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Date Added [19.01.2012]
Worker suffers severed finger at plastics firm
A plastics firm which manufactures cases for computer games has been fined after an employee severed his finger in machinery at a factory in Corby.
[12.01.2012]
Chocolate manufacturer fined over fractured finger
High street chocolate chain Thorntons has been fined after a worker broke her finger while operating a wrapping machine.
[05.01.2012]
Estate Agent fined £75,000
A Mid-Wales estate agent has been fined after an elderly maintenance contractor was killed when he fell from a roof.
[18.12.2011]
69-year-old man crushed to death at skip hire site
A 69-year-old man has died after being trapped under a heavy gate at work.
[29.11.2011]
Edinburgh fringe pays out £115k after metal skewered steward’s eye
The organisers of Edinburgh’s fringe festival have agreed to pay £115,000 in damages to a former steward after a piece of jagged metal hit him in the eye.
[21.11.2011]
University failed to follow its own asbestos plan
Lincoln University has been fined £10,000 for exposing staff and students to asbestos.
[17.11.2011]
Workman drilled through 415v cable
During October 2009, a 26-year old employee of a Scunthorpe construction company was instructed by a director to dig 2 holes to erect a new sign outside their site entrance in Scunthorpe.
[12.10.2011]
Insurers thwarted again over asbestos law
The Supreme Court in London has rejected the latest contention by a group of insurance companies concerning the lawfulness of an Act of the Scottish Parliament which came into force on 17th June 2009.
[21.09.2011]
Workman injured after departure from planned system of work
A 22-year old employee of Ness Engineering Ltd of Shetland fractured a vertebrae in his back, his left arm and thumbs, and received multiple abrasions to his face and neck when he fell from the bucket attachment on a telehandler.
[11.09.2011]
Changes to HSE incident reporting and information services come into effect
Businesses are being reminded about new incident reporting arrangements being introduced from today (Monday 12 September).
[17.08.2011]
Worker crushed between two skips
An Ayr recycling company was fined £80,000 after a worker was severely injured when he was crushed between two skips.
[10.08.2011]
Brewery fined after three men burned by caustic soda
A Burton-on-Trent brewery has been fined after three men suffered serious chemical burns when 6,000 litres of caustic soda erupted from a faulty valve.
[27.07.2011]
HSE launches fee-for-fault consultation
The HSE has opened a three month consultation on its proposals for recovering costs from dutyholders that flout health and safety laws.
[07.07.2011]
Collective failures led to fatal fall
A 42-year old workman contracted to replace rooflights on a building in Bournemouth during December 2007 died after he fell 6-metres through one.
[05.07.2011]
Two companies fined over salmon farm deaths
Two companies have been fined a total of £640,000 for health and safety breaches over the death of two fish farm workers on a barge in Scotland.
[26.06.2011]
Falling tube caused worker severe head injury
A 53-year old man working on a lift insulation on the new Radisson Blu hotel in Bristol in July 2008 was struck on the head by a short scaffold tube weighing nearly 4kg which fell from the 15th floor after it separated from the wire that supported it.
[21.06.2011]
Man dead after fire in Duns
A major fire at the Wicken Fen food factory at Duns in the Borders has left a 37-year-old man dead.
[12.06.2011]
Diver rescued after suffering the bends
A diver was rescued after suffering the bends while exploring a wreck in the North Sea.
[07.06.2011]
Tragic outcome of tractor contest
An engineering firm based near Carlisle has been fined £20,000 following the death of a father-of-three in a high-speed crash at a tractor-pulling competition.
[22.05.2011]
Firm fined £100k after fatal fall
A Midlands firm has been fined £100,000 after two of its workers fell on its sites in 18 months, seriously injuring one and killing the other.
[11.05.2011]
Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings loses death appeal
A Gloucestershire company has lost an appeal against its conviction for corporate manslaughter.
[08.05.2011]
One dead and two fighting for life after contracting Legionnaire's disease.
A MAN has died and two other people are fighting for life after contracting the killer bug Legionnaires' disease.
