Construction firm fined after man died in 'wholly avoidable' fall

Construction firm fined after man died in 'wholly avoidable' fall

Skyladder Construction Limited fined £33,500 after fatal Farnborough fall; HSE finds breaches of Work at Height Regulations and Health and Safety…

Plastics firm fined £277,500 after fatal machinery accident

A plastics conversion company has been fined £277,500 after a man died when he became trapped in the moving parts of an unguarded machine. Paul Whalley, 46, was employed by Reflex Flexible Packaging Ltd at their factory in Derbyshire when the incident occurred. The incident occured in 2020 when Whalley entered an opening in the side of a plastic conversion machine. The area contained several unguarded mechanisms, and he became trapped in the mac…