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Latest News from Safteynet Scotland |
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[05.01.2009]
Scottish agriculture deaths undiminished
Thirty-nine workers died in Scotland in accidents during work in its agriculture sector during 2007/8.
Read More [23.12.2008]
Merry Christmas from Safetynet Scotland
"Merry Christmas and a very prosperous New Year to all of our customers from everyone at Safetynet Scotland"
Read More [19.12.2008]
Hand loss leads to conviction
An employee and a company have been convicted of health and safety offences after another employee lost his hand in a machine.
Read More [16.12.2008]
Company fined for fire safety failures
A recycling company has been fined £20,000 for breaching the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
Read More [12.12.2008]
Risk assessment failure blamed for accident
A 22-year-old worker at Caltherm Ltd in Chesterton was helping to move an industrial steam-heated oven weighing 800kg when it fell from two pallet trucks.
Read More [10.12.2008]
Worker lost finger
PAS (Grantham) Ltd of the Cold Store in Easton was fined £10,000 and ordered to pay the full £3,587 costs by Grantham magistrates.
Read More [07.12.2008]
Man arrested over worker death
A man has been arrested over the death of a worker on the £211 million Docklands Light Railway extension in east London this morning.
Read More [04.12.2008]
Care required with healthcare hoists
On 25th March 2006 at Birmingham's Moseley Hall Hospital, 2 auxiliary nurses were transferring a 90-year old patient from a commode to a bed using a large sling and a battery-operated lifting hoist.
Read More [02.12.2008]
Scaffolder killed in 130ft plunge from oil rig
A Highland scaffolder died yesterday after plunging 130ft from an oil rig docked in the Cromarty Firth.
Read More [01.12.2008]
HSE and Jewson join forces to warn tradesmen of asbestos danger
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Jewson, the UK’s leading supplier of timber and building materials, have joined forces to help warn tradesmen of the dangers of asbestos.
Read More [26.11.2008]
Consequences of method changes
The requirement to control risks associated with method changes in the progress of works has been illustrated in the circumstances of the January 2003 death of an employee.
Read More [24.11.2008]
Shopfitters fined £20,000
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning shopfitters to have correctly assembled mobile tower scaffolds after a worker fell three metres from unprotected scaffolding at a new shopping centre, in Enfield, on 15 September 2006, and suffered serious head
Read More [19.11.2008]
Police pile on the pressure in corporate killing enquiries
Police are arresting managers at their workplaces as part of corporate manslaughter investigations, according to a defence lawyer involved in two of the first deaths being investigated under the new Act.
Read More [17.11.2008]
Scotts fined £80,000
Horticulture company Scotts (UK), whose brands include Miracle-Gro and Weedol, has been fined £80,000 after a 54-year-old employee was trapped and fatally injured in a baling machine.
Read More [15.11.2008]
Roads boss in hospital
A Highland Council roads boss was in a stable condition in hospital last night after being badly injured in a dramatic accident on the A9.
Read More [12.11.2008]
Cable car accident company fined
The operator of the Nevis Range gondola system and one of its staff have been fined for health and safety breaches following an accident two years ago.
Read More [10.11.2008]
HSE supports National Stress Awareness Day 2008
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is pleased to support National Stress Awareness Day with the launch of a new and improved stress management standards analysis tool and user manual. This year’s campaign is focused on taking positive action. One of
Read More [05.11.2008]
Two companies fined £130,000
A workman fell 23 metres to his death while helping install 3 industrial boilers at new waste-to-energy facilities under construction in Maidstone, Kent, during July 2005.
Read More [02.11.2008]
Health and safety statistics 2007/08
The latest national statistics on work-related illness and workplace injuries, produced by the Health and Safety Executive, were released on 29 October 2008 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
Read More [29.10.2008]
Man loses foot in silo accident
A 51-year-old man who became trapped in a grain silo in Perthshire has had his foot amputated.
