newsVauxhall owner sentenced over Ellesmere Port death
The owner of Vauxhall has been fined £150,000 over the death of a long-serving worker who was crushed in machinery at its car factory in Ellesmere Port.
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newsChanges to HSE contact arrangements
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has changed its contact arrangements to better direct those wishing to report an incident, notify workplace concerns or seek interpretation of guidance.
newsConstruction firm in court over major city centre gas scare
A construction firm has appeared in court over a major gas leak which caused widespread disruption and sparked fears of an explosion in Liverpool city centre.
blogFrom the CEO’s desk
As we move into and through the party political conference season, it will be very interesting to see what prominence, if any, health and safety receives. Will the parties ignore the issue? Make outlandish statements about its burden? Or recognise the true value of a healthy workforce?
newsCompany fined after toppling trolley severs worker’s fingers
A food manufacturer has been fined for safety failings after a customised rack toppled over and sliced through a worker’s hand.
newsDeveloper and sign company fined for advertising sign collapse
A prominent London developer and a Middlesex sign company have been ordered to pay over half a million pounds in fines and costs for safety failings after a pedestrian sustained a permanent brain injury when parts of a decaying advertising sign fell onto her head.
newsKent print company fined for worker hand injury
A worker had the skin torn from his hand on a printing press at a Dartford print company where vital safety guards had been removed, a court has heard.
newsHSE announces legislation changes
Two revised health and safety regulations took effect on 1st October that have been designed to help businesses more easily comply with the law.
newsChemical firm sentenced over Burscough explosion
A chemical firm has been ordered to pay £150,000 in fines and costs over a major explosion at a waste management site in Lancashire that caused three workers to sustain serious burns.
newsNHS Trust fined after radiologist exposed to radiation
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been fined after an interventional radiologist was exposed to signigicant amounts of ionizing radiation.
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