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UK – Engineering firm fined after workers fall and suffer ‘serious injuries’ (EHS Today)

28 March 2017

An aircraft engineering firm in the UK was fined after two workers, including a temp worker, fell from an elevated platform and suffered serious injuries, reports EHS Today. The Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court heard the case of the employees, one of whom worked for the engineering firm Inflite Engineering Services. Both workers sustained broken bones during the fall at Stansted Airport on 10 June 2015. Inflite Engineering, which is based at Stansted Airport, pleaded guilty to breaches under Sections 2 and 3 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and were fined £160,000 and ordered to pay costs of £5,492.