Read More [19.10.2008]
Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008 receives Royal Assent
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) welcomes the Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008 which received Royal Assent on Thursday 16 October 2008.
Read More [14.10.2008]
Open lift shaft posed obvious risk
A school teacher acting as stage manager for a production at the Urdd Eisteddfod in May 2007 stepped backwards on stage and fell 2.5 metres into an open lift shaft, sustaining multiple injuries.
Read More [12.10.2008]
North Sea lifting operation death
Two men were struck and injured, one of them fatally, by falling steel clamps on the Bleo Holm floating production, storage and offtake installation in the outer Moray Firth, northeast Scotland, as the objects were being lifted by a pneumatic hoist on 6th
Read More [10.10.2008]
HSE consultation on (HSIER) Regulations
HSE consultation on proposals for amending the Health and Safety Information for Employees Regulations 1989 (HSIER)
Read More [06.10.2008]
Developer fined for unsafe site management
Chelford Properties repeatedly put workers and public at risk by not securing sites and poorly managing site traffic.
Read More [28.09.2008]
Employer failed to check dead worker's training record
Building Research Establishment (BRE) and the employer of a forklift truck driver who died in an accident at Hangar no.1 at the former RAF Cardington, Bedfordshire, have both been fined in connection with lapses that permitted the accident to occur.
Read More [25.09.2008]
Huge fire near Carlisle airport
Four fire crews are still tackling a huge tyre fire last night at Crosby-on-Eden, near Carlisle airport.
Read More [24.09.2008]
Fatal forklift accident on Scots hydro scheme
A man killed in an industrial accident at a major Highland construction project was a foreign worker, it emerged last night.
Read More [21.09.2008]
Lifting operations involve risks requiring mitigation
A lifting operation that was not fully risk reduced ended badly when a man was left with back injuries and a broken leg after an accident on Teesside involving an electro-magnetic crane.
Read More [16.09.2008]
RCD would have prevented severe injury
Read More [14.09.2008]
2 died in mixer
The tragic deaths of 2 men could have been easily prevented if the power supply to the machine they were working on had been properly isolated.
Read More [07.09.2008]
fatal accident in Highlands
AN apprentice woodcutter has died after becoming crushed and trapped between two vehicles near Drumnadrochit.
Read More [28.08.2008]
2 preventable deaths at quarry
Scottish Coal Company Ltd has been fined a total of £400,000 after pleading guilty to breaching S.3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.
Read More [26.08.2008]
Employer and employee fined
Penalties resulted for Ammeraal Beltech Ltd and one of its production operatives after a worker lost his hand in a workplace injury at premises in Keighley.
Read More [24.08.2008]
Farmer fined
A farmer from Lancs. has been fined £10,000 with £10,000 costs for a breach of safety law that led to a horrific accident in which the victim suffered permanent paralysis from the waist down.
Read More [19.08.2008]
Preventable death of refurbishment worker
An HSE inspector termed the death of a 36-year-old workman in an industrial accident on October 25th 2004 as 'entirely preventable' following the prosecution of Spanclad Ltd, of Smethwick, Staffs, and its principal contractor, the Westminster Building Co
Read More [17.08.2008]
Fisherman dies after sea rescue
A 50-year-old fisherman has died in hospital after his boat capsized off the coast of Fife.
Read More [07.08.2008]
School's out - stay safe!
Now that Scottish schools have broken up for the summer holidays, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Scottish Hydro Electric have a message for parents to help their children to stay and play safe - beware of the risks from electricity outdoors as
Read More [04.08.2008]
Man, 20, killed after tyre explodes
A 20-YEAR-OLD man has been killed after a tanker lorry tyre he was inflating exploded in his face.
Read More [29.07.2008]
Cradle collapse killed 1 and injured 3
Bradway Construction Ltd and Apollo Cradles Ltd of Barnsley have been fined over the death of one of the former's employees and the injury of 3 others in an industrial accident during maintenance and painting work on an office building in Sheffield.
