The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced that its cost recovery scheme, Fee For Intervention (FFI), is going ahead but will now not start in April 2012.
The scheme sets out to recover costs from those who break health and safety laws for the time and effort HSE spends on helping to put…
Two security guards suffered serious facial burns after an explosion at the Welbeck Colliery site at Meden Vale on 31 December.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is investigating the incident along with police and the fire service as the source of the explosion at an electrical sub station at th…
The number of directors and senior managers prosecuted under section 37
of the Heath and Safety at Work etc. Act, 1974 has rocketed by more than 400 per cent in the last five
years, reports SHP.
The total number of individuals convicted under s37 in 2010/11 was 35 – a substantial increase on the …
Officials say a passenger ferry with more than 150 people on board sank off the Maluku Islands in eastern Indonesia. At least eight people are dead and 60 are missing, though dozens of others were rescued.
Two employees were killed in a huge fire at a pharmaceutical company at Patancheru near here, police said.
The fire broke out on Sunday at the chemical factory of Rantus Pharma in Pashamylaram industrial area of Patancheru in Medak district, about 50 km from Hyderabad. The factory was comple…
An explosion at Shanghai's Riteng Computer Accessory Company factory has left 61 workers injured, 23 of whom have been hospitalised with burns.
The accident occurred on Saturday afternoon, with the factory in the middle of a trial production run of aluminium back panels for Apple's iPad 2 tablet.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has welcomed the publication of the Löfstedt review.
Employment Minister Chris Grayling commissioned the independent review in March 2011 and appointed Professor Ragnar Löfstedt - Director of the King's Centre for Risk Management at King's College, London - to …
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has released its report into an overrun incident at Stonegate on 8 November 2010.
Report Summary:
"Shortly after 08:00 hrs on Monday 8 November 2010, a passenger train running from London Charing Cross to Hastings failed to stop at Stonegate station in …
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is challenging the construction industry to learn from the London 2012 construction project and improve the safety record of one of the most dangerous occupations in Britain.
The HSE's Leadership and Worker Involvement on the Olympic Park research, published…
The Red Cross is "encouraging people to get ready for the potential big freeze in the next few months".
The Red Cross reports that "last year’s severe weather caused real disruption to thousands of lives, but the good news is that it’s easy to make sure you’re prepared for the worst – by preparing…
During 2010-2011, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is helping promote safe and healthy workplaces by encouraging an integrated and structured approach to maintenance.
Maintenance is a process that affects every area of safety and health. Poor standards and a failure to keep working environm…
Police and fire crews have been called to an industrial park in Surrey after reports of an explosion.
Summary for 2010/11
Safety Notice from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE):
Non-standard metal brush cutting accessories fitted to petrol driven brush cutters can fail catastrophically in-service. There is a risk of death or serious injury to operators and others in vicinity from ejected metal components. Supplier…
This consultation sets out the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) proposal to replace the Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2010 to reinstate existing fees and to extend the range of activities for which HSE recovers costs. In addition to reinstating existing fees the proposed Fees Regulations wou…
A Yorkshire man survived an industrial accident in 1965 only to die 43 years later because he was not protected from asbestos particles in the aftermath, his family has revealed.
Ken Hoggett worked at the giant Ferrybridge power station when three cooling towers collapsed in 100mph winds.
Nobody…
This consultation sets out the Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) proposals to introduce revised Control of Asbestos Regulations to implement the changes required to comply with the European Commission's reasoned opinion on the UK Government's transposition of Directive 83/477/EEC as amended by 200…
A crack in a crane at a desalination plant forced the evacuation of 120 workers yesterday.
The workers were sent home at 2.30pm on full pay after the fault was detected in a crane in the pumping station area of the plant.
The workers were evacuated for safety reasons, reports the Herald Sun.
Marks & Spencer and three contractors face heavy fines in a sentencing hearing starting on Monday for failing to protect customers, staff and workers from asbestos during the refurbishment of two stores, reports The Guardian.
The charges relate to work at stores in Reading and Bournemouth between 20…
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