THE OPERATOR of a fishing vessel which lost a crewman overboard has admitted health and safety offences. [Read More]

AS PART of the review of Building Regulations (Approved Document B), and in response to emerging evidence on long-term firefighter health issues, the government is investigating whether the effects of fire toxicity should be a legal requirement when choosing materials for high risk buildings. [Read More]

AMAZON WAREHOUSES have been hit by more than 600 serious injuries or near misses in the past three years, a GMB investigation has found. [Read More]

ACE RECYCLING (NI) Limited and its sole director have been fined a total of £28,000 for health and safety breaches, including failing to ensure a suitable and sufficient assessment was completed to identify the presence of asbestos at a former factory site at Shaerf Drive, Lurgan. [Read More]

HSM HAS partnered with Southalls to host a free webinar on vehicle and transport safety at work, which takes place at 10:30am on 26 February 2020. [Read More]

MATERIALS MOVEMENT Ltd and P J Labour Services Ltd have been fined after a worker was killed in an explosion at a demolition site. [Read More]

AN ENGINEERING company has been fined for failing to control the risk of its employees developing dermatitis following exposure to metalworking fluid. [Read More]

A SELF-employed gas fitter has been jailed after working on gas appliances while unregistered. [Read More]