Read More [23.07.2008]
Open hatch trapped elderly woman
An 89-year old woman fell down a floor hatch in her house, the opening left unprotected as men worked on gas pipes.
Read More [21.07.2008]
Buchan scrap yard accident
It is reported that an elderly man has sustained serious crush injuries under a trailer at a scrap yard on a farm northwest of Auchnagatt, Aberdeenshire.
Read More [15.07.2008]
Firms fined £600,000 for outbreak
A leading drinks company and its water treatment contractor have been fined a total of £600,000 between them for health and safety breaches which led to a fatal outbreak of Legionnaires' disease.
Read More [13.07.2008]
fined £200,000 over accident
A cement firm has been fined £200,000 after a quarry worker was permanently scared when he fell into the blades of a fan.
Read More [09.07.2008]
Working at Height
why is it so important to get it right?
Official HSE figures showed 46 fatalities and 3,350 serious injuries were caused by falls from height in
2005-6, making it the single biggest cause of workplace deaths.
Read More [07.07.2008]
Scaffolder jailed for three months
The owner of a scaffolding firm has been sentenced to three months' imprisonment after one of his employees fell six metres from scaffolding.
Read More [04.07.2008]
£120,000 fine over driver's death
A building distribution firm has been fined £120,000 over the death of a HGV driver who fell 15ft from his trailer while checking the height of a load.
Read More [02.07.2008]
Company pays £6,500 after fall
A company has been forced to pay nearly £6,500 for failing to make sure staff are trained properly after a worker was injured in a fall.
Read More [25.06.2008]
Dangers of working at height
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned companies that they must control the risks from falls in the workplace. This message follows the prosecution of Spray-Craft Coating Limited after an employee fell more than two meters.
Read More [22.06.2008]
HSE prosecutes Weetabix
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned companies to ensure machinery is adequately guarded after a worker at Kettering firm Weetabix Ltd was injured in a machinery incident. HSE's warning follows its prosecution of the company at Court.
Read More [18.06.2008]
Acetone vapour ignites easily
Health and safety executive warns companies to protect employees from dangers of flammable liquids
Read More [15.06.2008]
Farmer Killed in tractor accident
Aberdeenshire farmer, cattle breeder and show judge Harry Emslie has been killed in a tractor accident.
Read More [09.06.2008]
Exposion kills workman
A probe is under way after a worker was killed in an explosion at a Mearns agricultural contractors’ business at the weekend.
Read More [03.06.2008]
HSE safety alert
HSE safety alert: Hand-fed platen (die cutting) machines
Risks from use of the dwell facility on hand-fed platen (die cutting) machines
Read More [01.06.2008]
English tests for foreign workers
Foreign workers wanting to work in the UK will have to pass a basic English language test covering site safety before being awarded a Construction Skills Certification Scheme card.
Read More [28.05.2008]
Plant Hire Co Fined
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning plant hire companies to ensure their vehicles are supplied in a safe condition.
Read More [25.05.2008]
worker in forklift truck accident dies
A worker at Cannon Rubber factory, in High Road, Tottenham, died after sustaining severe head injuries in an accident last Tuesday.
Read More [21.05.2008]
Boy burned at electricity station
A 13-year-old boy has been taken to hospital suffering from burns after a "serious" incident at an electricity sub-station in Aberdeen.
Read More [19.05.2008]
Man crushed to death
AN elderly man was crushed to death when a machine collapsed on him at a demolition yard outside Glasgow.
Read More [15.05.2008]
Roofing chief jailed over death
The owner of a roofing company has been jailed for 10 months after admitting the manslaughter of an apprentice who fell through a shop skylight.
Read More [12.05.2008]
Scotland's health and safety record
Businesses in Scotland will be encouraged to learn from their peers as part of a new initiative to tackle fatalities, injuries and illness in the workplace.
