Judith Hackitt CBE, Chair of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) delivered a speech on the progress of health and safety whilst visiting Devonport Dockyard recently.
She pointed out that "Britain has a good record. We're a leader in health and safety...other countries look to us for leadership…
Distribution centre death in Norfolk
A man has died after being injured while working near to a vehicle on the site of a Norfolk haulage firm. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is investigating the incident.
Grinding machine severs worker's foot
An employee of Republic Plastics was appa…
Health Protection Agency fined for spillage
The HPA has been fined £25,000 following the spillage of up to a billion doses of the lethal bug E.coli during an accident at its north London laboratory.
A ferry crewman has been crushed by a water-tight hydraulic d…
Worker deaths at record lows but deaths in agriculture rise
New figures released today reveal that the number of people killed at work in Britain fell last year to a record low.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has released the provisional data, which shows that 151 workers were killed b…