£20,000 fire safety fine for factory owner
The owner of a food production company in Edmonton has been found guilty of breaching fire safety regulations.
Ms Mong Liu was fined almost £20,000 after admitting violating several safety regulations including not providing sufficient smoke detectors, alarms and emergency lighting and failing to train staff in fire safety.
Enfield Magistrates Court found Ms Liu guilty of endangering the lives of her staff and visitors to the premises.
Buncefield safety blunder companies face fines
Three companies have been fined after breaching health and safety regulations which resulted in a huge explosion at the Buncefield oil depot in December 2005.
Motherwell Control Systems 2003, TAV Engineering and Hertfordshire Oil Storage were all found guilty and now face substantial fines.
The explosion was heard over 120 miles away causing damage to neighbouring properties and injuring 43 people. The explosion occurred due to the ignition of over 200,000 litres of leaked fuel.
More prosecutions are expected as the investigation continues.
Bakery owner pleads guilty to fire safety offences
The owner of a Salford bakery has pleaded guilty to breaching 3 fire safety regulations.
The bakery was ordered to pay almost £9,000 in fines and costs, and will have to ensure health and safety failings are rectified. This includes carrying out a suitable fire risk assessment and ensuring fire alarms and escape routes are in full working order.
Councillor Paul Shannon said “we welcome the clear message from the courts that action will be taken against those businesses that neglect fire safety and thereby risk the safety of staff and the public”.
Timber yard owner guilty of fire safety violations
A hearing at Chester Crown Court has found a timber yard boss guilty of breaching fire safety regulations.
Mr Paul Ashley has been fined £80,000 and £50,000 in costs for a number of safety violations at his Cheshire timber yard.
Mr Ashley has been warned previously by the Health and Safety Executives but had failed to rectify the issues raised. The property had no working fire alarm system and there were no emergency escape routes. There had recently been a number of fires in the area and Mr Ashley was taking huge risks to the safety of his staff and visitors by failing to ensure the appropriate safety measures had been put in place.
Shop owner fined after young girl injured in fire
A West Lancashire shop owner has been found guilty of a string of serious fire safety regulations after a young girl was injured in a fire in his fabric shop.
The girl suffered second degree burns when her dress caught fire on a heater in the shop. Her father was also injured whilst trying to rescue his daughter form the fire.
Christopher Gerald Brown was ordered to pay £12,000 after Ormskirk Magistrates Court found Mr Brown guilty of numerous safety breaches including failure to conduct a fire risk assessment, failure to install emergency fire exits and lighting and inappropriate use of a propane heater.