Read More [11.05.2008]
Crane accident at BAE Systems
Three people have been hurt in a crane collapse at BAE Systems' Govan shipyard in Glasgow, Scotland. The accident is the second crane collapse to affect a BAE Systems shipyard in recent months
Read More [02.05.2008]
Cyclist dies in truck collision
A cyclist has died after a collision involving a dumper truck in an Edinburgh city centre street.
Read More [27.04.2008]
Live cable was on site for months
A subsidiary company of utility giant Scottish Power has been fined £32,000 after a cable that had been live for five months exploded on a construction site, burning two plasterers.
Read More [14.04.2008]
ICL Plastics Ltd and ICL Tech Ltd: response to ‘The ICL/Stockline Disaster’ report
ICL Plastics Ltd and ICL Tech Ltd: response to ‘The ICL/Stockline Disaster’ report
Read More [14.04.2008]
HSC publishes statistics of fatal injuries for 2006/07 - slight reduction in the number of work-related deaths in Scotland
HSC publishes statistics of fatal injuries for 2006/07 - slight reduction in the number of work-related deaths in Scotland
Read More [30.03.2008]
£90,000 fine after two men die
HSE warns about work carried out near overhead powerlines following prosecution
Read More [17.03.2008]
JCB companies prosecuted over deaths
Deficient risk assessments are leading to preventable fatal industrial accidents, says the HSE.
Read More [10.03.2008]
Carehome Prosecuted & Fined
HSE warns that vulnerable patients must be protected as Ashbourne Ltd fined £35,000 following death of elderly resident in Telford care home
Read More [03.03.2008]
Council's weak risk assessment
A failure to conduct a suitable and sufficient risk assessment contributed towards an accident in March 2007 in which an elderly pedestrian was struck and injured by a street-sweeping vehicle as it reversed in Brighton.
Read More [24.02.2008]
Corus UK fined £250,000
Corus UK Ltd, trading as Corus Packaging Plus, was fined £250,000 at Swansea Crown Court following an HSE investigation into the death of employee Francis Coles.
Read More [21.02.2008]
Classroom gas leak council fined
A North East council has been fined £10,000 after 25 schoolchildren were overcome by carbon monoxide fumes.
Read More [14.02.2008]
Scrap yard hit by £200,000 fine
Scrap yards are being urged to do more to prevent people from being struck by moving vehicles after a Coventry recycling firm was hit with a huge fine last week.
Read More [12.02.2008]
Coppersmiths firm fined £30,000 after worker dies
Coppersmiths firm fined 壣30,000 after worker dies
Read More [11.02.2008]
Farmer killed in 11,000 volt horror
A farmer was killed after being electrocuted by 11,000 volts when his tractor caught an overhead power line.
Read More [11.02.2008]
HSE reminds employers of their legal duties
HSE reminds employers of their legal duties after scrapyard worker is killed and employer is fined £200,000
Read More [08.02.2008]
HSE inspector watched workman
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning employers of the danger of using forklift trucks inappropriately. The warning follows the prosecution of a Carlisle joinery company after an employee was lifted eight feet into the air on a forklift truck
Read More [25.01.2008]
Investigation after worker dies
An investigation has begun after a 59-year-old man died while working at a bus manufacturers in Falkirk.
Read More [16.01.2008]
Two men die in garage collapse
Two men who died after a garage collapsed, trapping them underneath, have been named.
Darrell Hutchinson, 47, from Cleveleys and Michael Elgee, 39 from Leyland, died after the garage they were inside, on Rossall Road, Cleveleys, fell on top of them.
Read More [14.01.2008]
Site death in Oxfordshire
A MAN has died after the arm of a eight-tonne front-loader vehicle crushed a car.
Read More [11.01.2008]
Train driver's £80k after injury
A train driver who was forced to give up work after falling off a chair at a station has been awarded nearly £80,000 compensation, his solicitors say.
