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 [...]

A firefighter, who lost his job for expressing his discomfort about having to lie down on reclining chairs rather than beds, has been awarded compensation of £80,000.
Christopher Bennett, a 25- year veteran with GMFRA (Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service) felt that his back problems were being exacerbated after being forced to sleep on [...]

In the light of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill tragedy, a safety and health lawyer from the UK has suggested that a global safety standard for the gas and oil industry be put in place. Bond Pearce LLP’s Hilary Ross strongly feels that consistent safety standards can help save lives and protect the environment. [...]

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 [...]

The explosion at the Buncefield Oil Storage Depot on December 11 2005 was the largest in peaceful times in Europe. It recorded a tremor reaching 2.4 on the Richter scale and the blast was heard more than a hundred miles from the accident site. The large scale fire and devastation followed after 250,000 litres of [...]

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 [...]

One in four British workers have never taken part in a fire evacuation mock drill at their workplace despite a government advisory that a full drill must be performed at least once a year, a new study has revealed.
The survey of more than 2,000 adults by insurer RSA also saw 5 per cent [...]

A worker of a waste management company from the Black Country was badly injured because of falling from a height when the poorly maintained guardrail broke.
The Walsall & Aldridge Magistrates Court ordered AB Waste Management Ltd to pay £12,000 as fine and £1,836 as costs for infringing Regulation 5 of the Provision and Use of [...]