to health, namely wood dust, which may cause occupational asthma and contact dermatitis, are placed under a suitable system of health surveillance.
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Sterling GP Limited

Improvement Notice Complied Starling Bank Limited 25990 - MF FABRICATED METAL PROD NEC
28 Oct 2025 Comply by 09 Dec 2025
North Yorkshire
Improvement notice issued as you have failed to ensure the health and safety of your employees and persons not under your direct employment in that you have failed to take suitable and sufficient measures to prevent so far as reasonably practicable, any persons falling a distance liable to cause personal injury, namely due to the insufficient edge protection on your working platforms and when working on the trailer bays.
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Ben Nock Limited

Improvement Notice Complied BOC Limited 71112 - URBAN PLAN/LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
28 Oct 2025 Comply by 21 Nov 2025
Teignbridge
IN - 315413498 - You have failed to avoid or prevent danger to your employees and others from contact with overhead power lines, namely by avoiding work near the danger or by taking suitable precautions, such as avoiding the powerlines with suitable traffic routes or restricting certain work activities or implementing safety precautions, such as barriers, warning signs, permits, training, to prevent injury,
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Morrow Brothers Limited

Improvement Notice Not complied Close Brothers Limited 33190 - REPAIR OF OTHER EQUIPMENT
27 Oct 2025 Comply by 01 Dec 2025
South Ribble
1x IN issued (1/1) IN/27/10/25/7/RGC/1 You have failed to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare of your employees. You have failed to make a suitable and sufficient of the risk from noise to the health and safety of your employees.
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METPRINT LIMITED

Improvement Notice Complied Experian Limited 32990 - OTHER MANUFACTURING NEC
22 Oct 2025 Comply by 01 Dec 2025
Leeds
IN211025/MPL/CW-001 315598209 You, as an employer, have failed to ensure the health and safety of your employees in that guarding applied to the Slitting Machine does not prevent access to all dangerous parts of machinery, giving rise to a risk of serious personal injury. IN211025/MPL/CW-002 315598225 You, as an employer, have failed to ensure the health and safety of your employees in that guarding applied to Coating Machine 2 does not prevent access to all dangerous parts of machinery, giving rise to a risk of serious personal injury. IN211025/MPL/CW-003 315598234 You, as an employer, have failed to ensure the health and safety of your employees in that you have not taken steps to prevent access to dangerous moving parts on Coating Machine 1, giving rise to a risk of serious personal injury
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METPRINT LIMITED

Improvement Notice Complied Experian Limited 32990 - OTHER MANUFACTURING NEC
22 Oct 2025 Comply by 01 Dec 2025
Leeds
IN211025/MPL/CW-001 315598209 You, as an employer, have failed to ensure the health and safety of your employees in that guarding applied to the Slitting Machine does not prevent access to all dangerous parts of machinery, giving rise to a risk of serious personal injury. IN211025/MPL/CW-002 315598225 You, as an employer, have failed to ensure the health and safety of your employees in that guarding applied to Coating Machine 2 does not prevent access to all dangerous parts of machinery, giving rise to a risk of serious personal injury. IN211025/MPL/CW-003 315598234 You, as an employer, have failed to ensure the health and safety of your employees in that you have not taken steps to prevent access to dangerous moving parts on Coating Machine 1, giving rise to a risk of serious personal injury
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