SHE Management Consultants - Health, Safety & Environmental Services
SHE Management Consultants - Safety, Health & Evironmental Consultancy
A safety, health and environmental management consultancy service designed to help you achieve compliance, leaving you to concentrate on what you do best.Â
Health & Safety
SHE Management Consultants can help to cover all aspects of your company's health and safety management, including:
- Accident/Incident Investigation
- Accreditation Services
- Health and Safety / Environmental Audits
- Risk Assessments
- Health and Safety Policies
Environmental Service
Bacterium such as Legionella can have massive impact on a business. SHE Management Consultants specialise in indoor air quality, prevention, control and risk assessment. For more information please visit the services page.
Professional Services
We hold consultant accreditation with IOSH, IIRSM and the CPD. For more information please visit the profile page.SHE Accreditations
Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
Chartered IOSH Consultant No. 052304
Continuing Personal or Professional Development (CPD)
CPD Accedited Consultant
Institute of Risk and Safety Management
Accedited Member
- Accident / Incident Investigation
- Accreditation Services
- Contractor Questionnaires
- Health and Safety / Environmental Audits
- Health and Safety Policy
- Indoor Air Quality
- Other Services
- Risk Assessments
- Training
Latest Industry News
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Wylfa – 2011 periodic shutdown – consent to start up Reactor 1 following a periodic shutdown
Magnox Ltd, the site licence company (the Licensee) that operates and maintains Wylfa Powe...
Date: 20/02/2012 Source: HSE -
Cases where local Planning Authorities were minded to grant planning permission against HSE’s advice – New items added
Two new planning application letters added to land use planning website. The letters provi...
Date: 20/02/2012 Source: HSE -
Berkeley Site – Agreement to proceed with Safety Category 2 or lower Intermediate Level Waste (ILW) retrieval works
This report considers a request from Magnox Ltd’s Berkeley site for ONR Agreement to the...
Date: 20/02/2012 Source: HSE -
Education case studies – School trips
Three new case studies are now available to illustrate and encourage proportionate respons...
Date: 20/02/2012 Source: HSE -
Cheshire manufacturer sentenced over finger loss
A Macclesfield firm has appeared in court after one of its employees lost two fingers in m...
Date: 17/02/2012 Source: HSE -
HSE clampdown to reduce death and injury on Glasgow construction sites
Construction sites in Glasgow are being put under the safety spotlight as part of an inten...
Date: 17/02/2012 Source: HSE -
HSE clampdown to reduce death and injury on Derbyshire construction sites
Construction sites in Derbyshire are being put under the safety spotlight as part of an in...
Date: 17/02/2012 Source: HSE -
Property manager fined for asbestos failings
A property manager from Cardiff has been fined for failing to properly manage the risks fr...
Date: 17/02/2012 Source: HSE -
HSE clampdown to reduce death and injury on County Durham construction sites
Construction sites in County Durham are being put under the safety spotlight as part of an...
Date: 17/02/2012 Source: HSE -
Call for cable theft crackdown
The increase in cable thefts revealed in a recent report has led to pressure for an immedi...
Date: 17/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Workers injured in structure plunge
Two sub-contractors fell eight metres after a temporary structure they were working on col...
Date: 17/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
London sightseeing bus firm fined
A sightseeing tour bus company has been fined £10,500 after an engineer was injured whils...
Date: 17/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Steel beam death leads to £65k fine
Two construction companies prosecuted over the death of a cleaner who was killed when a st...
Date: 17/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
HSE clampdown to reduce death and injury on Teesside construction sites
Construction sites in Teesside are being put under the safety spotlight as part of an inte...
Date: 17/02/2012 Source: HSE -
HSE clampdown to reduce death and injury on Leicestershire and Rutland construction sites
Construction sites in Leicestershire and Rutland are being put under the safety spotlight ...
Date: 17/02/2012 Source: HSE -
Automotive component manufacturer fined after worker loses fingers
A firm specialising in manufacturing rubber components for the automotive industry has bee...
Date: 17/02/2012 Source: HSE -
Carriage of Dangerous Goods Prohibition Notices – September/October 2011
Carriage of Dangerous Goods Prohibition Notices issued by Police, Vehicle & Operator S...
Date: 17/02/2012 Source: HSE -
HSE clampdown to reduce death and injury on Lincolnshire construction sites
Construction sites in Lincolnshire are being put under the safety spotlight as part of an ...
Date: 17/02/2012 Source: HSE -
HSE Board agenda 7 December 2011 – Presentation added
Presentation by Dr Lesley Rushton, ‘Estimation of the Burden of Cancer in Great Brit...
Date: 17/02/2012 Source: HSE -
HSE clampdown to reduce death and injury on Tyneside construction sites
Construction sites in Tyneside are being put under the safety spotlight as part of an inte...
Date: 17/02/2012 Source: HSE -
Gas engineer left pub kitchen at risk
A gas engineer from Ascot has been fined for work he carried out on a commercial catering ...
Date: 17/02/2012 Source: HSE -
Q4 2011 LLC reports – Wylfa and Dounreay
Local Liaison Committee reports for the period 1 October to 31 December (Q4) 2011 Wylfa an...
Date: 17/02/2012 Source: HSE -
HSE clampdown to reduce death and injury on Scottish construction sites
Construction sites across Scotland are being put under the safety spotlight as part of an ...
Date: 17/02/2012 Source: HSE -
HSE clampdown to reduce death and injury on Nottinghamshire construction sites
Construction sites in Nottinghamshire are being put under the safety spotlight as part of ...
Date: 17/02/2012 Source: HSE -
Pub demolition site 'not secured'
A contractor has been prosecuted after dangerous conditions were found at the site of a pu...
Date: 16/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker's fingertip cut off in Stoke
Fenton Magistrates' Court has fined a company £10,000 after a worker lost the tip of his ...
Date: 16/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Scaffolder 'will never work again'
A scaffolder will never again be able to carry out any manual work after he fell seven met...
