Most workplaces try to stay on top of PPE, but little slips still happen. It might be a piece of kit that has seen better days or a step someone meant to take but forgot. Over time these small things can add up. A few practical habits go a long way in keeping people protected.
Farming is a risky occupation, it comes with many risks and hazards. The industry accounts for nearly 20% of the reported fatal injuries each year. The most common types of accidents that happen on farms involves heavy machinery and handling and lifting. If due care and attention is paid this can re…
The Met Office is warning of the first winter weather for the UK. Mel Harrowsmith, Head of Civil Contingencies at the Met Office, said "For many, the weather during this week is likely to be the first experience of colder wintry weather, with either frost, wintry showers or even snow affecting many …
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council was fined for safety failings after a child had two fingertips severed when they were trapped in a gate at a playpark designed for children under 11 years old.
Trafford Magistrates’ Court heard how the two-year-old boy trapped his fingers in an external gate …
Safety Media will be unveiling exciting new LMS software at the upcoming Safety & Health Expo at London’s ExCel over the 16th-18th of June.
Built into the learning management system will be new Incident Reporting, Risk Assessment and Audit Reporting modules. These will enable businesses to assess…
Construction sites are one of the most dangerous places of employment. Workers are exposed to any number of hazards on a daily basis. However, the majority of all accidents and deaths in the industry can be avoided by simply following basic safety rules.
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A worker at one of the world’s largest metal recycling firms was killed because of a failing to properly segregate people and moving vehicles, a court has heard.
European Metal Recycling Limited, which operates across Europe, Asia and the Americas, was (on 20 May) ordered to pay more than £370,00…
A leading hotel chain has been ordered to pay more than £200,000 in fines and costs after construction workers and guests were put at risk of asbestos exposure at a Kent hotel.
Cheshire-based Britannia Hotels Ltd. failed to ensure a full asbestos assessment was undertaken before construction work…
One of the UK's leading printing groups has been fined £112,500 at Peterborough Crown Court after a maintenance engineer was crushed to death in a printing press.
Ian Ebbs, a 43-year-old father of two from Morton, near Bourne in Lincolnshire, was working the night shift at the Wyndeham Peterborou…
A Wrexham-based gas fitter has been sentenced after installing and
illegally servicing equipment which could have resulted in harm to the
tenants and landlord of a Wrexham property.
Wrexham Magistrates' Court sentenced Mr Neil Lloyd to a 12-month community order that includes 150 hours of unpaid …
A landlord in Lancaster has been sentenced for putting the lives of a family at risk by failing to arrange an annual gas safety check.
Carole McMillan, 57, was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after she failed to arrange for a registered engineer to visit a property on Birkdale…
Wells Cathedral School has been fined after one of its employees fell two and half metres through a loft hatch, breaking a shoulder blade and hitting her head.
South Somerset and Mendip Magistrates' Court heard that on 29 July 2011, the member of school staff had gone into an attic space next to…
A construction worker had both legs broken when a 22-tonne excavator reversed over him on a building site in Leeds, a court has heard.
The 58-year-old man from Barnsley, suffered severe crush injuries when the excavator backed into him as he erected boundary fencing on a Tinshill building site on…
A Cardiff company has been fined for putting the health of demolition workers at risk after a building survey failed to identify the presence of asbestos.
Between 15 and 25 January 2010 PHH Environmental (UK) Ltd was commissioned to produce an asbestos survey on the soon to be demolished Old Cast…
Two companies have been fined after a demolition worker was engulfed
in flames when he cut through a live 11,000 volt cable at an electricity
substation in Worcester.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Birmingham firm DSM Demolition Ltd. and Halesowen-based Gould Singleton Architect…
A digger driver has been hurt at the site of a construction project in Plymouth, Devon.
Emergency services at currently at Thorn Park off Mannamead Road where building work was being done at a private house.
An Oxford landlord has been fined for endangering the lives of his
tenants after consistently failing to provide safety records for gas
appliances at a property he rented out in Didcot.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted William Edwards, 42, of Oxford, for breaching three charge…
A contract worker on the Honeywell site in Amherstburg was rushed to hospital yesterday after falling about four metres whilst carrying out inspection work on the site, which is due to be demolished.
The injured man is said to have suffered "a broken arm and lacerations".
A section of Victoria Street in Paignton was cordoned off this morning after concrete rendering fell from the front of a shop.
Firefighters arrived on the scene at about 8am, they cordoned off the area and then left the incident in the care of builders.