[08.05.2011]
Director given suspended sentence for roof fall fatality
A company director has escaped jail with a suspended sentence and £120,000 fine over the death of an employee who fell through the roof of a superstore.
[25.04.2011]
£50,000 fine for Nestle Purina
PETCARE giant Nestle Purina has been fined £50,000 after five workers at the Wisbech plant suffered severe burns when a steam pressure system malfunctioned.
[13.04.2011]
Steel Firm fined after Worker suffers Crush Injury to Feet
A steel firm from Gateshead has been fined after a worker suffered a serious crush injury.
[04.04.2011]
Dishwasher fluid death council fined £50,000
A county council has been fined £50,000 following the death of a man with Down's syndrome after he drank dishwasher fluid on an outing.
[30.03.2011]
Tesco fined for RIDDOR failures
Supermarket giant Tesco has been prosecuted for not reporting staff accidents properly at two of its Berkshire stores, and for failing to load and unload vehicles safely.
[21.03.2011]
Government announces new review of all health and safety law
The government is to trump its previous review of health and safety regulation by Lord Young with a new round of scrutiny of all existing laws.
[28.02.2011]
Charges over Warwickshire firefighters' deaths
Three Warwickshire fire service managers are to face charges of manslaughter by gross negligence over the deaths of four firefighters.
[23.02.2011]
Construction Companies Fined
Two construction companies have been fined a total of £45,000 after a worker suffered severe injuries to his hand.
[20.02.2011]
Engineer trapped by lift
A LIFT engineer was badly injured when he was crushed against a wall while working at a Dumfries store.
[18.02.2011]
Company fined £385,000 for corporate manslaughter conviction
The first company to be tried and convicted under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 has been fined £385,000 for the death of a man who was killed when a trench collapsed on him.
[09.02.2011]
Tragedy as worker is crushed to death
A WORKER has been crushed to death by a load of animal feed in the second tragedy at the same site in four years.
[26.01.2011]
Care Operator Fined £80,000 for Resident’s Death
A subsidiary of the Craegmoor group, Health and Care Services (UK) Limited, that operates the Old Vicarage, has been fined £80,000. Leeds Crown Court slapped the fine on the company after finding grievous training lapses that caused the death of a reside
[22.01.2011]
Probe into four deaths in Norfolk
A health and safety investigation has been launched following the deaths of four men in an industrial accident.
[20.01.2011]
Cherry picker basket plunged 5.5m
Steel fabrication firm BHC has been fined £20,000 after a steel erector suffered life-changing injuries when a moving overhead crane knocked the scissor lift basket he was working in to the ground.
[16.01.2011]
Binman critically injured
A binman is in a critical condition in hospital after he was dragged into a glass recycling lorry.
[05.01.2011]
Man dies in farm machinery accident
A 46-year-old man has died on Orkney after an accident sustained as he was working on farm machinery.
[01.01.2011]
Mechanic crushed by bus at Aberdeen depot
A mechanic has suffered serious injuries after being crushed by bus in Aberdeen.
[09.12.2010]
Two dead after accident at industrial plant in Kirkby
TWO young men were killed at a Merseyside factory after apparently becoming caught up in machinery.
[02.12.2010]
Clearing snow and ice from pavements yourself
There's no law stopping you from clearing snow and ice on the pavement outside your home or from public spaces. It's unlikely you'll be sued or held legally responsible for any injuries on the path if you have cleared it carefully. Follow the snow code wh
[01.12.2010]
Ear Protectors Insufficient to Guard against Noise Exposure
A manufacturing company was fined with £16,000 when it did not take proper measures to reduce noise exposure at its factory. Equestrian Surfaces Ltd was put on trial by the HSE, when it risked the hearing of its employees but not taking action to the imp
[18.11.2010]
Deadly explosions during cutting of drums and containers
Introduction: Duty holders are being reminded of the dangers of undertaking hot work on containers that contain, or have contained, flammable or combustible substances following two recent fatal accidents in North East Scotland where employees were kille
[04.11.2010]
Scottish firm fined £9,000 for explosion injury
A Scottish building firm has been fined £9,000 after a power supply short-circuited and exploded, causing burns to the face and left hand of a joiner.
