newsManufacturer fined for acetone burn failings
A specialist manufacturer of vessels and pipework designed to carry liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen has been fined after a welder was seriously burned during unsafe hotwork.
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newsSawmill in court after worker loses two fingers
A sawmill worker was left with a permanent impairment after his right hand was severely damaged when he caught it on an unguarded saw blade, a court has heard.
newsPowys County Council fined for safety failings
Powys County Council has been prosecuted after an employee was seriously injured at its public services’ depot in Ystradgynlais.
articleTime for the construction industry to ‘Think Health’
A recent HSE inspection drive to tackle occupation health on construction sites found on at least 13 occasions that site conditions were so poor work had to be stopped. The health and safety body shares some of the findings of the initiative and explains how it is working to ensure construction sites treat health issues as seriously as safety.
newsFirm fined after dairy worker seriously injured in fall
A County Durham dairy has been prosecuted for safety failings after a worker suffered life-changing injuries following a fall.
newsNHS Trust in court after workers potentially exposed to asbestos
An NHS Trust has been fined after it was found likely to have exposed workers to potentially fatal asbestos material for more than a decade at its three hospitals in Hertfordshire.
newsHSE appoints new chief executive
Dr Richard Judge has been appointed chief executive of Britain’s workplace health and safety regulator. He will start at the Health and Safety Executive in November 2014.
productIndustry partnership emphasises dangers of working with dust
A number of industry bodies and associations have come together to emphasise the dangers of working with construction dust.
newsConstruction firms invited to mock trial
Companies from the construction industry and its associated trades are being invited to a mock trial to give their verdict on a fictitious health and safety prosecution.
newsFee for Intervention should stay, says report
A scheme designed to shift the cost of regulating workplace health and safety from the public purse to businesses who break the law has proven effective and should stay, an independent report has concluded.
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