March 5, 2020
The most read fines and prosecution articles in February 2020 includes a £733,333.33 fine for supermarket giant, Tesco after a pensioner slips on wet floor, a golf-course crash and a car bodywork sprayer developing occupational asthma. Read More
February 11, 2020
The most read articles in January 2020 includes a vehicle repair company worker killed on his first day, a teacher run over by delivery man. Read More
February 4, 2020
Fairhurst Stone Merchants Ltd has been fined for safety breaches after a vehicle came into contact with an uninsulated overhead electric power line. Read More
July 3, 2018
A Kent-based scaffolder has been given a suspended jail sentence and has been tagged after abusing a safety inspector. Read More
June 29, 2018
It’s not just the owners of a building that are responsible for upholding fire safety, and “ignorance is not bliss” when it comes to fire safety responsibilities, says Kizzy Augustin, Partner at Russell-Cooke. Read More
January 15, 2018
Construction giant Carillion has entered liquidation following two profit warnings. SHP looks at its H&S record. Read More
November 21, 2017
At Oxford Magistrates’ Court yesterday, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 3 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, following the death of 45-year-old Teresa Colvin at Woodhaven Adult Mental Health Hospital, in Southampton on 22 April 2012. Read More
October 31, 2017
A technician who fitted an automated gate to the garden of a house has been jailed for manslaughter after it fell onto the home owner and killed her. Read More
October 13, 2017
All the top court stories for health and safety this week in a brief 60 second video. Read More
July 13, 2017
A Devon construction firm have been fined after a fall from height. Read More