Read More [08.01.2008]
Cookers fell on worker
East Northamptonshire Council has successfully prosecuted big name company Indesit on health and safety grounds. Just before Christmas the Northampton Magistrates fined the company £39,500 for not protecting the health and safety of their employee
Read More [07.01.2008]
Locomotive hits lorry at crossing
A train driver has been injured after his locomotive struck a lorry on the Whitemoss level crossing between Gleneagles and Perth.
Read More [02.01.2008]
Patients and staff flee wards of top cancer hospital
Scores of patients face delays to their life-saving treatment after a massive fire swept through the Royal Marsden Hospital, Britain’s leading cancer treatment centre today.
Read More [20.12.2007]
Merry Christmas from COMPLY UK & Safetynet Scotland
All the staff at COMPLY UK and Safetynet Scotland would like to wish our clients a very merry Christmas and a fantastic 2008.
Read More [18.12.2007]
Man falls in cyanide vat
A MAN is fighting for his life in hospital after falling into a vat of liquid cyanide at a factory in Leigh.
Read More [13.12.2007]
Travelodge Fined
Travelodge Hotels Ltd, the multi-national hotel company have been fined £20,000 with £50,000 costs for breaches of Health and Safety regulations after the company placed its customers at risk of serious injury.
Read More [10.12.2007]
£50,000 fine for skip accident
Vizor Tempered Glass Ltd have been fined £50,000 after a worker fell into a skip of glass.
Read More [03.12.2007]
Jail sentence for roofing contractor
A Director has admitted manslaughter after the death of a roofing contractor who fell through a skylight at a Comet store in Wrexham.
Read More [27.11.2007]
workman dies on supply ship
An employee of Vroon Offshore Services died on Saturday after a fall on a stairway of the vessel Vos Piper while it was berthed at Lerwick harbour.
The incident occurred early Saturday morning, the deceased was not on duty at the time.
Read More [25.11.2007]
Fire extinguished on North Sea oil platform
LONDON (Reuters) - A North Sea oil platform was briefly evacuated on Sunday and around 5,000 barrels per day of crude output shut down after a fire broke out on board.
Read More [21.11.2007]
Wimpey fined £300,000
BUILDING firm George Wimpey North-east has been fined £300,000 for an accident in which a site worker was crushed to death.
Read More [19.11.2007]
Fireball horror kills Transport worker
A MAN died after being consumed by flames following an explosion at an industrial unit on Merseyside.
Read More [16.11.2007]
Tragic outcome of child's visit to father's workplace
A 6-year-old boy died when he was thrown from a forklift truck after it collided with another and was then struck by a giant paper reel which fell from it.
Read More [13.11.2007]
Comply UK move to larger premises
Inline with our national expansion plans we have moved to new premises.
Read More [12.11.2007]
Former rugby player killed at mill
A WELL KNOWN Barrow rugby league player has died following an accident at a paper mill.
Read More [07.11.2007]
Falling tree kills man
A 23-year-old man died when a tree fell on him at a bonfire party.
Read More [05.11.2007]
Jail for sea captain who hit a gas rig and then the bottle
As the skipper, he should have been keeping watch from the bridge of his vessel.
Read More [01.11.2007]
Butcher’s hefty fine after boy lost arm
THE High Crompton butcher's where a 15-year-old schoolboy lost his arm in a mincing machine has been hit by a heavy fine for what a court heard were serious breaches of health and safety legislation.
Read More [29.10.2007]
HSE sends warning after care home death in Sussex
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned care homes across the country that they must stick to the guidance set out by HSE to avoid fatal incidents.
Read More [25.10.2007]
Anger over £100,000 fine after worker buried alive
THE family of a man buried alive while working on a building site has hit out after the company responsible was fined £100,000.
Read More [23.10.2007]
2m fall sufficient to kill
On 15 May 2004, a driver sustained fatal injuries when he fell off a lorry parked at TNT Logistics UK Ltd's premises in Irlam, Lancs, while attempting to free a worktop on the back of the lorry.