[01.11.2010]
Lead Contamination at Glass Maker Factor
Staffordshire Crystal Ltd, trading as Brierley Crystal, maker of lead cut crystal came under serious violation of laws leading to risk of lead exposure. Employees of the company who worked routinely with lead were continuously exposed to lead contaminatio
[23.10.2010]
HSE Investigation into Asbestos Management in Schools
The Department for Education and HSE conducted a combined investigation on the usage and management of asbestos and related fire safety issues in system build schools. HSE conducted the investigation in the form of an online survey, where the schools part
[14.10.2010]
Company fined £12,000 after injuries to three workers
A rubber hose manufacturer has been fined £12,000 after three workers were injured on its premises over two months.
[21.09.2010]
Employers Prosecuted after Employee Loses Fingertips
In a shocking incident an employee at the Lupton Fabrications Ltd lost his fingertips on two hands while operating a hydraulic press. The incident occurred in April 2009. Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigating the case found that the injuries wer
[12.09.2010]
Speak Up, Stay Safe - British Safety Council campaign
A new campaign from the British Safety Council asks young people to take responsibility for their own health and safety.
[07.09.2010]
Moor Park Charitable Trust Ltd
A Shropshire boarding school has been fined £25,000 after a demolition worker was killed when a 2.4 tonne roof fell on top of him.
[05.09.2010]
Worker's clothing set alight in electrical explosion
An Aberdeen building firm has been prosecuted after a joiner's boilersuit was set on fire when a short circuit caused a localised electrical explosion.
[18.08.2010]
Universities Must Have OSH in their Curriculum
A report, ‘Mainstreaming Occupational Safety and Health into University Education’, highlights the obstacles in the way of realising the goals of building a safe environment at workplace. It also makes recommendations on how to tackle these challenges
[10.08.2010]
More than Half of Britain’s Work Socialisation Involves Alcohol
Insurer Aviva’s latest report suggests that employers, who encourage going down to the pub for drinks as a form of work socialisation, could be affecting the health of employees even though they mean well.
[25.07.2010]
£13k penalty for fourth guarding case in a week
In the fourth HSE prosecution in a week involving machine guarding lapses, a European frozen vegetables supplier has been fined £10,000 after an operator lost a finger when his hand was caught between a pallet and a conveyor.
[17.07.2010]
Plastics Manufacturer Prosecuted after Worksite Death
Plastics manufacturer TS(UK) Ltd has been slapped with a fine of £140,000 following an accident where one of its employees was crushed to death after a wooden pallet weighing more than one tonne fell on him.
[12.07.2010]
Rise in farm deaths shows HSE is right to drive home message
THE past few weeks have not been good for Scottish agriculture. A 70-year-old farm worker was killed this month in the Glencarse area near Perth, when his tractor was towing a large seed drill.
[30.06.2010]
Chair of Health and Safety Executive Welcomes Review
Health and Safety law and practice, an organization involved in enforcing health and safety standards in the work place welcomed the review initiative by Prime Minister David Cameron.
[23.06.2010]
Firms Warned About the Importance of Heavy Goods Training
A freight company in Leeds was recently prosecuted by the HSE, when a man working at the site of the company got killed while getting cargo off a container.
[14.06.2010]
Health and safety 'used as an excuse', Hackitt warns
Too many people use health and safety as an excuse to hide behind, the Chair of the Health and Safety Executive has warned.
[03.06.2010]
Lanark milk boy death could not be foreseen
A sheriff has ruled the death of a milk boy killed by a minibus as he made early morning deliveries was a tragic accident.
[01.06.2010]
Aston Villa FC and contractors fined
Aston Villa FC has been fined after a workman fell through a roof at its training ground.
[30.05.2010]
Labourer crushed by bull
A MAN found lying face-down in a field near Castle Douglas had likely been crushed by a bull, a fatal accident inquiry heard this week.
[25.05.2010]
Judge fines firm £30,000
A CONSTRUCTION company was fined £30,000 after they admitted breaching health and safety regulations which left a married father-of-two tragically dead after he fell three floors.
