newsProperty firm fined after young apprentice dies
A PROPERTY management company has been fined and its director handed a suspended sentence after an 18-year-old apprentice was killed while working at a property in Bangor, North Wales.
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newsMembers of the public injured in scaffold tower collapse
A LONDON construction company and its sole director have been fined after a tower scaffold fell onto two members of the public on a busy high street in south-west London.
articleRising heat risk on site
AS THE UK experiences multiple periods of extreme heat this summer, construction businesses are being urged to make hot weather planning a standard part of site management rather than treating rising temperatures as a short-term disruption.
newsEmma Bridgewater fined after child injured
CERAMICS MANUFACTURER Emma Bridgewater has been handed a £266,666 fine after a young girl was injured by falling broken glass during a Christmas lights switch-on event at its premises in Hanley.
productThe near miss that should have changed everything
RELIEF IS often the first feeling after a near miss, but every close call is an opportunity to prevent a future tragedy.
newsComplacency fuels pipeline incident increase
THERE WERE 311 incidents of workers putting themselves at risk by digging too close to a high-pressure fuel pipeline in 2025, according to Linewatch, the leading pipeline safety awareness group.
productNotify Technology launches risk assessment software for multi-site organisations
NOTIFY TECHNOLOGY, the AI-enabled, cloud-based health and safety software provider, announces the launch of its new Risk Assessment module, designed to help multi-site organisations standardise how workplace risk is assessed, governed, and evidenced.
productConfined space entry: 7 key questions
WITHIN INDUSTRIES such as construction, utilities, manufacturing, water treatment and infrastructure maintenance, confined spaces present some of the most hazardous working environments. While employers are becoming more aware of the risks associated with confined spaces, incidents do still happen, often because the right questions were not asked before work began.
newsSiemens fined after employee paralysed at Hull site
SIEMENS GAMESA has been fined following an incident in which an employee suffered serious, life-changing injuries at a site in Hull.
newsOffshore firm fined following death of worker
AN OFFSHORE firm has been handed a £267k fine after a long-running HSE investigation found that crewman Jason Thomas was killed when he fell through a missing deck grate and was lost to the North Sea.
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