Clearing snow and ice from pavements
New guidance published on the Directgov website today, regarding clearing snow and ice from the pavement, makes it clear that "there's no law stopping you from clearing snow and ice on the pavement outside your home or from public spaces". It also tries to ease p…
Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium - New Zealand
Three workers from England and one from Scotland each held the highest level three certification in their trade, meaning they were experts in the climbing, lifting and rescue techniques. They went to Dunedin, New Zealand to work for Avalon, a subcontracto…
An international frozen food company has been fined after a worker was injured by the moving blades of an industrial freezer.
More than 70 firms across West Yorkshire have been told to …
An international cement company has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a worker was set alight in an explosion.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that Lafarge Cement UK Plc of Granite Way, S…
A Burnley manufacturing company has been fined £16,000 after it ignored a formal warning about noise levels at its factory.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Equestrian Surfaces Ltd for putting its employees' hearing at ri…