Health and Safety News

The HSE have recently re-launched an initiative to prevent falls from vehicles in the workplace. The governing body feels strongly that such accidents, often needless and tragic in nature, result in unwarranted physical pain and injury as well as monetary loss to UK business of around £35 million each year.
 
The campaign is designed to [...]

In a recent accident where an employee was burnt on striking a live electrical cable, claiming his life, the company has been fined £3,000 by the HSE who said that this could have been easily avoided if proper measures had been put in place by the company.
 
Trains Ltd, the company in question, was asked to [...]

£20,000 in damages has been awarded by a Milton Keynes Magistrates Court, against the well known high street retailers, Marks & Spencer. The compensation was awarded after an employee lost part of a toe in a warehouse accident.
In a century trading, Marks & Spencer have never been prosecuted for breaches in Health and Safety.
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Serious incidents occur frequently in the North Sea oil and gas industries, with 1,042 incidents investigated by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) offshore between 2006 and 2008.
Calls for massive improvement to the industry’s safety record have followed on from the publication of the recently obtained FOI information. 841 of the incidents were classed as [...]

Semi-pro footballer James Smith had dreams of making it as a professional having made a big impression with local team Garforth Town. Unfortunately for the 20-year-old Barnsley resident a workplace accident put paid to his footballing ambitions.
James was employed by Century Reinforcement Services, working as a steel fixer in 2004 at a large construction development [...]

Asbestos-related Mesothelioma is an incredibly unpleasant condition that has been suffered by many workers over the years. It has a long hibernation period but eventually develops as a cancer that attacks the lungs.
The family of a man who worked for a company in the Chorley area near Lancashire was recently awarded £75,000 as compensation for [...]

Richie Pollard, a 59 year old paper plant worker was struck violently by a very heavy metal pole on the side of his face in a recent workplace accident.
The accident occurred at Shotton Paper Mill, located at Deeside Industrial Park, who have committed to a thorough and complete cooperation with the Health and Safety Executive. [...]

Michael Leggett a 58-year-old Harbour Master was unfortunately forced to take unwanted early retirement from his work. At the time of the accident he was working at his usual duties around the facility and dealing with the incoming and outgoing ships.
During this work he went down a set of stairs that he was familiar with. [...]

Hi, my name is Giles Kendrick and I am a Health and Safety Consultant specialising in training the NEBOSH National General Certificate and the IOSH Managing Safely Certificate courses in the United Kingdom.
I have many years of experience of health and safety and I frequently give advice and support to students on my IOSH and [...]