Date: 16/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Bosses main reason employees leave
Across the globe employees appear to be united in their reasoning for quitting their job -...
Date: 16/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker dislocates arm in machine
A fencing firm has been ordered to pay more than £15,000 after a worker dislocated his el...
Date: 15/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Ferry delayed due to wind damage
A ferry hit the wall of a Scottish harbour in strong winds, causing delays to services. Th...
Date: 15/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Network Rail to spend £5m on brakes
Hundreds of road-rail vehicles are to be fitted with £5 million worth of additional disc ...
Date: 15/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Two companies in court over break
A mechanical fitter suffered a broken foot when a 13kg weight fell from overhead at a fact...
Date: 14/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Fatal farm accident goes to trial
Two men are set to go on trial for health and safety offences relating to the death of a f...
Date: 14/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
New NHS guidelines for bacteria
NHS hospitals should prepare risk assessment plans to determine the threat of pseudomonas ...
Date: 14/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Breach caused grab machine death
The employer of a man who died after being crushed by a grab machine at work has been orde...
Date: 13/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Site accident left girl without dad
The four-year-old daughter of a construction worker killed on site still wonders where her...
Date: 13/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Power switch-off warnings issued
Employers could end up saving thousands of pounds in power bills every year by making sure...
Date: 10/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Shell evacuates platform after leak
Oil giant Shell has said it had to partially evacuate an oil platform in the North Sea ear...
Date: 10/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker died after machine injury
A worker at a company which repairs and maintains railway vehicles died from head injuries...
Date: 9/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Labour MP wants loophole closed
A Labour MP has called for a loophole to be closed that allows companies under investigati...
Date: 9/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
C. diff strategy 'could be wrong'
The approach of hospitals in tackling Clostridium difficile (C. diff) may be flawed, as ne...
Date: 9/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
25,000 more homes to be better protected from flooding
Over 25,000 more homes will be better protected from the devastatin...
Date: 9/02/2012 Source: Environment Agency -
Boat firm fine after worker injured
A boat building firm has been fined £26,666 after one of its employees suffered multiple ...
Date: 8/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
O2 test Olympic contingency plan
As London braces itself for the upcoming Olympics, O2 is holding a flexible work day as pa...
Date: 8/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Lack of bathroom results in fine
A building company has been hit with a £2,000 fine due to not having adequate bathroom fa...
Date: 8/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
New Boeing planes have tail fault
American aerospace company Boeing has admitted that repairs are required to the tail secti...
Date: 8/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Death toll rises at Pakistan site
Rescuers at a collapsed medicine factory in Pakistan have found 18 bodies so far....
Date: 7/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Smartphones cause workplace worries
The use of smartphones and tablet computers has led businesses to worry that their ICT sec...
Date: 6/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Delivery driver crushed to death
A 27-year-old delivery driver was crushed to death after being trapped against his lorry b...
Date: 6/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Young workers stressed by downturn
The younger generation of workers feel isolated, anxious and are seeing their weight chang...
Date: 6/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
40% of officers 'asleep on job'
Almost half the number of officers who work watchkeeping shifts on ships have fallen aslee...
Date: 6/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Workers 'could have died in blaze'
Tata Steel UK has admitted breaching safety regulations after a court heard two workers na...
Date: 6/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Legionnaires' disease tourists die
Saga Holidays have confirmed that two elderly British tourists have died in Spain after co...
Date: 6/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Completion of Olympics environmental works secures green legacy
Eight kilometres of river restored, 4,000 homes protected from floo...
Date: 6/02/2012 Source: Environment Agency -
Study explores neck pain therapies
A study has revealed that people living in richer countries are more likely to have neck p...
Date: 3/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Dundee firms breach safety laws
Three companies in Dundee have been fined a total of £336,000 for breaching workplace hea...
Date: 3/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Jubilee report hails prosperity
A report marking the Queen's Diamond Jubilee says workers are more productive and prospero...
Date: 3/02/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker lost fingers in accident
A leading manufacturing company has been fined £7,000 after an employee suffered a seriou...
Date: 30/01/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Parents 'told of rail deaths plea'
The father of a teenager killed with her friend at a level crossing in Essex claims Networ...
Date: 30/01/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Fine after excavator hits M1 bridge
A firm has been fined almost £13,000 after health and safety experts found that lack of t...
Date: 30/01/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Experts back mediation pilot scheme
Employment experts have backed efforts to keep workplace rows out of the tribunal courts....
Date: 30/01/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Oil rig firm protected from claims
Transocean Ltd, the rig owner involved in drilling the well which blew out in the Gulf of ...
Date: 27/01/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Chemical leak at Highland factory
A woman was sent to hospital after she was exposed to ammonia at a Scottish industrial fac...
Date: 27/01/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Environment Agency moves to stop rivers running dry
New figures released today by the Environment Agency show that rive...
Date: 27/01/2012 Source: Environment Agency -
Fuel pumped from Costa Concordia
As the search for guests on board the sunken Costa Concordia continues, experts are prepar...
Date: 24/01/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Infants 'left alone in classroom'
Young children were left alone in a classroom amid confusion over whether a supply teacher...
Date: 23/01/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Airbus wing safety checks ordered
Airlines have been ordered to carry out safety checks after cracks were found in the wing ...
Date: 23/01/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
HSE prosecutes social care group
Health and safety chiefs launched a prosecution against a social care group after one of i...
Date: 20/01/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker's finger severed by machine
The guard of a machine that caused an accident in which a plastics firm worker severed his...
Date: 20/01/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker dies at cement works factory
A maintenance worker has died at the Cemex UK factory in Warwickshire. ...
Date: 20/01/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Carnival plans cruise safety review
Costa Cruises' parent company has announced plans to review safety and response procedures...
Date: 20/01/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
30% 'turn up for work when ill'
A report has warned that the high number of people who still go into work when they are il...
