Get Health & Safety right or pay…companies are warned.

Companies have been warned anew that they face large fines if they do not follow workplace health and safety regulations.

Friskies Petcare was recently fined £600,000 for breaking workplace health and safety laws after an employees was electrocuted while repairing machinery at their factory at Southall.

This ruling comes after Great Western Trains and London Underground received heavy fines for the disregard of health and safety regulations.

Jenny Bacon, director general of the Health and Safety Executive commented:

"These fines show that the courts really are treating health and safety offences with the seriousness they deserve. They are a clear message to all employers - it is lack of safety that costs money, not managing safety properly".

These warnings come just a few days after the latest statistics from the Health and Safety Executive showed that UK workplaces are becoming safer. These new estimated statistics are expected to demonstrate that tougher legislation and focused awareness has helped the drop in figures.