A real prosecution in Langley Mill, what HSE or a customer's auditor will ask you, and how PHW trains your people on your own site so you have the answer on the day.
About 1 minute 40 seconds. Sound on, captions built in. All the trade films are on the video page.
Three things you need to be able to show.
A worker was fatally trapped in unguarded machinery. The case is on record in our real cases library.
Read the caseIf one of your own people is hurt and claims against you, your training records are your evidence. HSE or a customer's auditor will ask who is trained, and you need the answer on the day.
Up to four of your people assessed for competence in one day, on your own site and machines, with minimum downtime. Plus a written safe-system pack for each topic.
Real HSE prosecutions from this kind of work.
£594,000 + £5,834 costs · 2026-09-04
Two workers suffered burns when hot water sprayed from steam pipework during a gasket repair at a food factory.
Read the case →£170,000 + £7,999 costs · 2026-05-12
A fitter's hand was trapped under a three-tonne machine when forklift forks unexpectedly dropped, resulting in two amputated fingers.
Read the case →£44,000 + £8,062 costs · 2026-02-26
Seven workers developed vibration-related illness including finger blanching and nerve damage after risks went unassessed and uncontrolled.
Read the case →Reflex Flexible Packaging Ltd in Langley Mill was fined £277,500 after a worker was fatally trapped in unguarded machinery. That is a criminal fine. No insurance policy pays it. The same law applies to your shop floor. £250,000. The sentencing starting point for the most serious breaches, firms under £2m turnover. If someone dies, the police investigate. The charge can be corporate manslaughter. And a director can go to prison. And if one of your own people is hurt and claims against you, your training records are your defence. No records, no defence.
Whoever is free takes the forklift. A load on the overhead crane. A guard tied back. Nothing written down. Then HSE or a customer's auditor asks who is trained. You need the answer on the day.
Against that: up to four of your people assessed for competence in one day, on your own site and machines, with minimum downtime. Plus a written safe-system pack for each topic. PHW trains and assesses on your own site and machines: forklift, crane, grinders. Every certificate has a QR code. Scan it for the live record. PHW writes your lifting, guarding and isolation procedures, and keeps a training matrix of gaps and refreshers.
PHW has certificated thousands of candidates nationwide, for multinationals and small firms alike. PHW Services. Qualification through competence. Take the one-minute check at phwltd.com.