[12.05.2010]
Two Men Injured in Angus Tractor Incident
Two men have been seriously injured after the tractor they were with is understood to have fallen half way down a cliff face at Braehead of Lunan, in Angus on Wednesday afternoon.
[05.05.2010]
Crush accident worker 'serious'
A worker is in a serious condition in hospital after being crushed between a lorry and a tar spreader.
[27.04.2010]
Argos to be sued
One thousand people are planning to sue High Street stores over toxic sofas which have been blamed for provoking dramatic allergic reactions and skin burns.
[25.04.2010]
Tesco fined £100,000
Tesco has been slapped with fines and costs totalling more than £100,000 after admitting to serious breaches of fire safety guidelines at a north London store.
[18.04.2010]
Metal company fined
An international metal-processing company has been fined £12,500 after one of its workers was run over by a forklift truck.
[11.04.2010]
HSE to step up waste-sector intervention
The high accident rate in the waste and recycling industry has prompted the HSE to draw up a programme of central interventions with a number of national companies in the sector.
[25.03.2010]
Wind farm shut over safety fears
EUROPE'S largest wind farm ground to a halt after a 150ft blade snapped off one of the turbines.
[21.03.2010]
Making the case for health and safety
24-25 March 2010: Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow.
[18.03.2010]
Workers suffered acute lead paint poisoning
Work involving the sanding down of old paintwork on a Perthshire estate caused workers to inhale and ingest lead dust over the summer months of 2008 to the extent that 2 were admitted to hospital with acute lead poisoning.
[11.03.2010]
Royal Mail worker dies
The Royal Mail has been fined £90,000 plus costs of £42,549 for failing to adequately control vehicle movements at the Heathrow Worldwide Distribution Centre (HWDC).
[04.03.2010]
Chef hit in boiling oil explosion
A chef who was covered in boiling oil after a deep fat fryer exploded in a West Lothian hotel is being treated in hospital.
[01.03.2010]
Collapsed Scaffolding costs firm £31,000
A contractor has been prosecuted for endangering members of the public and violating the Work of Height Regulations after unsecured scaffolding was blown over into a residential street.
[25.02.2010]
Firefighters arrested over deaths
Three firefighters were arrested yesterday concerning the 2007 blaze at a vegetable packing warehouse in which four of their colleagues died.
[15.02.2010]
Carillion fined £185,000
Traffic management failures that led to a truck running over a worker on a building site have cost major construction contractor Carillion £194,821.
[09.02.2010]
Recycling firm & Director fined £145,000
Ventilation problems at an electrical equipment recycling plant, which exposed workers to toxic mercury and lead, have led to fines of £145,000 for a recycling firm and its director.
[05.02.2010]
Blaze and bridge collapse follow Scottish train derailment
Firefighters put out intense blaze on decoupled wagons transporting oil and diesel in Ayrshire.
[04.02.2010]
Workers die in falls from Forth and Tay bridges
Two workmen have died after falling from two of Scotland's main railway bridges within hours of each other.
[01.02.2010]
Man falls from balcony in Dundee
An Angus man was continuing his recovery at Dundee’s Ninewells Hospital today after suffering life-threatening injuries in a balcony plunge at the Caird Hall.
[27.01.2010]
Paisley hospital worker falls
A WORKMAN had to be rescued by firefighters yesterday after plunging to the bottom of a 30ft deep water tank and suffering head injuries.
[14.01.2010]
Frozen Britain: our health and safety rules.
Many millions of people will slip and slide on Britain's pavements today, cursing the perilous layer of ice under their shoes as they do so and wondering why such an obvious hazard to public safety is left unremedied.
[01.01.2010]
Risk assessment failed injured worker
The lack of an appropriate risk assessment proved critical in an accident in February 9th 2007 in which a Stanlow oil refinery employee sustained multiple injuries including a fractured spine, shoulder, pelvis and ribs.
[14.12.2009]
£20,000 fine for printer
Colpac Ltd of Flitwick, Beds, and two of its directors have been fined for a number of infringements of safety law in August 2008.
[01.12.2009]
Tyre Services paid lip service to training
Magistrates have criticised fast-fit tyre firm National Tyre Services for paying only lip service to health and safety training.
