newsA contractor carrying out refurbishment and basement extension work was prosecuted after the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) identified a series of serious safety breaches during inspections.
newsAn asbestos removal company, and two of its managers, have been prosecuted after forging documents in order to obtain an asbestos licence from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
newsA farming partnership has been fined £400,000 after a teenage employee died when the tractor he was driving collided with a bridge
newsA Manchester adhesive manufacturer has appeared in court after two employees were injured in a major fire which stopped production at the site for five months.
newsGreenseal Insulation, a company specialising in spray foam insulation services, has been fined after an inexperienced worker suffered severe burns while attempting to refuel petrol powered equipment.
newsThree construction companies have been fined after a subcontractor fell four meters through a fragile roof light into an office space below.
newsA metal fabrication company has been sentenced after a worker was injured when using a vertical milling machine.
newsA furniture manufacturer has been fined after exposing its employees to significant quantities of hardwood dust, a hazardous substance known to cause occupational asthma and nasal cancer.
newsEvery year, huge amounts of incident investigation findings and operational health and safety data are collected globally. The Lloyd’s Register Foundation (LRF) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), supported by the Thomas Ashton Institute are running an ambitious new programme, ‘DISCOVERING SAFETY’ which aims to substantially improve health and safety and ultimately save lives, particularly in poorer or developing nations.
newsThe new PPE Regulation (EU) 2016/425 came into force on 21st April 2018. It replaces PPE Directive EN 89/686 EEC, which was established in 1989 as one of the first directives for personal protective equipment.
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