Ladder safety: £34k fine after worker fell from ladder
March 4, 2019
A worker who fell six metres from a ladder sustained multiple fractures to the neck, back, ribs, and hip, plus head injuries and a collapsed lung. Read More
March 4, 2019
A worker who fell six metres from a ladder sustained multiple fractures to the neck, back, ribs, and hip, plus head injuries and a collapsed lung. Read More
September 11, 2013
April 12, 2013
A catalogue of maritime safety breaches has cost a fishing-vessel company and its two directors a total of £147,465 in fines and costs. Read More
November 19, 2012
The Royal Navy has been criticised for having a weak health and safety culture onboard its warships, following the conclusion of an inquest into the death of an officer on a helicopter carrier two years ago. Read More
February 21, 2012
A joint project involving the offshore oil and gas and fishing industries has secured a European grant to help it improve the safety of fishermen operating in UK waters. Read More
November 11, 2011
A worker at a Scottish salmon farm died when the overloaded boat he was in capsized on a loch on the Isle of Lewis. Read More
March 7, 2011
A teenage sea cadet's fatal fall from height has highlighted a number of weaknesses in safety procedures on board the sail-training tall ship from which he fell. Read More
September 15, 2010
A union representing port and ferry workers has accused the regulator for the sector of not coming down hard enough on ferry companies that blatantly cut safety corners, putting the lives of ship passengers and crews at risk. Read More
June 14, 2010
A guide to human behaviour in the shipping industry has been launched by a consortium led by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). Read More
October 29, 2009
The union that represents workers in the UK ports industry is angry that, in the wake of a number of recent accidents at UK ports, a voluntary Code of Practice has not been made mandatory. Read More