productStill room for improvement
The latest provisional annual data for work-related fatal accidents in Great Britain’s workplaces has been released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
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newsWorker crushed by 2t frame
A Cumbrian engineering firm has been fined £12,000 after a worker suffered severe injuries when he was struck by a metal frame, weighing almost 2t.
newsFirm prosecuted after worker’s ankle crushed
A Loughborough company has been fined for safety breaches after an employee’s ankle was crushed by a woodworking machine.
productIncident reporting: New arrangements
With effect from 12th September
only fatal and major injuries and
incidents will be able to be reported
by phone to the Health and Safety
Executive (HSE), with all other
work-related injuries and incidents
reportable un
newsWorkers’ health put at risk
A Hampshire manufacturer has appeared in court after allowing the health of employees to be put at risk.
newsFood firm fined for worker’s injuries
A food company has been fined after an agency worker lost the tips of two fingers in unguarded machinery at a Newport bakery.
newsWorker badly burned after firm ignores safety risks
A West Yorkshire company has been fined after a worker was severely burned in a flashover during hot-cutting work at a factory in Batley.
productFood packaging firm fined over forklift injuries
A food packaging company in Buxton has been fined after an employee suffered severe injuries to his leg when he was struck by a forklift truck.
news40th anniversary of the Health & Safety at Work Act
The number of people who lose their lives at work has dropped by 85% over the past 40 years, from more than 650 every year in 1974 to a record low of 133 today, new figures reveal.
product300th case for myth busting panel
A panel of experts set up to expose incorrect or overzealous interpretation of health and safety regulations has ruled on its 300th case. Determined to focus minds on the success of health and safety laws in saving thousands of lives and preventing many more serious injuries, the Health and Safety Executive set up its ‘myth busters’ panel in 2012.
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