Guarding issues on dicing machines
(Northern Ireland) The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) are reminding all companies in the food industry to...
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Plumber jailed after illegal gas work
A plumber has been jailed for 16 months after carrying out illegal gas work that cost an elderly woman over £1,000. Christopher Roland...
Company fined after joiner crushed to death by 20-tonne excavator
A construction company has been fined £146k after a joiner was crushed and killed by a 20-tonne excavator. Philip McDonald had been hired...
Secondary guarding on Mobile Elevated Work Platforms (MEWPs): appraisal of the level of protection o
Mobile Elevated Work Platforms (MEWPs) are used in a range of industries for working at height activities. Entrapment of the operator...
Norwich care home fined £100,000 after resident fell
A care home has been fined £100,000 after a resident climbed out of a window and fell. The 70-year-old “overcame” a safety restrictor at...
Director convicted following work from height death
(Scotland) Kevin Bowie, sole director of Denny based Precision Decorating Services (Scotland) Ltd, has been given a Community Payback...
Health Board fined after patient death and Improvement Notice non-compliance
A Health Board has been fined following the death of a vulnerable patient who left a hospital ward unnoticed through an unsecured door....
The Building Safety Act 2022
On 28 April 2022, the Building Safety Bill received Royal Assent to become the Building Safety Act 2022. After months of debate and...
Company fined after worker died following fall from shipping container
A transport and haulage company was sentenced after a worker died after falling from the rear of a transport shipping container, says the...
Director sentenced for failing to comply with HSE enforcement notices
A director of a former car salvage company has been fined for failing to comply with HSE enforcement notices served to protect the health...
HSE launches Working Minds campaign to encourage employers to promote good mental health in work
Work-related stress and poor mental health risk becoming a health and safety crisis for Great Britain’s workplaces, the HSE has warned....
Construction company fined after injured worker loses sight
A Bradford-based construction company has been fined after an employee was injured at work leading to significant sight loss in his right...
Amey Rail fined £600,000 for health and safety failings
A rail infrastructure and engineering company carrying out modifications to the track layout during the reconstruction of Market...
Construction employee sustains multiple fractures after fall from height
Trevor Cook Construction Ltd has been fined after a roof worker fell six metres through a fragile roof sheet whilst working on a barn at...
Director and company fined after machinery incident
A handrail manufacturing company has been fined after an employee’s hand was drawn into a roller and crushed. On 27 March 2019, an...
Car company fined after employee crushed at work
A car manufacturing company has been fined after an employee became trapped and suffered crush injuries whilst unloading a chassis from a...
£25k fine for engineering firm after employee suffered serious injuries
An engineering company was fined after one of its employees, a blacksmith, sustained life-changing injuries whilst welding an industrial...
£1m corporate manslaughter fine for care home
A care home firm has been fined more than £1m for corporate manslaughter after the death of a dementia patient who was put in a scalding...
Employees exposed to MWF risks
An engineering company has been fined for health breaches after workers were exposed to metal working fluid (MWF). MWF is hazardous to...
Worker crushed under falling materials
UPVC manufacturer Solarframe Limited has been sentenced for safety breaches after a machine operative was crushed under falling...
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