Magistrates' Court fines DFS Trading Ltd £1million following conviction for health and safety breach.&; An employee of DFS Trading Ltd was unloading wooden furniture frames at one of their upholstery sites, when he was hit by unsecured furniture which fell from an unstable load. He was knocked unconscious and suffered serious neck and head injuries. A Health and Safety Executive investigation found that DFS failed to adequately manage the risks of heavy loads being moved between manufacturing sites. The company was fined £1 million.

Magistrates' Court fines construction company £450,000 following conviction for health and safety breaches.  Leyland SDM Ltd (LSDM) had been in the process of redeveloping a warehouse in Wembley when four workers fell more than three and a half metres down from a working platform. Two workers broke their legs in the fall and another suffered a broken collar bone, among other injuries caused by the incident. A Health and Safety Executive investigation found LSDM failed to manage the risks when working at height and carrying out the lifting operation. The company was fined £450,000.

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