Date: 19/01/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker killed by 1.4 tonne beam
The death of a worker killed when a 1.4 tonne beam struck him has resulted in a £180,000 ...
Date: 17/01/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Site worker died after beam fall
A businessman has been fined a six-figure sum after a labourer died in a fall at an indust...
Date: 17/01/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Exploding tyre killed worker: court
An exploding tyre killed a 48-year-old mechanic at Ipswich Docks as he was trying to remov...
Date: 17/01/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker loses fingers in machine
A machine operator lost part of three fingers during an accident at a door-making plant in...
Date: 16/01/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Roofer fined over lack of safety
A roofer who was photographed by a health and safety inspector working with nothing to sto...
Date: 16/01/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Workers 'put at risk by gas cloud'
A gas company has been fined £17,000 after employees were put at risk by a large cloud of...
Date: 12/01/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Man sentenced over illegal gas work
A plumber has pleaded guilty to installing and working on a gas boiler despite not being l...
Date: 12/01/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Thorntons hit with factory fine
Thorntons, the high street chocolate chain, has been made to pay more than £27,000 after ...
Date: 12/01/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Council admits breaches at schools
Two schools are among the locations of health and safety breaches committed by a local aut...
Date: 11/01/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
No risk assessment cost firm dearly
A Derbyshire firm has been fined £24,000 after a forklift truck driver suffered serious b...
Date: 10/01/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker cleaning gun shoots himself
A staff member at a butcher's shop in Derbyshire has accidentally shot himself in the stom...
Date: 6/01/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Tanker crewman dies after storm
A tanker crew member has died after the vessel was hit by a large wave off the coast of th...
Date: 5/01/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Older police cars 'are a danger'
An expert has called for "ancient Land Rovers" used by the police to be scrapped as they a...
Date: 4/01/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Legionnaires' found at Hong Kong HQ
Officials are disinfecting Hong Kong's new government headquarters building after the bact...
Date: 3/01/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Faulty tractor crushes farmworker
A tractor with a faulty handbrake ended up running over the farmworker who was driving it,...
Date: 3/01/2012 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Woman rescued as car is swept away by floods
Environment Agency officers today leapt into action to rescue a wom...
Date: 3/01/2012 Source: Environment Agency -
Environment Agency tracks alien invaders
The Environment Agency is using radio transmitters to locate and tr...
Date: 30/12/2011 Source: Environment Agency -
Unwanted Christmas trees provide festive flood defences
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Date: 28/12/2011 Source: Environment Agency -
Unguarded machinery killed worker
US corporation Kimberly-Clarke has been fined for safety failures at a toilet-paper factor...
Date: 22/12/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Apprentice regulations 'removed'
More people will be able to apply for apprenticeships in the new year as health and safety...
Date: 20/12/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Rig shutdown after drill fluid leak
A drilling rig off the US coast has been shut down after a leak....
Date: 20/12/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Queens green energy scheme nears completion
The day when Windsor Castle is powered by green energy came a step ...
Date: 20/12/2011 Source: Environment Agency -
Russian oil rig sinks in heavy seas
Rescuers are continuing their search for 46 men who are still unaccounted for following th...
Date: 19/12/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Electrical fireball engulfs workers
Two workers became engulfed by a fireball after cutting through a 1,000-volt electrical ca...
Date: 19/12/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Mental health at work guide issued
New research saying only 40% of workers would feel confident telling their boss about a me...
Date: 19/12/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Beached cargo ship leaking fuel
A cargo ship has been beached in north-west France and is leaking fuel....
Date: 19/12/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Virtual jobs to end office parties?
The traditional office Christmas party could be a thing of the past within the next 25 yea...
Date: 13/12/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Contractor 'lost fingers in pump'
A heating contractor lost two fingers after his hand was dragged into the running belts of...
Date: 13/12/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Boy hurt in building site accident
A young boy was seriously injured when timber trusses fell on him on a building site in Sc...
Date: 13/12/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker severs three fingers on saw
A worker had three fingers severed in an accident at a factory in the North West, a court ...
Date: 13/12/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Case for change: Drought to be commonplace by 2050s
Water shortages will be common if current system is not overhauled,...
Date: 12/12/2011 Source: Environment Agency -
UK employees work longer than most
The average full-time worker in the UK will work more hours per week than most of their Eu...
Date: 9/12/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Stricken cargo ship crew rescued
The crew of a small cargo ship that were forced to abandon the vessel after it collided wi...
Date: 9/12/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Neales gets £15,000 fine after fall
Blackburn magistrates have fined a waste collection company £15,000 after a worker fell f...
Date: 9/12/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Conveyor belt accident firm fined
A chemical firm has been ordered to pay out over £16,000 after a worker narrowly avoided ...
Date: 8/12/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Cherry picker death firms fined
Fines totalling £60,000 have been issued after a worker using a cherry picker on a busy L...
Date: 8/12/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
New taskforce will tackle illegal waste sites that blight communities
A specialist environmental crime taskforce which will blitz illegal...
Date: 8/12/2011 Source: Environment Agency -
Firms neglecting disaster recovery
A survey has found that just over four in 10 UK businesses were unsure when their disaster...
Date: 7/12/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Mail staff 'must not accept tips'
Royal Mail staff must decline gifts or tips worth more than £30, the company has announce...
Date: 6/12/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Court to rule on asbestos payouts
A Supreme Court hearing to determine when companies are liable for damages relating to asb...
Date: 5/12/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Fall proves costly for builders
Fines have been handed to a contractor and a North Yorkshire building firm after an employ...
Date: 2/12/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Over-indulgence 'leads to absences'
Over-indulgence is the main reason for staff being off work during the festive season, acc...
Date: 1/12/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Fire destroys industrial estate
People were asked to stay indoors as a huge fire swept through an industrial estate in Bas...