Read More [18.10.2007]
Council fined over asbestos
Wear Valley District Council has had to pay nearly £26,000 after admitting six offences under the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002.
Read More [16.10.2007]
Industrial Accident Victim Named
Tayside Police can confirm that a man who died as a result of injuries sustained in an accident at business premises at Monikie has been formally identified.
Read More [14.10.2007]
Fines after Thurrock death fall
A BOSS and his company were fined £27,500 and ordered to pay £5,500 costs after a worker fell eight metres from an unsecured platform in Thurrock and died.
Read More [09.10.2007]
Worker dies in freak accident
A 35-YEAR-old man died in a freak accident where he fell from a ladder and banged his head, it emerged today.
Read More [07.10.2007]
£100,000 fine following construction worker death
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned construction companies of the dangers of using improvised procedures when dismantling heavy machinery.
Read More [02.10.2007]
HSE warns construction workers ‘don’t take the risk’
"Nearly 1 in 3 construction refurbishment sites inspected put the lives of workers at risk", Stephen Williams, HSE Head of Construction said today.
Read More [30.09.2007]
Boy, 5, in school gate horror
A BOY of five was rushed to hospital after apparently being hit by a gate as he left school.
Read More [27.09.2007]
Man dies in linoleum factory accident
A 55-YEAR-OLD factory worker was killed in an industrial accident in Kirkcaldy yesterday.
Read More [25.09.2007]
Company fined £100,000 after death of employee
HSE warn of the danger of moving vehicles in the workplace - company fined £100,000 after death of employee
Read More [23.09.2007]
Man burnt in industrial accident
A man has suffered serious burns after an industrial accident in Telford, paramedics said.
Read More [19.09.2007]
Man dies in seafront hotel fire
A man died and several people were taken to hospital after a fire at a seafront hotel in Blackpool.
Read More [18.09.2007]
Firms fined £200k over death of girl
TWO firms whose negligence led to the death of a nine-year-old girl have been fined a total of £200,000. Lisa Regan, of Belgrave Road, Colne, drowned in a water tank at BSN Medical in the town.
Read More [16.09.2007]
£25,000 fine over glass death
A HARTLEPOOL company has been fined £25,000 after a construction site worker was crushed beneath one tonne of toughened glass.
Read More [13.09.2007]
Farmer crushed to death by bales of hay
A farmer has been killed in a tragic harvesting accident.
Read More [12.09.2007]
Man is crushed to death by digger
A man has died after being crushed by mechanical digger at a Berkshire recycling centre.
Read More [10.09.2007]
Hospital window falls normally avoidable
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been fined £14,000 with costs of £3,982 by South Cheshire Magistrates, having admitted breaching health and safety laws in connection with an accident involving a male patient with mental health problem
Read More [09.09.2007]
Developers fined over dumper truck death
A Salisbury-Based construction company has been ordered to pay £43,715 in fines and costs after one of its employees died in an accident on a building site on the city's Churchfields industrial estate in 2003.
Read More [04.09.2007]
Incinerator worker dies in building site accident
A 38-YEAR-OLD man has died from his injuries after a metal beam fell on top of him while he was constructing a crane.
Read More [02.09.2007]
Explosion firms fined £400,000
The families of workers killed in a factory explosion criticised a £400,000 fine handed out to the companies that ran the business.
Read More [26.08.2007]
Steel maker guilty of poor performance of maintenance
Read More [22.08.2007]
Dairy Crest recieve £5,000 fine for employee injury
A dairy has been fined more than £8,000 after an employee caught his arm in a machine.
Read More [21.08.2007]
new chemical classification and labelling regulation
Health and Safety Commission (HSC) launches consultation on a new chemical classification and labelling regulation
Read More [20.08.2007]
Two missing as hotel fire survivors return home
SURVIVORS of the devastating blaze which ripped through a seafront hotel in Cornwall returned home yesterday.
