Maintenance regimes 'essential to health and safety' - July 21, 2008

Companies are being warned by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) that they must have adequate maintenance regimes in place to ensure the health and safety of staff in the workplace.

The message came after Proctor and Gamble Product Supply was [read more...]

Workers exposed to hazardous substances - July 21, 2008

Rolls Royce has been fined £120,000 for compromising the health and safety of its workers after five employees were exposed to hazardous materials, leaving them with skin rashes and chest problems.

Derby crown court imposed the fine and ordered the firm [read more...]

Man crushed to death by a forklift truck - July 21, 2008

The Health and Safety Executive has launched an investigation into possible health and safety breaches after a worker was crushed to death at a Sheffield engineering plant.

The man, named Alan Lee Robert Winter according to the Star, was an employee [read more...]

Health and safety failings lead to company fine - July 21, 2008

A printing company which failed to maintain safety guards on a piece of machinery, which led to an employee losing part of his finger, has been fined £6,383 after admitting to health and safety breaches.

Polish worker Kamil Podsaidly had the [read more...]

Employees 'need health and safety training' - July 18, 2008

Staff need to be provided with thorough health and safety training by employers in order to reduce the risk of injury in the workplace, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has claimed.

The authority made the declaration following the prosecution of [read more...]

Firm fined after worker falls through roof - July 18, 2008

Company directors are being urged to implement safe systems of work for employees who operate at height after a Burton-on-Trent firm was prosecuted for failing to do so.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning bosses to ensure the health [read more...]

HSE issues vehicle safety warning - July 17, 2008

Following the death of a Russian seaman at a quayside in Goole, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is urging businesses to implement safety precautions and practices concerning the movement of vehicles in and around loading and unloading areas.

The victim [read more...]

Firms warned over risk assessments and training - July 16, 2008

Businesses are being warned to ensure all workplace hazards have been risk-assessed and staff have been suitably trained to use equipment to protect their health and safety, after one local authority was fined for failing to do so

Dacorum borough [read more...]

Health and safety rules 'could have saved worker's life' - July 11, 2008

A jury has found a Polish worker who died in a workplace accident could have been saved had he been wearing the correct protective clothing as well as receiving suitable training from his employer.

Patrycjusz Handzel suffered 80 per cent burns [read more...]

Coroner to highlight 'need to revise European safety standards' - July 10, 2008

A Liverpool coroner is to write to Lord McKenzie to bring to his attention possible flaws in the safety standards of cranes following the death of a Polish employee on a Liverpool construction site last year.

According to reports, Andre Rebello [read more...]