Date: 1/12/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Workers hurt in walkway collapse
Two contractors have been injured after a gangway collapsed at HMS Belfast in London. ...
Date: 30/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Environment Agency moves to manage scarce water supplies across Eastern England
Action continues to manage water resources as England remains dry ...
Date: 28/11/2011 Source: Environment Agency -
Firm fined after man loses fingers
A company has been fined £15,000 after a worker lost two fingers and suffered severe dama...
Date: 25/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Rail deaths prosecution planned
A prosecution is being brought against Network Rail over the deaths of two teenage girls h...
Date: 25/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Bosses in court over firemen deaths
Three fire service managers have been bailed until next year after appearing in court char...
Date: 25/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Mistakes led to helicopter deaths
A problem was highlighted with a North Sea helicopter a week before it crashed killing 16 ...
Date: 24/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Scaffolding crashed in strong winds
The collapse of scaffolding in strong winds, which badly damaging parked cars, has resulte...
Date: 22/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Sick leave big problem for UK firms
A soon to-be-published-report looking at ways of slashing the £60 billion cost of poor he...
Date: 21/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Explosion at Chinese plant kills 14
Fourteen people have died and five more have been hurt in a blast at a Chinese chemical fa...
Date: 21/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Train overshot on slippery railway
A passenger train shot nearly two-and-a-half miles past its scheduled stop on slippery rai...
Date: 18/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Brazil spill 'bigger than claimed'
An offshore oil spill being investigated by the Brazilian Federal Police is said to be muc...
Date: 18/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Staff pressured to be visible: poll
Two-fifths of workers feel under pressure to be seen at work in a growing trend that has b...
Date: 18/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
BP probation 'should be revoked'
Oil giant BP has repeatedly broken environmental laws on the North Slope of Alaska, federa...
Date: 18/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Mineshaft delay 'accelerated death'
A woman's death in a mineshift was "accelerated" by a delay in her rescue, a sheriff has r...
Date: 18/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Chicken firm in court over fall
A chicken processing firm has been prosecuted after one of its employees broke his back in...
Date: 16/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Chemical associated with Parkinsons
Individuals exposed to an industrial chemical have been found to have a six-fold increased...
Date: 15/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Finger severed at health food site
A worker lost his finger in the rotating blades of a blender at a health food factory afte...
Date: 15/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Boss charged over mining deaths
Criminal charges have been brought against the ex chief executive of a New Zealand coal fi...
Date: 15/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Hoarding postman faces court
Over 30,000 items including birthday cards, Christmas presents and medical results were no...
Date: 11/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Workers reveal time lost to errors
Three quarters of workers have said they waste up to two hours every week because they do ...
Date: 11/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Mine blast charges filed in NZ
New Zealand's Labour Department has filed 25 criminal charges relating to the Pike River c...
Date: 10/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Chinese mine blast kills 19 miners
Hundreds of emergency services workers are attempting to save 24 missing miners in China a...
Date: 10/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker fined over scaffolding
A roof worker was fined after he and a colleague were caught on camera working on a part o...
Date: 9/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Building site safety 'needs review'
Building sites have been urged to launch a review of safety procedures after a man was cru...
Date: 9/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Happy workers save company £70k
Helping employees to tackle their health concerns and stress levels can slash absentee rat...
Date: 9/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Lack of insurance cover costs firm
The failure to insure its employees against liability for injury or disease has cost a Cor...
Date: 9/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Fishing safety study follows deaths
The dangers facing fishermen were highlighted in a report which said lone fishermen need c...
Date: 9/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Handyman subjected to asbestos
A handyman was subjected to asbestos-containing material when he carried out maintenance w...
Date: 9/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Roofer in court over fatal fall
The director of a roofing company has pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety regula...
Date: 7/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Few tribunals on flexible working
A relatively small number of employment tribunal claims are based on accusations that empl...
Date: 7/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Lloyds' role in UAE rail project
Lloyd's Register EMEA is to oversee the safety of a new rail line being built in the Unite...
Date: 4/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Network Rail blamed for crash death
The daughter of a woman killed in the Grayrigg train crash has blamed Network Rail for her...
Date: 4/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Lecturers 'stressed by workloads'
University lecturers are becoming more stressed due to heavy workloads, research has revea...
Date: 4/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Workers rescued after mine cave-in
Three mine workers have been rescued following a cave-in which saw them trapped undergroun...
Date: 3/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Yoga may ease chronic back pain
Recent research has shown that yoga can often prove more effective in treating chronic bac...
Date: 3/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Woman lost two fingers in machine
A Greater Manchester woman lost two fingers in a workplace accident because of a failure t...
Date: 3/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Qantas jet sabotage probe launched
Police in Australia are investigating the suspected sabotage of a Qantas passenger jet ami...
Date: 2/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Number of deaths at work increases
Workplace deaths have increased in number over the last year but the amount of injuries su...
Date: 2/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Inquest told of rail safety backlog
An inquest into the fatal Grayrigg express train derailment has been told a backlog of mai...
Date: 2/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Man drops unfair dismissal claim
A man who lost his job as a railway worker after contravening health and safety policy by ...
Date: 2/11/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Man loses fingers in feed conveyor
An animal feed producer has been fined £7,000 after a worker lost two fingers on his left...
Date: 31/10/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Workers exposed to asbestos fibres
A South Wales building contractor has been fined £12,000 after its employees were exposed...
Date: 28/10/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker killed in crane accident
A manufacturing worker died instantly when a 1.5 tonne structure became dislodged and fell...
Date: 28/10/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Safety upgrades called for farming
An MP has urged farmers and crofters to take care at work after new figures showed that ag...
Date: 27/10/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Workers exposed to hazardous fumes
A firm has been fined after workers were exposed to hazardous fumes at a plant in the Nort...
Date: 27/10/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Scottish winter campaign launched
A winter preparation campaign has been launched in Scotland in an attempt to avoid the sam...
