HSE inspects 230 Hull businesses - October 24, 2008

A one-week inspection has examined nearly 230 businesses in Hull and hopes to have made the city a safer place.

These were conducted by Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspectors and the city's local authority and ten prohibition notices [read more...]

Asbestos-victim's widow backs HSE campaign - October 24, 2008

The widow of a tradesman who died of asbestos-related cancer is backing a campaign by the Health and Safety Executive which sets out to highlight the risks it still presents.

Lynda Thornton says the reason she is [read more...]

Scottish minister backs asbestos campaign - October 23, 2008

A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) campaign aimed at reducing the number of deaths related to asbestos exposure has been launched in Scotland by the secretary of state for the country.

Jim Murphy is backing read more...]

FA North (Carlton) pays GBP 10,500 after breaches - October 23, 2008

A woodworking firm has been fined £6,000 after an accident in which a lack of safety training cost a worker two fingers and part of his thumb.

FA North (Carlton) will also pay £4,678 in costs after pleading [read more...]

Firm fined GBP 300,000 after electrician's accident - October 23, 2008

A Scottish company has been fined £300,000 after the death of one of its workers in an accident involving live electric cables.

Mitie Engineering Services (Edinburgh) was issued the charge after being found guilty of breaches of the [read more...]

Workers 'still underestimating the risk' - October 22, 2008

Young workers are not realising the risk asbestos still presents them, one cancer-sufferer claims.

Tom King, a carpenter who was exposed to the substance while training, tells BBC News his own son's employees are often lax about taking safety [read more...]

Involve workers more in safety, minister urges - October 22, 2008

Organisations which involve workers directly with the health and safety process are the best prepared, says a government representative.

Health and safety minister Lord Bill McKenzie has told a conference in Manchester companies need to value this [read more...]

'Out of sight, out of mind' attitude led to ICL Plastics explosion - October 22, 2008

A public inquiry has heard an explosion at a factory in Glasgow was partially caused by an "out of sight, out of mind" attitude as well as a lack of safety training.

Rod Sylvester-Evans, a consultant engineer who took [read more...]

HSE will not prosecute over crane collapse - October 21, 2008

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has decided not to prosecute over the death of a worker in a crane collapse at the beginning of last year.

Zbigniew Swirzynski was killed when a slew ring bolt failed, causing the [read more...]

Ealing council backs national campaign - October 21, 2008

Another local authority has joined with the Health and Safety Executive's (HSE's) efforts to combat misconceptions about the role of regulations in the workplace.

The organisation's regional director for London, Stephen Williams, says the Ealing area has experienced 479 [read more...]