A quarry worker escaped with minor injuries after the 30-tonne wheel-loader vehicle he was driving overturned and slid 16 feet down a sand stockpile.

A construction company has been fined £10,000 for failing to protect its workers from falls from height, following a surprise HSE inspection.

A worker had to have his lower leg amputated after it was crushed underneath a surface-paving machine.

Several cars were damaged after an 85-metre scaffold collapsed during high winds in a residential street in Middlesbrough.

Tyre manufacturer Pirelli failed to act on the findings of a risk assessment that identified a failure to separate vehicles and pedestrians at its factory in Carlisle.

Five companies have been fined a total of £5.35m with £4.08m in costs over the Buncefield Oil Storage Depot explosions in Hemel Hempstead, in December 2005.

A Steeplejack company failed to adequately assess the risks before starting work inside a church bell chamber, where one of its employees later fell more than six meters.

An Essex car wash company has been convicted in its absence for failing to purchase compulsory insurance to protect its employees.

An incident in which a worker was critically injured in an eight-metre fall from a barn roof resulted in fines for three men involved in the project.

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has been fined £25,000 for exposing its employees to the risk of infection from the potentially deadly E.coli O157 bacteria.