newsBus firm fined after worker crushed to death
Regional bus operator West Midlands Travel has been fined £150,000 after an employee died when he was crushed between two buses.
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newsLogistics firm fails to spot gap in safety
A Northampton logistics firm has been prosecuted after an agency worker fell from a loading ramp at their site on the Isle of Grain in Kent.
newsRecycling firm in court after contractors hurt in fall
A Leicestershire recycling company has been fined after two contractors fell more than two metres while fixing a roller-shutter door.
newsHSE invites views on proposals affecting the self-employed
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is inviting views on the proposed definitions of those self-employed people who will continue to have duties under health and safety law.
newsConstruction company fined after worker crushed by reversing excavator
A Worcestershire construction company has been fined for neglecting safety after a 27-year-old worker sustained life-changing injuries when he was struck by a reversing excavator.
newsLeicester company in court after child’s head trapped in electric gate
A Leicester company has been prosecuted for failing to install adequate guarding on an electric gate that trapped a young child at a primary school in Stourbridge.
newsWorker fractures skull jumping from runaway mobile working platform
An Essex salad grower has been prosecuted for safety failings after a worker suffered extensive injuries when she had to jump from a runaway mobile working platform at its nurseries in Nazeing.
newsSteelwork company fined after employee injured by falling metal
A Herefordshire steelwork company has been fined after an employee was hurt when a metal sheet fell on his foot.
newsAirbus fined £200,000 over worker’s death
Aeroplane manufacturer Airbus has been fined following the death of an employee who was crushed between a tractor and a fertiliser spreader at the firm’s plant in Broughton.
newsMyth busters tackle 300th case
A panel of experts set up to expose incorrect or overzealous interpretation of health and safety regulations has ruled on its 300th case.
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