Airbus fined £200,000 after worker’s death
Aeroplane manufacturer Airbus has been fined following the death of an employee who was crushed...
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More workers ‘risk injury and death’ due to Health and Safety changes
The TUC is warning today (Monday) on Workers’ Memorial Day that the government’s persistent...
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Somerset firm fined after worker crushed under bales
A worker had his lower body crushed when a stack of bales, each weighting a quarter of a tonne,...
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New workplace accident scheme could cost firms £43.7 million
New laws designed to recover the estimated £44 million annual cost of investigating workplace...
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Lack of risk assessment led to worker crushed under lorry
A Stoke firm, which designs and manufactures trailers for commercial vehicles, has been sentenced...
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Farmers warned over electrocution risk
Farmers are being warned about the risk of electrocution while at work. Cornish Mutual is...
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Risky business: thousands of illegal company drivers in the UK
Over a thousand fatalities a year on British roads involve someone at work British company...
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Fall from raised forklift led to fatal accident
At Langanside Crown Court Walter C Campbell Joinery has been fined £2K plus £1,750 in costs over a...
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Teresa Budworth: Don’t forget what nearly happened!
There’s a fascinating TV programme on the National Geographic Channel I enjoy called Air...
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UK company fined £0.3m for electrocution
A 45-year old linesman was electrocuted as he worked to remove a transformer in Diss, Norfolk, on...
Read MoreWork planning failure results in death
HSE say a fatal accident in which a man fell from a wall as he worked on CCTV cameras above the M5 could have been prevented if it wasn’t for the major failings in the way his work was planned. An HSE official commented...
Read MoreRichard Evens: Rise in workplace deaths acts as a stark reminder for employers
According to the latest figures released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) the number of workplace fatalities in the UK has significantly increased over the past year. In 2010-11, the number of workplace deaths in the UK...
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Timber firm fined after worker severs hand on saw
teenage worker severed part of his hand while operating a vertical panel saw on which he had...
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HSE reports of an increase in workplace accidents
The HSE has recently published its workplace fatal injury statistics for Great Britain of...
Read MoreNeal Stone: Making the case for litigation free resolution of workplace injury compensation claims
The vast majority of compensation claims made by workers as a consequence of being injured at work or made ill by work are small value. It is a fact that the legal costs incurred in bringing and defending the claim often far...
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Teresa Budworth: Why safety inductions are so important
I came across a worrying new statistic the other day from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)....
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