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| Convictions
of Directors: Eastern England |
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Conviction
of Directors in Eastenr England
| Conviction
1 |
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Fine |
Costs |
| Name
of Director |
Mr
A Turness |
£7000
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£1000 |
| Name
of Company |
Food
Packaging Ltd |
£14,000 |
£2000 |
| Location
of offence |
Camridge
- Eastern |
| Date
of Offence |
12
December 2001 |
| Date
of Hearing |
22 October 2002 |
| Summary |
”Accident
while clearing blockage on Tranklein EK 100 round
cornering machine, resulting in amputation of
two fingers. No safe system to clear blockages,
no risk assessment carried out.” |
| Conviction
2 |
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Fine |
Costs |
| Name
of Director |
Mr
Giovanni Viale |
£5,000 |
£1000 |
| Name
of Company |
Europlants
(UK) Ltd |
£10,000 |
£8,853 |
| Location
of offence |
Hertfordshire
(Eastern) |
| Date
of Offence |
5
May 2002 |
| Date
of Hearing |
09 Dec 2002 |
| Summary |
”Case
results from an accident to an employee, who whilst
working from a stillage was run over by an all
terrain FLT. The company did not have any systems
of work for the control of vehicle movements on
site.” |
| Conviction
3 |
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Fine |
Costs |
| Name
of Director |
Richard
Clarke |
£2000 |
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| Name
of Company |
Six
Mile Bottom Shoot Ltd |
£6000 |
£1,141 |
| Location
of offence |
Cambridgeshire,
Eastern |
| Date
of Offence |
14
July 2002 |
| Date
of Hearing |
25 March 2003 |
| Summary |
“Investigation
into accident to young person who fell from rear
of moving vehicle; serious injuries sustained
by individual. Company fell far short of expected
standards. Mr Clarke directly involved in management
of health and safety at company.” |
| Conviction
4 |
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Fine |
Costs |
| Name
of Director |
James
William Alston |
£2700
|
£801 |
| Name
of Company |
W
L Duffield and Sons Limited |
£0 |
£551 |
| Location
of offence |
Norwich,
Norfolk - Eastern |
| Date
of Offence |
02
Dec 2002 |
| Date
of Hearing |
18 Jul 2003 |
| Summary |
Knocked
down delivery driver on farm when driving JCB
526 with bucket raised obscuring view ahead |
| Conviction
5 |
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Fine |
Costs |
| Name
of Director |
Mr
Jonathan Eugene Bygate |
£6,500 |
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| Name
of Company |
Markyate
Precision Engineering Co Ltd
(Liquiidation |
Not
convicted. |
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| Location
of offence |
St
Albans, Herts - Eastern |
| Date
of Offence |
01
Jan 2001 |
| Date
of Hearing |
25 Jul 2003 |
| Summary |
”He
was the director of Markyate Precision Engineering
Co Ltd which went into voluntary liquidation in
April 2002. He was the workshop manager and had
his office in the premises where the death occurred.
The fatal accident involved one jaw from a 3-jaw
chuck striking the head of the operator during
a maintenance activity”. |
| Conviction
6 |
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Fine |
Costs |
| Name
of Director |
Carlton
James Edwards-Leary |
£8,000 |
£200 |
| Name
of Company |
CEL
Leadwork Contracts Ltd |
£4,000 |
£10,000 |
| Location
of offence |
Peterborough,
Cambridgeshire - Eastern |
| Date
of Offence |
29
Sept 1998 |
| Date
of Hearing |
04 Aug 2003 |
| Summary |
”Failure
to comply with Improvement Notice and Control
of Lead at Work regulation - failure to prevent
eat/drink/smoke in lead contaminated area; and
Control of Lead at Work r 10(1) failure to ensure
employee exposed to lead is under health surveillance.” |
| Conviction
7 |
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Fine |
Costs |
| Name
of Director |
Lewis
Andrew Courtney |
£6000 |
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| Name
of Company |
Clearserve
Ltd |
No
record |
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| Location
of offence |
Essex
- Eastern |
| Date
of Offence |
05
Dec 2001 |
| Date
of Hearing |
01 Sept 2003 |
| Summary |
Case
arising from fatality to Dean Butler. Manslaughter
prosecution not successful |
| Conviction
8 |
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Fine |
Costs |
| Name
of Director |
James
Quinn Holland |
£1500 |
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| Name
of Company |
Clearserve
Ltd |
No
record |
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| Location
of offence |
Essex
- Eastern |
| Date
of Offence |
05
Dec 2001 |
| Date
of Hearing |
01 Sept 2003 |
| Summary |
Case
arising from fatality to Dean Butler. Manslaughter
prosecution not successful |
| Conviction
9 |
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Fine |
Costs |
| Name
of Director |
Ian
Terry Thorne |
£6000 |
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| Name
of Company |
JPD
Ltd |
£12000 |
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| Location
of offence |
Stevenage,
Herts - Eastern |
| Date
of Offence |
15
Jan 2003 |
| Date
of Hearing |
24 Feb 2004 |
| Summary |
”Injured
person was cutting plastic on an unguarded circular
saw. He caught his hand in the running blade whilst
trying to adjust it and suffered the loss of the
top of his index finger with injuries to the other
three fingers. Injured person had used the saw
before but had no formal training. He had used
the saw before with Mr Thorne, director of the
company, without the guard in place. No risk assessments
were in place, and the accident was not reported
until HSE visited the company in April 2003. It
was reasonably practicable for the guard to be
in place..” |
| Conviction
10 |
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Fine |
Costs |
| Name
of Director |
James
Braidford |
£200 |
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| Name
of Company |
James
Braidford Construction Ltd |
No
record |
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| Location
of offence |
Chelmsofrd
- Eastern |
| Date
of Offence |
23
Jan 2003 |
| Date
of Hearing |
19 July 2004 |
| Summary |
No
details available |
| Conviction
11 |
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Fine |
Costs |
| Name
of Director |
David
John Cox |
£7,500 |
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| Name
of Company |
Cox
Landscapes Ltd |
£7,500 |
£18,000 |
| Location
of offence |
Essex
- Eastern |
| Date
of Offence |
9
Dec 1999 |
| Date
of Hearing |
8 Nov 2004 |
| Summary |
Case
followed an investigation into two serious injuries
to employees. One employee suffered a injury to
one of his eyes when he was stuck in the face
with a nail from a pneumatic nail gun. The other
employee amputated a finger on a cross cut saw.
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