Sainsbury’s fined £1m after customer suffers ‘horrific injuries’
March 23, 2022
Sainsbury’s has been fined £1 million for a ‘booby trap’ which caused horrific injuries to a shopper at one of its stores. Read More
Women’s safety campaigners left ‘insulted’ by Home Office backing of women’s safety app
January 25, 2022
Women’s safety campaigners are calling the Home Office’s backing of an app that allows users to track their friends’ journeys home “insulting". Read More
Are escape rooms safe?
January 11, 2019
Following the tragic deaths of five teenagers in an ‘escape room’ fire in Poland at the weekend, SHP investigates what the UK escape room industry is doing to keep players safe. Read More
Second ‘fall from height’ death this week at Canary Wharf
January 8, 2019
A man has died after ‘falling from height’ at a shopping centre which is part of the Canary Wharf estate in east London, according to police. Read More
Inflatable slide: Eight children injured at Woking fireworks display
November 5, 2018
An investigation into the incident is underway after the children fell from the inflatable slide at Working Park in Surrey. Read More
WHSmith fined after customer falls through trapdoor
November 1, 2018
“A customer suffered serious injuries as a result of failings in safety procedures at the Taunton WHSmith store." Read More
Westfield Shopping Centre: Two shoppers injured in fall from height
October 18, 2018
Two people have been injured after a man fell from the top floor of Westfield Shopping Centre in Stratford and landed on a female shopper. Read More
Spectator safety at events: Who is responsible?
October 8, 2018
Golf fans around the world will have been glued to their televisions last weekend for the biennial festival of golf that is the Ryder Cup, but if you’re running a sporting or music event, whose responsibility is it to make sure the crowd is safe from the action? Read More
New health and safety system launched for pub licensees
October 2, 2018
The Star Pubs and Bars group has launched a new bespoke health and safety system for its leased and tenanted licensees. The system, which aims to make health and safety compliance simple, has been developed by the group and Shield Safety and is available to its licensees at a preferential rate. Read More
Passengers fall ill on Emirates flight from Dubai to New York
September 6, 2018
A large commercial jet caused a scare on Wednesday when the pilot radioed to say it was coming in to land with several passengers and crew suffering from ‘flu-like’ symptoms. The incident happened at JFK Airport and the plane was put into quarantine. Read More