Date: 26/10/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Club death investigation continues
In light of an investigation into the death of a student, a Northampton nightclub has had ...
Date: 25/10/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Builders 'need to improve safety'
Construction companies are being urged to improve their record of workplace safety by taki...
Date: 25/10/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Builder admits asbestos laws breach
A £19,300 fine has been imposed on a London builder who admitted breaching rules on asbes...
Date: 14/10/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Builder fitted unsafe gas fire
A builder who carried out unsafe work on a gas fire has been ordered to do 240 hours of co...
Date: 14/10/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
£8k fine after malt worker lost leg
A malt company has been fined £8,000 after part of a worker's leg had to be amputated bec...
Date: 13/10/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Staff 'unhappier as jobs lost'
Workers are getting more and more unhappy as jobs continue to be lost and pay rises are "f...
Date: 12/10/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker lost thumb in farm accident
A farmer has been fined £14,000 after a worker's hand was disfigured in an agricultural a...
Date: 12/10/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
BP submits spill contingency plan
Oil giant BP has presented the Government with its "worst case scenario" oil pollution con...
Date: 12/10/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Oil spill captain held and charged
The captain of a cargo ship leaking oil off New Zealand has been arrested and charged, as ...
Date: 12/10/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Back pain warning to office workers
Staff who spend all day in offices sat behind desks must remember to consider how to avoid...
Date: 11/10/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Marquee worker killed by cable
Leading figures in fashionable society who hosted Elizabeth Hurley's wedding have been hit...
Date: 10/10/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker dies fixing production line
A fine of £100,000 has been issued to a County Durham engineering firm, following the dea...
Date: 10/10/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Co-op flu jabs for 100,000 workers
More than 100,000 Co-operative Group workers are to be provided with free jabs by Europe's...
Date: 7/10/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Stress 'main reason for sick leave'
The main reason for long-term sick leave across British industry has emerged as stress for...
Date: 7/10/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
NR fined for footbridge collapse
The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) has criticised Network Rail (NR) for failing to carry ...
Date: 5/10/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Trains cancelled due to rail fire
One of Britain's major rail routes was closed due to a fire near Peterborough station with...
Date: 3/10/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Fork lift accident figures revealed
The UK's road freight industry has seen a 237% increase in lift truck-related injuries to ...
Date: 30/09/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Shell refinery blaze under control
Royal Dutch Shell has finally managed to douse a devastating fire that raged at its 500,00...
Date: 30/09/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Mast worker injuries result in fine
A worker was seriously injured while dismantling a radar mast in the Shetlands, an inciden...
Date: 29/09/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Man dies after tyre blast at firm
A man has died in hospital after a tyre explosion at a small family business in Wales....
Date: 29/09/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Coal firm in court over miner death
UK Coal, which runs the North Yorkshire pit where a miner died this week, is due in court ...
Date: 29/09/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Poor safety blamed for drowning
Insufficient safety precautions cost a worker his life, after a man clearing debris at a p...
Date: 29/09/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Yorkshire miner dies in rock fall
An investigation will be launched after a man died in the second mining tragedy to hit the...
Date: 29/09/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Safety warning for Merseyside firms
Merseyside construction firms must maintain their safety focus, according to a father of t...
Date: 27/09/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Man hurt in scaffolding tower fall
An electrical and refrigeration services company has been prosecuted after one of its empl...
Date: 27/09/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Man dies at Jaguar Land Rover plant
A man has died after an incident at a car manufacturing site in Merseyside. ...
Date: 27/09/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Mine accident tests rescue crews
The deaths of four workers at a colliery in south Wales not only highlighted the safety ri...
Date: 19/09/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Mine accident reveals safety risks
The accident at Gleision Colliery near Swansea highlights the ongoing safety risks faced b...
Date: 16/09/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Monitors to detect trapped miners
Rescuers hoping to free trapped miners at a colliery in the Swansea Valley have brought in...
Date: 16/09/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Directors ignored safety notices
Two company directors have been fined after they repeatedly ignored safety notices....
Date: 16/09/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Rubber sandals ban for NHS workers
People who work in hospitals in Wales have been banned from wearing Croc-style shoes on sh...
Date: 15/09/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
BP at fault for oil spill - report
A new report has placed much of the blame for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill firmly on BP...
Date: 15/09/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
MEP vote backs oil safety plans
A report by a Conservative MEP which demands better safety standards on oil rigs has been ...
Date: 14/09/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Site boss rebuke over drill injury
A site manager from Oldham has been fined £3,000 and ordered to pay a further £2,388 in ...
Date: 13/09/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Fireworks factory blast kills six
Six people have died following an explosion at a fireworks factory in Italy. The blaze in ...
Date: 13/09/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Guard asleep during prisoner visit
A prison officer in charge of monitoring an inmate in a high-security wing was caught slee...
Date: 13/09/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
ICU burnout 'cut by female nurses'
Research has suggested that filling critical care teams with more women than men helps pre...
Date: 7/09/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Oil and gas firms discuss safety
Delegates representing the oil and gas industry have been talking about how to clean up sp...
Date: 7/09/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Healthcare staff urged over flu jab
Nurses and midwives are being urged to get the flu jab after figures showed they were the ...
Date: 6/09/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker knocked over by vehicle
A recycling firm has been fined £3,500 after a worker was knocked to the ground by a reve...
Date: 6/09/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Far too much dust at work, says TUC
The "totally inadequate" standards for assessing the level of dust in UK workplaces need t...
Date: 6/09/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
'Fast prosecutions' for work deaths
Speeded-up prosecutions over the deaths of workers are on the cards....
Date: 5/09/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Ambulance crews top sick day list
The Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust has the highest rate of sickness, according to offic...
Date: 2/09/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Corporate manslaughter law amended
A change in the law means which means those responsible for prisoners and vulnerable peopl...
Date: 2/09/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Flexible working 'eases stress'
Offering flexible work can help businesses reduce stress levels among employees, according...
