Retailer and electrical contracting company fined after electrician sustains serious burns
A retail company and an electrical contracting company have been fined after an electrician suffered serious burns to 15% of his body...
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Fine after worker loses part of hand in machinery
West Yorkshire manufacturing company, Laxtons Limited, has been fined for safety breaches after a worker lost part of their hand in a...
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....
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...
Construction company fined after child struck by wall collapse
Gurmit Properties Limited was fined for safety breaches after a substantial part of a wall at a construction site at Barnsley Road, South...
Using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to Control Risks at Work
Employers must protect workers from health and safety risks. This means they must provide PPE free of charge if a risk assessment shows...
HSE – L25 – Personal Protective Equipment at Work – revised edition
Employers’ responsibilities to workers on providing PPE changed on 6 April 2022. This guidance explains how you can comply with the...
PPE at work regulations have changed
This week the Personal Protective Equipment at Work (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (PPER 2022) came into force. They amend the 1992...
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...
Livestock auction mart fined after fatal incident involving a dairy bull
A livestock auction mart has been fined after an employee was fatally injured when he was struck by a dairy bull he was helping to load...
Worker fell from height through scaffolding gap
Infiniti Roofing and Construction Ltd has been sentenced for breaches of safety regulations after an employee fell through a gap in...
Continuing to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission in workplaces
The HSE has issued this guidance. It highlights that, from 24 February, the UK government ended any remaining legal Coronavirus...
Company and director prosecuted after 15-year-old boy suffers serious burn injuries
A metal recycling firm and its director have been sentenced after a 15-year-old employee of the company suffered serious burns following...
£1.5 million fine after electrician died following fall from crane platform
A company has been fined after an electrician died in fall of approximately eight metres when an access panel on the raised walkway of an...
£5m fine after fatal gas explosion
Northern Gas Networks Ltd has been sentenced for safety breaches after a fire and gas explosion at residential premises in Mirfield...
Suspended sentence for owner of Merseyside roofing firm
A roofing company owner has been given a suspended sentence after a member of the public reported a concern regarding unsafe work at...
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