newsLittle improvement in workplace fatalities
Provisional data released by the HSE shows for April 2011 to March 2012 173 workers were killed – down two from the previous year…
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newsNew guidance for protecting workers at nuclear sites
The Office for Nuclear Regulation has published new guidance on the use of airfed suits in nuclear decommissioning…
newsHSE serves Improvement Notice on Edinburgh cooling tower
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has served an Improvement Notice on an Edinburgh company for alleged failures to adequately control the risk of legionella in a cooling tower…
newsRecycling firm fined after worker crushed to death
An Ystrad Mynach recycling firm has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a yard foreman was crushed to death…
newsPig farm prosecuted in Northern Ireland’s first ever Corporate Manslaughter conviction
A pig farmer in Northern Ireland has been fined £187,000 in the region’s first successful prosecution for corporate manslaughter…
newsRecycling company fails to protect employees working with lead
An Edmonton-based recycling company has been fined for failing to protect employees working with lead…
newsEgg firm fined after worker’s fingers cut off
A Worcestershire egg company has been fined after a worker severed two fingers while cleaning a drain on a production line…
newsRIDDOR changes come into force
Businesses will be spared thousands of hours of form-filling each year in a Government move to restore common sense to health and safety…
newsCleaning firm fined over porter’s death at Bolton hospital
A national cleaning company has been fined £175,000 after a hospital porter was killed by an industrial waste compactor in Bolton…
productNew tool to help prevent MSDs
A new downloadable tool is available to help businesses and organisations reduce the likelihood of their employees suffering from musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) of the upper limbs associated with repetitive tasks.
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