newsRise in number of workplace fatalities
New official statistics from the HSE show the number of workers killed in Britain last year has increased…
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newsShell ordered to pay £1.5m over Bacton gas explosion
Energy giant Shell UK Limited has been ordered by Ipswich Crown Court to pay a total of £1.24million in fines and costs over the explosion and fire at its Bacton gas terminal in Norfolk in 2008…
newsHSE issues reminder of the risks and precautions associated with tank cleaning operations
Following the incident at the Chevron Pembroke Refinery on 2nd June, HSE Ron De Cort, the head of Operations, Wales and West of England, Hazardous Installations Directorate, HSE has issued the following advice…
newsCWU says government can’t afford to ignore dogs laws
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) is among twenty animal charities, enforcement agencies and trade unions calling on the government to change dangerous dogs laws…
newsServing alcohol at company sponsored events may increase employer liability
Employers who serve alcohol at company sponsored events need to be aware that if an employee is over the limit for alcohol at a roadside Garda (Police) checkpoint, company directors and managers may have personal liability, according to the EAP Institute…
newsFirms fined after worker killed on M25
Construction firm Carillion Highway Maintenance Limited and its traffic management subcontractor have been fined a total of £202,000 after a worker employed by another subcontractor was killed while working on the M25 motorway…
news£280k fine after Cheshire oil worker is paralysed
Three companies have been fined a total of £283,332 after a man was paralysed from the waist down while working at a Shell oil refinery in Cheshire…
newsCompanies fined £400,000 after labourer’s fatal fall
Two companies have been fined a total of £400,000 for breaches of health and safety legislation that resulted in the death of a stonemason’s labourer at a Glasgow construction site…
product‘Can a person be left alone at their place of work?’
Each issue the HSE shares one of the most popular questions it has been asked on the HSE infoline the previous month
articleHelping workers and employers to do their bit for safety
Promotion of workforce involvement has been a key area for HSE since research showed that high levels of employee consultation in the management of health and safety risks were linked to a reduced number of incidents.
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