Waste firm fined for failures
A WASTE and recycling company has been fined £36k for repeatedly failing to provide appropriate welfare facilities and asbestos awareness training for employees at a site in North Wales.
A WASTE and recycling company has been fined £36k for repeatedly failing to provide appropriate welfare facilities and asbestos awareness training for employees at a site in North Wales.
CERAMICS MANUFACTURER Emma Bridgewater has been handed a £266,666 fine after a young girl was injured by falling broken glass during a Christmas lights switch-on event at its premises in Hanley.
THE HEALTH and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued its first ever Prohibition Notice against an occupational health service provider, following findings that inadequate health surveillance was putting workers at risk of serious and irreversible harm.
A CONSTRUCTION company has been fined after a worker sustained life-changing injuries when he fell more than two metres while replacing steps at a residential property in Leamington Spa.
WITH HIGH temperatures across the UK, are you doing enough to protect your workers from heat stress?
GREAT BRITAIN continues to be one of the safest places in the world to work, according to new analysis published on 1 July 2026 by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
A JOINT venture working on the HS2 rail project has been fined after the driver of a 20-tonne tipper truck was injured when his vehicle fell off the edge of an excavation ramp.
FOUR COMPANIES have been ordered to stop working with engineered stone as part of a crackdown to protect workers from deadly dust.
A CONSTRUCTION company has been fined after one of its employees was killed when he fell through an unglazed window opening.
THE HEALTH and Safety Executive (HSE) is urging employers to ensure workers are protected during periods of extreme heat following a recent heat health alert issued for parts of the UK.
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