Six-figure fine ordered against very large local company, Holly Thompson prosecutes.
In April and May of this year, Holly Thompson appeared on behalf of the Health and Safety Executive in a prosecution against Siemens Gamesa, a large wind engineering company.
The company was charged with and pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. The prosecution was brought following an incident in July 2024 whereby a 37-year-old woman was carrying out work as part of the construction of a wind turbine blade when a structure they were working on collapsed on top of them, leaving them paralysed from the waist down.
On 22nd May 2026, appearing before DJ Curtis at Grimsby Magistrates’ Court, the company was fined £600,000 and ordered to pay nearly £8,000 in costs.
Holly was instructed by Nathan Cook and Henrietta Ruthven of the Health and Safety Executive.
The case has been covered in national and local media:
HSE Press Release - https://press.hse.gov.uk/2026/05/26/siemens-fined-600000-after-employee-left-paralysed-at-site-in-hull/
BBC - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c142262xzkeo
Hull Live - https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/siemens-gamesa-fined-600k-after-10986053