A tour operator and a ship management firm have been fined after workers were exposed to asbestos fibres during refurbishment work on board a cruise ship.
On 23 July, Teesside Magistrates' Court heard that All Leisure Holidays Ltd. and Andrew Weir Shipping Ltd. had arranged for the work to be car…
A vehicle engineering, design and testing firm has been fined after two employees were injured when they fell from a platform.
One of the workers broke his collar bone and needed to take six weeks off work after the incident at Mira Limited's Watling Street site near Nuneaton on 5 July last yea…
New official statistics published on 5 July show the number of workers fatally injured in Britain last year remains largely unchanged.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has released provisional data for April 2011 to March 2012, which shows 173 workers were killed - down 2 from the previo…
A demolition firm has been fined for safety failings after an employee
suffered serious burns when a gas pipe ignited in his face.
The employee, 37, from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, was carrying out demolition work at a warehouse in Burton-on-Trent when he used an angle grinder to cut into a m…
£30k fines after Salford worker killed by digger bucket
Fines totalling £30,000 have been issued following the death of a Salford worker, who was struck by the excavator bucket on a digger. John Cain, 36, was working on a project to demolish the Albert Park Inn on Great Clowes Street in Salford…