Company Fined after employee died while loading lorry
An East Yorkshire garden landscaping company has been fined £600,000 after an employee died while loading a lorry. Brian White, 59, was working for...
Exeter farmer fined after teenage worker injured on dumper
A farmer has been fined £8k after a teenage worker suffered serious head injuries when a six-tonne dumper he was driving overturned. The 19-year-old...
Building firm fined for multiple failings that included workers being lifted by a digger
A building firm has been fined for a catalogue of health and safety failings that included two builders being lifted into the air by a digger. A...
Kier hit with £4.4m safety fine
Civil engineering firm Kier has been fined more than £4m after its workers twice struck overhead powerlines while working on the M6 motorway causing...
Building firm fined after worker hurt falling through collapsed floor
A building company has been fined £66,667 after a worker was injured when a floor that was under construction collapsed. The Lusson Ltd worker was...
Company fined after worker contracts blood infection
A company has been fined after an employee became seriously ill when he contracted a blood infection while working at a lake contaminated with...
Company fined after fall from lorry – leaves man with life-changing brain injuries
The wife of a man left severely disabled by a workplace accident says he is a “stranger in her husband’s body”. Sue McFarlane’s partner John...
Health board fined £160,000 after employees diagnosed with Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome
A Welsh health board has been fined after three employees were diagnosed with Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS). Powys Teaching Health Board...
HSE publishes annual work-related ill-health and injury statistics for 2021/22
The estimated number of workers in Great Britain suffering a work-related illness is 1.8 million with stress, depression, and anxiety making up...
Company and director sentenced after fatal skylight fall
A Wakefield roofing company has been fined and its sole director given a suspended prison sentence after a dad-of-two was killed when he fell 12...
Building contractor and director fined after fire risk failings
A building contractor has been fined £600,000 and its director has been ordered to complete 100 hours of unpaid work and fined £4,200 following...
Firework Safety
Sadly every year despite numerous safety warnings, firework celebrations still end very badly for too many people, including very young children....