Overhaul HASAWA to shift workforce safety attitudes, study finds
July 17, 2024
New research says legislation requires shift to represent today's world of work. Read More
July 17, 2024
New research says legislation requires shift to represent today's world of work. Read More
January 16, 2019
The HSE’s investigation found the tower scaffold had not been erected correctly, with no hand or mid-rail in place to prevent falls from height and staff had not been given training in how to properly erect the scaffold. Read More
December 3, 2018
Employee was working with his son, dismantling a 3-core reactor vessel, when an unsupported metal section weighing approximately 1.3 ton fell and fatally crushed him between the fallen cylinder and a shipping container. Read More
October 12, 2018
Employee suffered life-changing hand injuries whilst operating a handheld circular saw. Read More
September 6, 2018
A luxury bedroom furniture company has been fined £113,000 after an employee fell more than 2m from a makeshift mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) that had already been deemed 'unacceptable' in a safety audit report from 2006. Read More
February 8, 2018
A contractor has been fined after a gas explosion at a domestic property in Lesmahagow. Read More
January 22, 2018
The principal contractor and site manager of a construction site in Derby city centre have been sentenced after workers were Read More
November 23, 2017
A man has been sentenced after supplying falsified diving medical certificates to a diving company in 2016. Read More
November 7, 2017
A specialist electric engineering contractor has been fined after an employee suffered serious crush injuries. Read More
September 29, 2017
Multiple failures at a recycling firm have resulted in fines after Monoworld Recycling breached numerous regulations.Read More