[23.11.2009]
Theme park fined over toddler’s fall
A two-year-old boy's theme park trip ended with him falling through a hole in a simulator ride, a court has heard.
[16.11.2009]
Property developer fined
A London property developer and landlord was yesterday fined £10,000 at City of London Magistrates Court after workers on two of his developments were put at risk.
[09.11.2009]
Failure of components led to prosecution
One man died and another suffered serious injuries in a construction accident at Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 when a concrete slab collapsed in 2005 during the construction of a multi-storey car park.
[04.11.2009]
Fireworks and the Law
Under the Fireworks (Safety) Regulations 1997 all fireworks for use by the public must meet British Standard BS 7114.
[26.10.2009]
Fork lift truck driver prosecuted
A 21-year-old fork lift truck driver has been prosecuted following an industrial accident in which a banksman sustained multiple injuries.
[18.10.2009]
Man killed by collapse of steel building
A workman who died after being crushed by a steel building frame which came tumbling down on him has been named.
[13.10.2009]
Student badly disabled by classroom accident
The Governing Body of the Giles School of Boston, Lincolnshire, has been fined £16,500 with £2,500 costs having admitted breaching the requirements of health and safety law.
[11.10.2009]
Tate and Lyle fined £270,000
Tate and Lyle has been fined more than a quarter of a million pounds following the death of a contractor working on one of its ships.
[06.10.2009]
Coming Soon: Asbestos - The Hidden Killer
Campaign re-launches 2 November 2009 Asbestos-related disease accounts for around 4000 deaths a year, the biggest single cause of work-related deaths in Great Britain. More people die as a result of exposure to asbestos than in road accidents.
[27.09.2009]
Thames Valley Police and constable fined
A civilian police worker was shot in the stomach during awareness training by a police firearms instructor after he loaded what he thought was a non-live round into a revolver in May 2007.
[22.09.2009]
Worker died when bucket shifted
A man welding a tip bucket died when it moved, crushing him as he worked on it. The incident occurred in January last year at the Nutberry Works, Eastriggs, Annan, premises of Humax Horticulture Ltd of Godalming, Surrey.
[09.09.2009]
Company sentenced over pupil work placement accident
At Wolverhampton Magistrates' Court, Making Learning Work Ltd of Brewood, Staffs, was given a 1-year conditional discharge and ordered to pay £22K costs after pleading guilty to breaching S.3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act etc 1974.
[07.09.2009]
Licensed company was not used for asbestos work
Mansell Build Ltd, formerly Birse Build Ltd of Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, has been fined £12,500 with £12,500 costs for not adhering to legal requirements in relation to asbestos removal at Kelford School in Rotherham in 2006.
[22.08.2009]
Construction firm ignored Prohibition Notice
A building contractor has been fined £8500 for ignoring a Prohibition Notice and continuing unsafe excavation work.
[18.08.2009]
Hotel fined over lack of risk assessments
The owners of the Aviator Hotel at Sywell Aerodrome were fined £5,688 including costs at Wellingborough Magistrates' Court after pleading guilty to breaching the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations in respect of a lack of a risk assessme
[15.08.2009]
Appeal cuts Dreamspace artists’ fine
The Dreamspace inflatable exhibit broke free in Durham's Riverside Park in July 2006; two visitors fell to their deaths and several others were injured.
[04.08.2009]
Tower crane deaths company fined
WD Bennett’s Plant & Services Ltd has been fined £125,000 with costs of £264,299.
[28.07.2009]
Company fined over legionella
A meat processing firm has been fined £25,000 for an outbreak of a potentially deadly bug which left two workers in hospital.
[26.07.2009]
Firm to pay £733,000 after deaths
A firm has been ordered to pay more than £700,000 following the deaths of two workers five years ago.
[22.07.2009]
Workman killed in Elgin cafe
A man has been killed while carrying out work in a cafe.
[19.07.2009]
Man dies after fall from Shell oil platform
AN OFFSHORE worker has died in the North Sea after going over the side of Shell's Brent Delta platform, about 117 miles north east of Shetland.
