Nestle fined £180,000 after safety failures led to worker’s death
A Halifax man was killed at a Nestle factory in the town because the company failed to implement basic safety measures…
Changes to HSE incident reporting and information services come into effect
Businesses are being reminded about new incident reporting arrangements being introduced from today (Monday 12 September)…
Gust of wind blows worker off top of shipping container
A food manufacturing firm has been fined after a worker was blown off the top of a shipping container while moving corrugated metal sheets…
HSE clampdown to reduce death and injury on London construction sites
Construction sites in London are being put under the safety spotlight as part of an intensive inspection initiative aimed at reducing death, injury and ill health…
Man’s fingertip sliced off at Stoke factory
An air conditioning manufacturer has been fined after a man’s fingertip was cut off by a circular saw at the company’s factory in Stoke-on-Trent…
Two companies fined after fatality in Brentford
Two construction companies have been fined a total of £65,000 after a man was killed when a steel beam weighing more than a tonne fell on him while it was being unloaded from a lorry…
Unsafe asbestos removal put people at risk
A building company in Bradford-on-Avon has been fined after it removed an asbestos insulation board (AIB) ceiling in an unsafe manner, leaving workers and residents at risk of exposure to asbestos fibres…
Worker suffers severed finger at plastics firm
A plastics firm which manufactures cases for computer games has been fined after an employee severed his finger in machinery at a factory in Corby…
Tata prosecuted for endangering workers during gas leak repair
Two workers narrowly avoided being killed or seriously injured when flames up to three metres in length shot from a leaking gas pipe during poorly planned and executed repair work…
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