Date: 1/09/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Report reveals nurse injury figures
The past three years have seen more than 8,800 serious industrial injuries to nurses repor...
Date: 1/09/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Fairground accident prompts inquiry
A fairground accident in which a grandmother and granddaughter were badly hurt when thrown...
Date: 31/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Workers 'would swap pay for breaks'
A recruitment firm has revealed that a third of workers would prefer to swap pay for more ...
Date: 31/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Man died in 'preventable' accident
An "entirely foreseeable accident" led to the death of a demolition worker, the Health and...
Date: 31/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Polish worker wins 'Borat' tribunal
An engineer has been awarded £2,250 in compensation after a tribunal ruled his nickname B...
Date: 30/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Crewman ill on fishing boat dies
An investigation has been launched by police after a man who became unwell while on a fish...
Date: 30/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firms 'promote open plan working'
Businesses are increasingly adopting open plan working environments, according to an exper...
Date: 30/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Builders injured on school site
Four builders have been seriously injured during work on a school in Shropshire, emergency...
Date: 26/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Health and safety review launched
IOSH has welcomed a new review aimed at improving the rules surrounding health and safety ...
Date: 24/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Boy's Camelot ride fall probed
Health and safety officials have launched an investigation after a 12-year-old boy fell fr...
Date: 24/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Gadgets 'disrupt productivity'
Giving staff hi-tech gadgets to improve workplace performances may backfire on bosses....
Date: 23/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Deadly spiders invade workplace
Jet engine workers are having to share their workspace with a lethal arachnid....
Date: 23/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
China to probe train safety fears
Chinese authorities have decided to re-examine the safety aspects of the country's scandal...
Date: 23/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
A third 'skip lunch breaks at work'
Nearly a third of employees skip lunch breaks at work, especially when they are busy, a su...
Date: 23/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Fine after forklift crushes worker
A food product manufacturing firm has been been fined £100,000 after admitting health and...
Date: 23/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Bid to stop oil leak 'progressing'
Shell has said it is making "good progress" towards stopping an oil leak in the North Sea....
Date: 19/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Many teachers abused on internet
One in every three teachers admit either they or a colleague have been abused online, most...
Date: 19/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Chemical worker dies after collapse
A man has died in hospital after collapsing inside a chemical tank he was working in, acco...
Date: 19/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Oil spill 'transparency needed'
The Shell oil company must be less secretive after one of its wells burst, leaking 200 ton...
Date: 18/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Recycling worker crushed by skips
An Ayr-based recycling company has admitted liability after one of its workers suffered a ...
Date: 18/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Employee's thumb severed in saw
An employee caught his hand in a circular saw while working at a timber firm, a court has ...
Date: 18/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Asbestos fibres released in city
Asbestos fibres were released during an office renovation project in Birmingham city centr...
Date: 16/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker in fatal fall from roof
A worker fell to his death while repairing a satellite dish on a property's roof, a court ...
Date: 16/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Fire occurs at Glasgow fire station
Firefighters based at Polmadie Community Fire Station in Glasgow have tackled a blaze at t...
Date: 15/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Hunt for workers in asbestos scare
Health officials are hoping to trace maintenance workers who may have been exposed to asbe...
Date: 15/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Asbestos fine for Norfolk firm
The inability to safely manage asbestos removal work at a renovation site in Great Yarmout...
Date: 12/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Falling masonry kills pedestrian
Police have said that a man died after being hit by a falling piece of masonry in south Lo...
Date: 12/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Windscreen crack diverts plane
A plane flying from Cornwall to Scotland was forced to make an unscheduled landing in Dubl...
Date: 11/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Train staff forced to clean toilets
A Japanese train company which forced its drivers to clean toilets as a punishment is payi...
Date: 10/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Riot helpline for retail sector
A helpline has been set up to advise retail employers on how they can best support staff w...
Date: 10/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Drivers suspended over seat swap
Two drivers have been suspended after allegedly swapping control of a coach travelling at ...
Date: 9/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Gas fitter fined for boiler breach
A gas fitting firm has been fined after leaving a boiler in a potentially dangerous state ...
Date: 9/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Back pain linked to nutrient flow
A study has revealed that a lack of nutrients flowing to disc cells could lead to back dam...
Date: 9/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Police name man killed at factory
Police have named a man who died at a Merseyside factory at the weekend....
Date: 8/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Printer's hand crushed by machine
An Ipswich-based printing firm has been fined £7,500 and ordered to pay £8,272 costs aft...
Date: 8/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Toxic spill fears spark evacuation
Populated areas around a storm-hit chemical plant on the north-eastern coast of China are ...
Date: 8/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
UCATT calls to cut skin cancer risk
The construction industry must take "decisive action" to reduce the risk of workers develo...
Date: 5/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Wall collapse designer prosecuted
A man is to be charged with gross negligence manslaughter after a wall he designed crushed...
Date: 5/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Mother's fingers crushed by rollers
A mother-of-three lost three fingers when her hand was crushed in a machine at a napkin an...
Date: 4/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
GPs praise for fit to work notes
Fit notes have helped GPs to encourage more patients back to work, a survey shows....
Date: 4/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
London 2012 security tests underway
Police in London have begun testing staff and equipment ahead of the huge security operati...
Date: 2/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Chemical fire 'caused by explosion'
Aerosols were sent flying into the sky during a chemical fire at a site in Crewe, a court ...
Date: 1/08/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Homemade harness brings £8,000 fine
An agricultural contractor has been fined a total of £8,000 after using a homemade harnes...
Date: 18/07/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
School in court over worker's fall
A caretaker was injured after he fell just under two metres while working on the side of a...
Date: 18/07/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Total investigate gas terminal leak
Oil and gas company Total is investigating after a leak at one of its terminal in Aberdeen...
Date: 15/07/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined after truck falls on man
An accident in Nottingham which left a worker with long-term impaired vision when a truck ...