[17.07.2009]
Aberdeen worker badly hurt
A MAN was in hospital today with serious injuries after a building collapsed on him in Aberdeen.
[15.07.2009]
Machine amputated worker's fingers
A malfunctioning Endoline tape packaging machine removed 3 fingers from a worker who was attempting to repair it in June last year.
[13.07.2009]
Scottish Prison Service censured
Following 2 incidents during August last year at HM Prison Barlinnie in Glasgow the Scottish Prison Service has been censured at a meeting in HSE's Glasgow office.
[11.07.2009]
Firefighter killed in pub blaze
A firefighter has died while tackling a blaze in an Edinburgh pub.
[09.07.2009]
Safety fear at 'Buncefield' sites
Safety measures that should have been introduced at oil depots in the wake of the 2005 Buncefield explosion have not been fully implemented, it has emerged.
[27.06.2009]
Plant fined £12,000
The owners of a Brechin rendering plant have been convicted of failing to ensure proper health and safety standards were in place, after two workers were overcome by fumes produced by rotting animal waste.
[17.06.2009]
Trucker is crushed to death
A 65-YEAR-OLD driver was killed yesterday after he was accidentally crushed by a lorry on an industrial estate.
[14.06.2009]
Rothesay man dies
A ROTHESAY man has died in what police describe as "a tragic accident" at a hotel in Dunoon.
[09.06.2009]
Fatal farm accident 'preventable'
A safety warning has been issued after a company was fined following the death of a farm worker in a quad bike accident in the Scottish Borders.
[06.06.2009]
Meat factory worker crushed to death
A WORKER has been crushed to death beneath a forklift truck at a meat factory in Broxburn.
[27.05.2009]
Tesco back in court
Supermarket giant Tesco has been fined for its failure to safeguard a 17-year-old employee who suffered a severed Achilles tendon when a roll cage struck her.
[24.05.2009]
New functionality to Safetynet Online System
We have now added the ability to create sub folders within your Online Safety Management System.
[21.05.2009]
Man lost leg in accident
A worker was left with a permanent disability after his leg was amputated as a result of an industrial accident at an agricultural contractor's rented premises at a farm in Drakelow, Derbyshire, in October 2007.
[17.05.2009]
forklift repair led to leg amputation
The HSE has successfully prosecuted an agricultural contractor after a poorly planned forklift truck repair resulted in a passing worker having his leg amputated.
[13.05.2009]
2 dead in Argyll
Two men who died on a fish farm barge in Argyll have been named by police.
[10.05.2009]
Crush death deemed preventable
At Aylesbury Crown Court Avery Dennison Materials UK Ltd of London has been fined £50K plus £50K costs following a fatal crush accident in June 2005 at its Milton Keynes Distribution Centre.
[05.05.2009]
Swine flu: General advice
Employers and employees should practice good personal hygiene measures – use a disposable tissue to control coughs/sneezes, dispose of it appropriately and wash your hands before eating, drinking etc. In addition you should:
[04.05.2009]
Gas pipe-cutting work caused fire
A south-west London construction company has been ordered to pay a £38,469 penalty after it sanctioned a subcontractor to cut through a live gas main, causing a fire at a shopping centre in Slough.
[28.04.2009]
East Dunbartonshire Council fined
Council fined over refuse collection accident.
[23.04.2009]
CPS brings first corporate manslaughter charge
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has announced it is bringing the first ever charge under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007.
[20.04.2009]
£30,000 fine after worker crushed
A Cardiff firm has been handed a £57,500 penalty after one its employees suffered multiple injuries when heavy machinery toppled onto him.
[15.04.2009]
The new health and safety law poster
As from 6 April 2009, HSE is publishing new versions of its approved health and safety poster and leaflet.
[12.04.2009]
Companies await sentencing
Companies await sentencing over workers' deaths.
[02.04.2009]
Scaffolder is electrocuted
Camden Council fined £40,000 after scaffolder is electrocuted working on a local authority housing estate.
[31.03.2009]
Safety call over boat fire deaths
A report into a fire that killed three trawlermen has called for better safety for crew who sleep on boats in harbour.
