LATEST ANNUAL figures show 124 workers were killed in work-related incidents in Great Britain. A decrease of fourteen from the previous 12-month period. [Read More]

A REDUCTION in the number of people killed by workplace accidents in the UK 'is no cause for celebration', says the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH). [Read More]

A FOOD wholesaler based in Norfolk has been fined £66k after an employee’s leg had to be amputated after he was injured while loading a lorry. [Read More]

An ALTRINCHAM-based construction company has been fined £165k after it repeatedly failed to put in place suitable fire precautions during renovation in Preston. [Read More]

IGNITE CPD is a new on-demand CPD and best practice training hub for health, safety and wellbeing professionals and fire safety professionals. We find out more from Mark Sennett. [Read More]

A NOTTINGHAM builder has avoided an immediate spell behind bars after his failures resulted in a gas explosion leaving a worker with burns so serious, he has been unable to work since. [Read More]

A LIVERPOOL motor vehicle repair company has been fined after a car fell from a two-post car vehicle lift onto a worker who was on his break. [Read More]

A SURVEY of certified gas installers, conducted by ATAG, found that more than 82% are forced to rectify unsafe installations by unregistered fitters at least once every quarter, with almost half warning that the faulty work poses a serious risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. [Read More]