Health and Safety News

In an unfortunate incident, a 75-year old man accidentally drove off a car park’s unprotected edge and plunged into the sea below. The car park was located on a pier. Argyll and Bute Council has been fined £20,000 for failing to conduct a proper risk assessment and installing protective barriers.
On September 17, 2007, Duncan [...]

The union body TUC is of the opinion that all businesses must be made to submit their health and safety enforcement standards. The head of safety of TUC Hugh Robertson says that not only should the businesses file a report on this issue, but the regulators must also put into action enforcement laws for the [...]

A report, ‘Mainstreaming Occupational Safety and Health into University Education’, highlights the obstacles in the way of realising the goals of building a safe environment at workplace. It also makes recommendations on how to tackle these challenges.
It aims to find possible ways by which students can be trained beforehand; to deal with hazards in the [...]

The Health and Safety Executive has brought charges against the Health Protection Agency for failing to follow proper safety procedures in its waste disposal unit at Colindale. The agency has been fined for this negligence.
An incident which occurred in 2007 brought to light the lack of safety precautions at the HPA. E coli O157 [...]

Plastics manufacturer TS(UK) Ltd has been slapped with a fine of £140,000 following an accident where one of its employees was crushed to death after a wooden pallet weighing more than one tonne fell on him.
The incident took place at Middleton’s Stakehill Industrial Estate on July 15’ 05. The company was prosecuted by [...]

A 24-year-old worker’s death in a recent fire and explosion incident at the Lindsey oil refinery, Lincolnshire, has prompted independent investigation demands by the union Unite.
The man died when a crude oil distillation machine, stationed close to him, caught fire and exploded. As many as 50 fire-fighters were rushed to the spot to [...]

In a recent inspection, the Health and Safety Executive found that many Scottish farms were using All Terrain Vehicles in an unsafe manner. These ATVs have been the cause of many accidents in the past and have even caused some fatalities in Scotland. It is believed that on an average, over 1000 persons are injured [...]

Health and Safety law and practice, an organization involved in enforcing health and safety standards in the work place welcomed the review initiative by Prime Minister David Cameron. The Prime Minister has asked Lord Young of Graffham to review the unlawful practices followed by business enterprises under the cover of health and safety laws.
Ms. [...]

All over the North East construction work has been put on hold after an intense inspection drive was started to put a stop on dangerous procedures on work sites.
The inspection drive started by the Health and Safety Executive was aimed at increasing levels of safety, focussing on roofing and refurbishment work. Sites from Teesside to [...]

A freight company in Leeds was recently prosecuted by the HSE, when a man working at the site of the company got killed while getting cargo off a container.
With up to £100,000 costs and £250,000 in fines to pay, Roadways Container Logistics Limited has surely landed itself in trouble. The court at Leeds found that [...]