Read More [19.08.2007]
Forklift truck broke man's legs
Read More [15.08.2007]
Man died after falling from scaffolding
A man plunged to his death after falling from scaffolding while he worked in the grounds of a school.
Read More [13.08.2007]
HSC Chair fatality statistics launch speech
Sir Bill Callaghan said ‘the loss of 241 lives is unacceptable’ at the launching of the latest work related fatal injury statistics.
Read More [12.08.2007]
Workplace transport failures cost life
Read More [09.08.2007]
Engineer jailed for carrying out unauthorised gas work
Read More [08.08.2007]
Two dead in military chopper crash
Read More [06.08.2007]
HSE Inspectors arrive at lab
Health and safety inspectors have arrived at a research laboratory pinpointed as the likeliest source of Britain's foot and mouth outbreak.
Read More [05.08.2007]
Horrific error at Hampshire scrap yard
TRIBUTES have poured in for a popular banger driver who died in a horrific accident at a Hampshire scrapyard.
Read More [02.08.2007]
Worker dies in building collapse
A construction worker has died and another has been injured after an accident at a building site in Falkirk.
Read More [31.07.2007]
Floor collapse badly injured 2
Demolition company J W Ousby and Sons Ltd of Preston has been fined £15,000, with £5,000 costs, at Manchester Crown Court, for failures that permitted 2 of its employees to suffer serious injuries when a floor collapsed and they fell 4 met
Read More [30.07.2007]
Inquest jury determines accidental death
Read More [29.07.2007]
New gas installer registration scheme for UK
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) today announced a competition to run a new gas installer registration scheme aimed at beefing-up domestic gas safety standards. The new scheme is set to bring benefits to both gas consumers and gas installers across G
Read More [25.07.2007]
241 lives lost is unacceptable
Launching the latest work related fatal injury statistics today Health and Safety Commission (HSC) Chair Sir Bill Callaghan said the loss of 241 lives is unacceptable and issued a fresh challenge to industry to place safety at the top of its priorities an
Read More [24.07.2007]
scalding risk from domestic hot water systems
HSE issues safety alert on scalding risk from domestic hot water systems
Read More [20.07.2007]
Falls and trips in construction are no laughing matter
Read More [09.07.2007]
Man held over smoking ban
A man drinking in a bar has been arrested after refusing to stub out his cigarette, police said.
Read More [06.07.2007]
Bob the Builder™ backs HSE’s ladder safety campaign
Bob the Builder is taking time out of his live show ‘Build it with Bob’, at the Science Museum on Tuesday 10 July to show support for the Health and Safety Executives’ (HSE’s) ladder safety
Read More [02.07.2007]
Companies fined after fatal fall from height
Read More [30.06.2007]
HSE concludes 'Top Gear' jet car crash investigation
Read More [26.06.2007]
Man crushed in foam-injecting machine
Read More [18.06.2007]
Employers warned over dangers of forklift trucks after Berwick worker is paralysed
Read More [13.06.2007]
HSE issues warning on transport of acetylene cylinders
following explosion in Front Street, Wolsingham
Read More [10.06.2007]
Nationwide inspections tackle biggest cause of death in construction
Read More [07.06.2007]
HSE to remove 4000 'dodgy' ladders through a 'ladder exchange'
Read More [02.06.2007]
Help find Madeleine McCann
Crimestoppers has been asked to help provide an avenue for people to give information from Portugal about Madeleine McCann
Read More [31.05.2007]
Government consults on penalties for employing illegal workers
Read More [28.05.2007]
Trips and Falls in Construction 2007
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The Chemicals (Hazard information & Packaging for Supply)(Amendment) Regs 2008
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RIDDOR Guidelines - New Edition
Safe Use of Work Equipment. PUWER 1998
Asbestos Essentials Revised
Scottish agriculture deaths undiminished
Merry Christmas from Safetynet Scotland
Hand loss leads to conviction
Company fined for fire safety failures
Risk assessment failure blamed for accident
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