Date: 15/07/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Workmen injured in 15ft plunge
Two workmen were injured after they fell more than 15ft while refurbishing a store in west...
Date: 13/07/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Welsh clamp down on smoking in cars
A new health campaign in Wales is aiming to crack down on smoking in cars. Backed by the W...
Date: 13/07/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Youngsters die in warehouse fire
Three children have died in a fire that occurred at a warehouse in central China. In total...
Date: 13/07/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Death of worker leads to fines
Two firms have been ordered to pay nearly £50,000 after a worker fell through a rooflight...
Date: 12/07/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Finger injured in machine accident
A female worker fractured and burned one of her fingers while working on a welding machine...
Date: 12/07/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker loses finger in accident
A worker lost a finger and severely damaged his hand after it was pulled into machinery at...
Date: 11/07/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Building ceiling collapses on man
A man was injured after going back into a partly demolished building moments before the ce...
Date: 11/07/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Law change to help accident victims
New laws that overhaul Scotland's workplace compensation system have come into force, whic...
Date: 7/07/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
EU bans seeds over E.coli risk
Seeds from Egypt which are commonly used as a herb and in Indian curries have been banned ...
Date: 6/07/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Call to extend mental health scheme
The British Medical Association has called for a confidential service supporting doctors w...
Date: 4/07/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
HSE boss attacks "daft" use of laws
Health and safety legislation should not be used as a "convenient excuse" to ban harmless ...
Date: 4/07/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Dangerous coaches taken off roads
A trio of buses, which had been carrying children in the east of Scotland, have been remov...
Date: 29/06/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
People with MS 'lack work support'
The UK is not doing enough to support people with MS who want to stay in work, according t...
Date: 27/06/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Pensioner dies after care home fall
A care home company has been fined £100,000 in connection with the death of an elderly re...
Date: 27/06/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Funds for nasal cancer risk study
Research examining the connection between working with wood dust and nasal cancer has secu...
Date: 27/06/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Man jailed for hospital bomb hoax
An "attention-seeking" hospital security guard has been jailed for a bomb hoax....
Date: 24/06/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Deaths spark HSE diving warning
The separate deaths of two men who were diving for shellfish has prompted a warning from t...
Date: 24/06/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Workers 'lack confidence in bosses'
A new report has claimed that the majority of UK employees regularly have to take decision...
Date: 23/06/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Health trust issues clothing rules
A new uniform policy at a health trust has banned staff from wearing "inappropriate" cloth...
Date: 23/06/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Rolls-Royce pays for engine scare
Rolls-Royce has reached a 95 million Australian dollar (£62 million) settlement with Qant...
Date: 23/06/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
HSE anger over Murray Mount closure
Wimbledon chiefs have been criticised by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for their d...
Date: 23/06/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firms breach health and safety laws
Two firms have paid out a combined total of £20,000 in fines and court fees after a worke...
Date: 23/06/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Parcel firm's cargo screening ban
Parcel company UPS has been banned from screening air cargo at some UK sites after a revie...
Date: 17/06/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
One in three workers 'bullied'
One in three workers have being the victim of workplace bullying, with many too scared to ...
Date: 15/06/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Pit managers cleared over death
A judge has ordered that two pit managers who faced court following the 2006 death of a co...
Date: 15/06/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
'Unsafe' scaffolding sparks fine
A scaffolding firm has been ordered to pay out thousands of pounds after part of a structu...
Date: 6/06/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker pulled through five-inch gap
Two firms have pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety rules after a worker miraculo...
Date: 6/06/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Farms under pressure over MRSA fear
The identification of a new strain of MRSA in humans and cows has added to pressure for a ...
Date: 6/06/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Killer E.coli is new toxic mutant
Scientists say the E.coli bacteria causing the killer food-poisoning outbreak across Europ...
Date: 3/06/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Four die in 'tragic' refinery blast
Four people have been killed in a "tragic industrial accident" at an oil refinery in west ...
Date: 3/06/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
New MRSA strain found in cows' milk
Scientists have warned that a new strain of the MRSA superbug has been found in the milk o...
Date: 3/06/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
100 more sick from E.coli outbreak
Over the last 36 hours there has been a surge in the number of people in Germany who have ...
Date: 2/06/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Call to adopt healthy lifestyles
Employers could save nearly £3 billion a year by 2025 if workers reduce their alcohol con...
Date: 31/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Workers faced risk of flats fall
A property firm has been fined £18,000 for endangering two men working on the sixth floor...
Date: 31/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
HSE: animal centre must improve
A Surrey animal health laboratory at the centre of a foot-and-mouth outbreak four years ag...
Date: 27/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Father of nine crushed by building
A father of nine was crushed to death when part of a building fell on him in central Londo...
Date: 25/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Guard killed by carbon monoxide
Fines totalling £90,000 have been handed to a construction company and a security firm ma...
Date: 25/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker 'fell 10ft through roof'
A Kent builder has been fined after an employee fell more than 10ft through a garage roof....
Date: 25/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Fine after worker's fingers severed
A Derbyshire-based paper company has been fined £15,000 after a worker's hand was severel...
Date: 23/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Chemical firm prosecuted over spill
A court has fined a chemical firm £150,000 after solvents and contaminated waste water sp...
Date: 23/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Roofer 'worked without supports'
A roofer has been fined after one of his workers was spotted power-washing the roof of a s...
Date: 23/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Guide helps firms with age issues
A new guide to help employers tackle any age-related issues they may face has been launche...
Date: 20/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
£120k fine over fatal electrocution
A Herefordshire-based farming firm has been fined £120,000 after a worker received an ele...
Date: 20/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Gas man 'not on safety register'
A man has been prosecuted by health and safety chiefs for carrying out work at an elderly ...
Date: 19/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Two-tonne stone slabs fell on man
A granite company and one of its directors have been fined a total of £10,000 after an em...
