PEOPLE WORKING from home during the pandemic are experiencing higher levels of stress and withholding mental health conditions from their employer, for fear of a negative impact on career progression, according to a new health and safety at work report by Lloyd’s Register.

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A LIVESTOCK feed manufacturer has been fined after an employee’s fingers were severed by machinery at a Carlisle feed mill.

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A roofing company has been fined £165,000 after an employee fell through an industrial roof light, sustaining fatal injuries.

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THE TEAM at Test & Research Centre, the not-for-profit testing facility for work at height equipment, was asked to examine a suspicious shipment of ladders intercepted by Trading Standards at the Port of Felixtowe in February 2021 and were shocked at how dangerous these products turned out to be.

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COUNTRY STYLE Foods has been sentenced for safety breaches after a worker was impaled upon a set of ‘airline’ style steps.

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THE HEALTH and Safety Executive (HSE) is seeking scientific and technical experts in chemical risk assessment and socioeconomic analysis to join its new multidisciplinary REACH Independent Scientific Expert Pool (RISEP).

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A SOUTHPORT waste and recycling company has been fined after an employee sustained serious injuries to his arm when it became entangled in the automatic roof sheeting mechanism of a visiting articulated truck.

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A NORTH west contractor has been sentenced after disturbing asbestos during demolition works and damaging underground cables that resulted in severe disruption to services.

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THE HEALTH and Safety Executive, in association with Health and Safety Matters, is hosting a free to attend digital conference on 2-4 March 2021 entitled ‘Safe Net Zero 2021 – Hydrogen’.

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A METAL supplier has been fined after an employee suffered multiple fractures to the hand and wrist when he was polishing a metal bar with a manual metalworking lathe.

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