[28.03.2009]
Forbo-Nairn Ltd fined £330,000
A linoleum manufacturer has been fined £330,000 over the death of an employee.
[17.03.2009]
Work experience risk assessment failure
Hockmeyer Motors Ltd, operators of Holdingham Garage, Sleaford, have been fined £15,000 with £9,000 costs in connection with a January 2008 incident in which a school student suffered burns from a fire-ball which melted the plastic print of his t-shirt.
[09.03.2009]
Supply mix up led to electric shock
South Eastern Electrical Plc of Hainault has been fined £50,000 with costs of £20,000 at Basildon Crown Court having been found guilty of breaching of S.3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 in the circumstances of an accident on 23rd July
[03.03.2009]
1500 Refurbishment sites targeted
Last year (2007/08p) over half (52%) of the workers who died on construction sites worked in refurbishment, repair and maintenance, in line with a similar shocking statistic the previous year (2006/07).
[19.02.2009]
Man fights for life after accident at work.
A WORKMAN was last night fighting for survival after being crushed by a falling chimney at a pub he was in the process of demolishing.
[11.02.2009]
Slips, trips campaign
The HSE is launching the 2nd phase of its Shattered Lives campaign to warn of the potentially devastating consequences of slips, trips and falls in the workplace.
[02.02.2009]
New Gas Safe Register
Last year, HSE announced changes to the gas installer registration scheme in Great Britain.
[25.01.2009]
Exposing untrained workers to asbestos
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning that firms exposing workers to asbestos would be penalised.
[21.01.2009]
Tricon Construction fined £10,000
Dundee-based Tricon Construction has been fined £10,000 at Dundee Sheriff Court following an accident in which two men were seriously injured.
[19.01.2009]
Aberdeen paper mill accident
Investigation launched into Aberdeen paper mill accident. machine operator, 23, has part of his arm amputated.
[14.01.2009]
Home fined over resident's death
Southern Cross Healthcare Ltd have been fined £80,000 following the death of an 82-year-old woman.
[12.01.2009]
Reversing lorry killed teenager
Company bosses are being warned to be vigilant about workplace transport after a firm was yesterday fined £75,000 following the death of a teenage employee.
[08.01.2009]
Patient dies after injuries
A cancer-stricken great-grandfather died after he wandered out of a hospital ward unnoticed.
[05.01.2009]
Scottish agriculture deaths undiminished
Thirty-nine workers died in Scotland in accidents during work in its agriculture sector during 2007/8.
[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"
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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
[10.10.2008]
HSE consultation on (HSIER) Regulations
HSE consultation on proposals for amending the Health and Safety Information for Employees Regulations 1989 (HSIER)
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[16.09.2008]
RCD would have prevented severe injury
[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.
[07.09.2008]
fatal accident in Highlands
AN apprentice woodcutter has died after becoming crushed and trapped between two vehicles near Drumnadrochit.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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
[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.
[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
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[18.06.2008]
Acetone vapour ignites easily
Health and safety executive warns companies to protect employees from dangers of flammable liquids
[15.06.2008]
Farmer Killed in tractor accident
Aberdeenshire farmer, cattle breeder and show judge Harry Emslie has been killed in a tractor accident.
[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.
[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
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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
[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.
[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.
[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
[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
[30.03.2008]
£90,000 fine after two men die
HSE warns about work carried out near overhead powerlines following prosecution
[17.03.2008]
JCB companies prosecuted over deaths
Deficient risk assessments are leading to preventable fatal industrial accidents, says the HSE.
[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
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[12.02.2008]
Coppersmiths firm fined £30,000 after worker dies
Coppersmiths firm fined 壣30,000 after worker dies
[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.
[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
[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
[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.
[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.
[14.01.2008]
Site death in Oxfordshire
A MAN has died after the arm of a eight-tonne front-loader vehicle crushed a car.
[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.
[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
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[13.11.2007]
Comply UK move to larger premises
Inline with our national expansion plans we have moved to new premises.
[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.
[07.11.2007]
Falling tree kills man
A 23-year-old man died when a tree fell on him at a bonfire party.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.