Makers of industrial equipment need to “up their game” and produce machinery that goes beyond certain existing European and international standards, according to the health and safety director for the Mineral Products Association (MPA).

Businesses are being warned about the dangers of buying second-hand explosion-proof forklifts.

The HSE has disregarded calls from safety stakeholders to extend the coverage of its forthcoming crane register to include self-erecting and mobile cranes.

Operators of top-cutting machines, which are used to dig trenches in roads, typically for installing or accessing pipework, have been warned of the dangers of using them without proper safety devices, following the death of worker in Wiltshire last month.

The HSE is now inviting comments on proposals for new regulations requiring tower cranes to be listed on a national register.

A Midlands aluminium casting company has appeared in court to answer charges relating to a molten-metal splash that seriously burned one of its employees.

The injuries an HGV driver sustained when he was hit by a falling load of metal tubes have left him paraplegic.

The managing director of a construction firm that has ceased trading has been told to pay nearly £100,000 in fines and costs after a man was crushed to death when a crane overturned in Liverpool.

A manufacturer must pay £200,000 in fines and costs after a night-shift worker was killed at a toilet-tissue factory in Barrow-in-Furness.

Warwickshire County Council has appeared in front of magistrates for failing to install adequate guards on a hot-water pump at its headquarters.

Is the increasing mechanisation of the hardware used in the construction industry taking the focus away from the safety and protection of the ‘soft tissue’ of the workforce, wonders David Jones.

HSS Hire, a supplier of tools, equipment and outsourcing services, has opened a new regional distribution centre in Bristol.

Tool and equipment-hire firm Speedy Services is sending more than 150 of its staff on a training course so they can earn an accreditation in powered access.

Well-known equipment rental company A-Plant recently announced that, as part of its plan launched last year to enhance the skills and qualifications of employees at all levels of its business, 180 staffers have so far gained a formal NVQ qualification.

The paper, print and packaging industries are being urged to follow revised guidance from the HSE on the use of hand-fed platen (die-cutting) machines to reduce the risk of serious crush injuries, and even death.

One of the UK’s leading safety and compliance consultants has warned that many companies are failing to comply with legal requirements when disposing of unwanted work equipment.

One of the country’s largest public-transport providers has enlisted the help of queue-management firm Tensator to help improve the safety of its bus maintenance depots.

Food-to-go manufacturer Uniq Prepared Foods is said to have virtually eliminated downtime from the bacon-slicing process at its facility in Northampton, thanks to a trapped key interlocking system from Castell.

Castell has launched the KSD+, a new trapped key interlock power isolator suitable for three phase currents from 32 to 250 amps, which, the company says, dramatically increases safety and protection compared with conventional designs, and prevents fail-to danger.

Fortress has redeveloped its Pneumatic Valve+ (PV+) unit into a modular design, which, the company says, allows the configuration of an array of valves, trapped key interlocks and key switches in...

Procter Machine Guarding is offering free machine-guarding compliance surveys to organisations that operate potentially hazardous machinery.