Two employees diagnosed with Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) in July 2023, following repeated exposure to vibration. One ...

Truffles Bakers and Confectioners Limited pleaded guilty to a breach of Regulation 11 (1) of The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998. The company was fined £12,000 and was ordered to ...

Oldham Engineering Ltd of Overens Street, Oldham pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. The company was fined £100,000 and ordered to pay £4,519.90 in ...

This April, Britain’s bosses are being invited to follow five simple steps to prevent and reduce stress in their workplace. The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) Working Minds campaign has called on ...

A chemical manufacturing company has been fined £2.5m following two incidents of uncontrolled releases of highly corrosive acids at its site in West Thurrock, Essex. Industrial Chemicals Ltd pleaded ...

Mr Mutch, of Cheadle Hulme, pleaded guilty to breaching Regulations 3 (2) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 at Manchester Magistrates Court on 8 April 2025. He was sentenced to a 12 month ...

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board has been fined £250,000 following failures relating to patient falls in its hospitals. Three elderly patients sustained falls in 2022 and 2023 and they all ...

A defence technology company has been fined £800,000 after an employee was shot during testing of ammunition at a Ministry of Defence (MoD) range in South Wales. The father-of-two was left paralysed ...

Bury Metropolitan Borough Council has been fined £200,000 after a man was injured while installing the town’s Christmas tree. Council employee James Lyth was using a scissor lift to straighten the ...

Worker “lucky to be alive” after being hit from behind by moving shovel loader HSE guidance says pedestrians and moving vehicles must be segregated A waste and recycling company in Oldham has been ...

A self-employed roofing contractor has been ordered to undertake unpaid work after the uncontrolled spread of asbestos in a back garden, putting two young workers and local residents at risk. Doorbell ...