Gas explosions in the workplace have doubled in the last five years
Health and safety experts, CE Safety, has analysed data to reveal the injuries and fatalities caused by gas safety failings in the...
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Landlord and tyre company fined £43,000 for dangerous platform lift
A Birmingham tyre firm and its landlord have been fined a total of £43,333 after pleading guilty to breaching health and safety...
Unregistered gas fitter fined for dangerous installation of range cooker at care home
A gas fitter has been fined following a gas leak from a newly fitted range installed in a North Devon residential care home. On 24...
Company and director sentenced after children were taken ill during diving lesson
Aqua Logistics Limited and their sole director Geoffrey Gordon Shearn have been sentenced for their failings after twelve pupils from...
Fine after worker fatally injured
Egger (UK) Limited has been fined after a self-employed lorry driver was killed making a routine delivery of recycled wood. On 3 October...
£6.5m fine after death of 11-year-old boy at freight terminal
WH Malcolm Limited, operators of Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal near Rugby, has been fined £6.5m after being found guilty...
COVID-19 spot checks continue
The HSE is continuing to carry out spot checks and inspections on all types of businesses in all areas to support employers and ensure...
Repeated failures mean fine for food manufacturing company
Coldconnection Limited has been sentenced after repeated failures to maintain safety devices on its food processing machinery. On three...
Roofer and scaffolder sentenced following fatal fall from height
A roofer and a scaffolder have been sentenced following a fatal fall from height at a two-storey terraced house on Rosevine Road,...
Worker burned following contact with power line
A vertical farming, glasshouses and energy company has been sentenced after a worker came into contact with an 11kV overhead power line....
LA455 Safe Use of Ladders and Stepladders - A Brief Guide
This is new guidance has been jointly produced by the Ladder Association and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The guidance replaces...
Director prosecuted for failing to comply with Enforcement notices
A director of a woodworking company has been fined for failing to comply with Enforcement Notices served to protect the health and safety...
Construction company fined after worker falls
A construction company has been fined for failing to comply with work at height regulations after a worker fell from a garage roof in...
Rotherham company fined after worker suffered chemical burns
Granville Oil and Chemical Company Ltd has been sentenced for safety breaches after a worker suffered chemical burns to both arms and one...
£280,000 fine for safety failings at factory
Etex (Exteriors) UK Ltd, which makes fibre cement slates and sheets, has been prosecuted after a worker was diagnosed with hand arm...
Vue cinema chain fined £750,000 over seat crush death
The Vue cinema chain has been fined £750,000 for safety breaches which led to the death of a man who became trapped under a chair. It was...
Workplace Fatal Injuries in Great Britain, 2021
Provisional data released by the HSE shows that a total of 142 workers were killed at work in Great Britain in 2020/21, an increase of 29...
Further guidance on RIDDOR reporting of COVID-19
This HSE guidance is for the person reporting, usually the employer (known as the 'responsible person'). The HSE advise following the...
Utilities company fined after member of the public died following fall into excavation site
A utilities company has been fined after a member of the public suffered fatal injuries after falling into an excavation on a footpath....
Employee killed in electrical incident
A warehouse management solutions company has been fined after an employee was electrocuted while servicing an air compressor. Maidstone...
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