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...
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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...
Construction employers sentenced following death of roofer
(Northern Ireland) The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has led a prosecution against two local construction...
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....
Fines after delivery driver injured by falling pallets
Two West Yorkshire businesses, Brighouse Pallet Services Ltd and Seal It Services Ltd, have been fined for safety breaches after an HGV...
Guilty verdicts over Lincolnshire groundworker killed on site
Two individuals and a company have been found guilty of health and safety breaches following the death of a teenage construction worker....
Network Rail fined £1.4m following life-changing injuries to employee
Network Rail has been fined £1.4 million for a health and safety breach after an investigation by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). ORR...
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...
Proposed Fire and Rescue Services Inspection Programme and Framework 2023/24
This consultation document provides details of our proposed inspections of fire and rescue services for 2023/24. It concerns the third...
The Pipelines Safety Regulations 1996 – HSE operational guidance
This HSE guidance provides enforcement advice to inspectors on interpretation of the Pipelines Safety Regulations 1996 (PSR). It should...
Moving Gas Cylinders and Bundles Within the Workplace
The user is responsible for the safe handling and use of a gas cylinder and its contents. A risk assessment should be carried out prior...
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022: Factsheets
The Home Office has updated a number of factsheets relating to different provisions of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022,...
Passenger trapped in doors and dragged at London station
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has issued this Safety Digest. Safety digests are a way of quickly sharing important safety...
New safety regulations proposed for e-scooters
A new set of regulations for allowing micromobility vehicles, such as e-scooters, to operate legally in the UK, has been proposed by...
Lancashire County Council fined over hand arm vibration issues
Lancashire County Council has been fined after several employees carrying out work in the highways department developed a debilitating...
Restaurant fined over boy's hand trapped in mincer
The director of a north-east London Turkish restaurant has been fined £70,000 after an eight-year-old boy's hand was trapped in a mincing...
Ageing Workers - Are you an older worker or need to know more?
STN has added an updated document to our selection of Employee Briefing Sheets. These provide a perfect communication tool to help...
Air Conditioning Inspections - What managers need to know
Latest release in our Director / Senior Manager Guides: In the UK around 25 million buildings account for more than half of the national...
Company fined £400,000 after employee suffered life-changing injuries
An incident in August 2021 involved members of staff at Jewson Builders Merchants Yard in Margate. One employee received life-changing...
Copy of Fee For Intervention (FFI) - Support from STN-Online
Fee for intervention (FFI) is a fine no business wants to receive. Every year, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) make millions of...
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