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Construction company fined £330k after worker killed by an excavator

A North Yorkshire construction company has been fined after a worker was struck on the head and killed by a 16-ton excavator. Read More

Recycling company fined £2m after worker killed by loading shovel

A recycling company has been fined £2.15 million after an agency worker was killed by a loading shovel at its site in Hartlepool. Read More

SHP’s top 10 health and safety prosecutions of 2023

From health and safety failings and negligence to insufficient risk assessments leading to fatalities, have a read of the major health and safety prosecutions of 2023. Read More

Brighton & Hove council fined after school caretaker dies

A city council has been fined after a school caretaker died following a fall from a ladder. Read More

Topshop death: Topshop and Arcadia guilty of safety breaches

Topshop and its former owners have been found guilty of health and safety breaches after a 10-year-old boy died when a queue barrier toppled on him. Read More

Rail firm fined £1m over Gatwick Express window death

Govia Thameslink Railway Ltd (GTR) has been fined £1 million, following the death of a man on the Gatwick Express. Read More

Two soldiers dead after tank incident

A second soldier has died following an incident involving a tank at a Ministry of Defence base in Pembrokeshire. The Read More



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