newsDorset manfucturing firm fined after worker injured
A Dorset manufacturing firm was today fined after a lorry delivery driver was run over by a fork lift truck…
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newsCompany fined after worker’s fingers are crushed
A Gosport-based food company has been fined after a worker had her fingers crushed in a machine at a factory in Hampshire in 2010…
productDon’t be caught out by the snow and ice this winter
The weather conditions in December and January 2010 resulted in 100,000’s of working days being lost, as well as a sharp increase in worker injuries due to trips and falls…
newsHigh street retailer fined £1 million for safety failings
Marks and Spencer plc and three of its contractors have been fined for putting members of the public, staff and construction workers at risk of exposure to asbestos-containing materials during the refurbishment of two stores in Reading and Bournemouth…
productLöfstedt Review consultation closes
The deadline has closed for interested parties to submit evidence to the Löfstedt Review, an independent review of health & safety legislation, with contributions submitted by several stakeholders…
newsRegulator “fails to acknowledge true scale of cancer caused by workâ€
A pressure group has warned the HSE that it needs to change its “unrealistic” and “ignorant” approach to occupational cancer if thousands more cases and deaths are to be prevented.
newsLead poisoning leads to court for stained glass firm owner
A Lincolnshire stained glass artist has been fined after one of his employees suffered severe lead poisoning.
newsThe Government reintroduces its strict liability proposal
Despite the House of Lords blocking the plans last month, the Government has reintroduced a proposal to reform the civil-compensation regime by removing strict liability for certain health and safety breaches.
newsHSE myth busters tackle 150 crackpot cases in one year
The HSE’s Myth Busters Challenge Panel, set up to expose Ôhealth and safetyÕ excuses, has clocked up 150 cases since its launch last April.
newsMost fatalities occur in uninspected sectors
The majority of workplace deaths occur in sectors officially excluded from unannounced HSE inspections, according to a new study by Rory O’Neill, professor of occupational health policy research at the University of Stirling
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