newsEmployees at risk of harm due to poor leader knowledge
NEW DATA released shows managers and directors in UK organisations lack sufficient competence and understanding of workplace health and safety beyond their baseline legal compliance.
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newsExplosives manufacturer fined £670k after worker dies
A MANUFACTURER of military explosives has been fined £670,000 after an employee was killed and another seriously injured in an explosion at its factory near Salisbury.
newsMan spared jail for unsafe work on his home
A MAN has been given a suspended sentence after he carried out unsafe work on an extension to his own home in Manchester.
newsLivestock auctioneers fined after man killed by cow
A COMPANY has been fined after a 75-year-old man was killed by a cow that had escaped from a livestock market in Wales.
blogData shows decline of workplace injuries while mental health rises
AS IT has been 50 years since the introduction of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Horizon Platforms look at its impact on health and safety across the UK, alongside the impact of subsequent laws passed since.
newsTata Chemicals fined following young father’s death
TATA CHEMICALS Europe Limited has been fined £1.13m after a young father died following an incident while erecting a scaffold tower in a chemical plant in Northwich.
newsConstruction company fined £2.3m after worker drowns
A CONSTRUCTION company has been fined following the death of a worker.
newsCar wash firm failed to protect workers
A CAR wash firm in Devon has been fined £40k after it repeatedly failed to protect workers and members of the public from electrical safety risks.
newsWaste company director sentenced
A DIRECTOR of a Kent waste company has been disqualified from being a director for five years for his role in its failure to comply with two Improvement Notices served by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
newsFarmer avoids jail after man killed by cattle
A WEST Yorkshire farmer has avoided an immediate spell behind bars after his cattle trampled a man to death and left his wife paralysed.
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