Date: 19/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Alternative treatment 'not offered'
One in three GPs are not offering patients suffering from back pain the full choice of rec...
Date: 19/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Loose granite panel disrupts MSPs
Members of the Scottish Parliament have had their restaurant closed after a granite slab o...
Date: 18/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Girl thrown off fairground ride
A fairground ride owner has been fined £10,000 after a young girl was thrown from a ride ...
Date: 18/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Work accident leads to £50,000 fine
A steel firm has been fined £50,000 after a man lost two fingers in an accident in Cardif...
Date: 18/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Bakery workers 'contracting asthma'
The Government has revealed that a total of 18 workers every year contract asthma from bei...
Date: 18/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Organiser blamed for park deaths
A High Court judge has ruled that the arts organisation responsible for an inflatable stru...
Date: 18/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker 'fell to death from chimney'
A Nottingham steeplejack firm has been fined £100,000 after a worker fell to his death fr...
Date: 18/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Jet crash 'black box' recovered
The investigation into what caused an Air France jet to crash into the Atlantic almost two...
Date: 17/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Women 'feel sexism is still rife'
Nearly half of women have experienced sexism at the workplace and many feel they are still...
Date: 16/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Workers 'scared to admit stress'
Work is the most stressful aspect of people's lives, but many employees fear they may lose...
Date: 16/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
NR fined £3m over Potters Bar crash
Network Rail (NR) has been fined £3 million for safety failings over the Potters Bar cras...
Date: 13/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Sickness absence 'rose last year'
Research has shown that the number of sick days taken by people last year rose slightly....
Date: 13/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Managers warned over eye tests
Fleet managers must do more to ensure that their company drivers undergo regular eyesight ...
Date: 13/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over falling steel rings
A pipe coupling manufacturer has been fined a total of £25,000 after steel flange rings f...
Date: 13/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over severed fingers
A play equipment manufacturer has been fined £4,700 after a worker suffered a severe hand...
Date: 13/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined for ignoring warnings
A company that put its workers' lives in danger by ignoring two warnings about poorly main...
Date: 13/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined after safety failings
A home building firm has been fined £10,000 after safety concerns at a construction site ...
Date: 11/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Employment rights to be reviewed
Laws concerning discrimination in the workplace and and the requirement for companies to c...
Date: 11/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker paralysed after lift fall
A worker was left paralysed from the waist down after he was knocked from a scissor lift, ...
Date: 11/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
£20,000 fine over barrier accident
A car mat manufacturer has been fined £20,000 after a worker suffered fatal head injuries...
Date: 11/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Man fined for gas check failure
A Nuneaton man has been handed a six-month jail term suspended for a year after he repeate...
Date: 11/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Engineering firm fined over death
A Staffordshire engineering firm has been fined £40,000 after a worker was crushed to dea...
Date: 9/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Call over nuclear plant cancer fear
Fears that small children living near a nuclear power station have a greater chance of suf...
Date: 9/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm and worker fined over death
A Buckinghamshire-based plant hire firm and one of its workers have been fined a total of ...
Date: 9/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over fatal hotel blaze
A firm has been fined £80,000 following a blaze at a Cornwall hotel in which three people...
Date: 9/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Farm owners fined over hurt worker
A worker's fall through the fragile roof of a barn, resulting in multiple injuries, has br...
Date: 6/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
£80,000 fine for blaze hotel owners
The owners of a hotel that burned to the ground in what firefighters called the worst hote...
Date: 6/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Workers 'taking fewer sick days'
Sickness absence is continuing to fall among UK employees, with the average worker taking ...
Date: 5/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Shell guilty over gas plant blast
Oil giant Shell has been prosecuted after it admitted responsibility for an explosion and ...
Date: 5/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Roofing boss fined over safety
A roofing boss whose workers removed tiles without scaffolding or safety barriers has been...
Date: 4/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Land Rover fined in vibrations case
Land Rover has been ordered to pay more than £80,000 for failing to take into account the...
Date: 4/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
BP pay out over Alaska oil spill
BP Alaska, a subsidiary of the oil giant, has agreed to pay a 25 million dollar (£16 mill...
Date: 4/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Air France crash black box found
Investigators have located and recovered the flight data recorder of a 2009 Air France fli...
Date: 3/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Nestle Purina handed accident fine
A fine of £50,000 has been imposed on petcare firm Nestle Purina after a malfunction in a...
Date: 3/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Grain firm fined over worker fall
A fine of £4,000 has been imposed on an animal grain company after one of its workers suf...
Date: 3/05/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Woodworker fined over unguarded saw
A woodworker has been fined £4,000 after risking serious injury to himself and an employe...
Date: 27/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
£4,000 fine for worker fall firm
A court has imposed a fine of £4,000 on a welding company after one of its workers sustai...
Date: 27/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Stressed teachers suicidal - union
Work-related stress among teachers has shot up and has lead to some even contemplating sui...
Date: 27/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
28% of teachers 'bullied at work'
"Deep concern" has been raised over new research that reveals the extent to which teachers...
Date: 21/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Teachers win millions in payouts
A teacher won £200,000 in compensation after slipping on a grape last year and another wa...
Date: 21/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Crew evacuated from swamped rig
Nineteen crew members from a swamped mobile rig - Vagant - in the North Sea have been evac...
Date: 20/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Asbestos case company fined £10,000
A contractor has been fined £10,000 after a "miscommunication" led construction workers t...
Date: 20/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Royal wedding day off 'uncertain'
A quarter of office workers do not yet know if they will get the day off for the royal wed...
Date: 20/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Gas workers fined over fittings
A gas fitter and his employer have been sentenced over a spate of installation and registr...
Date: 20/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Group voices school asbestos fears
A campaign group has outlined "worrying" failings in the management of asbestos in schools...
Date: 20/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Drink-drive ambulance man goes free
A drink-driving ambulance driver who was involved in a seven-vehicle pile-up after answeri...
Date: 18/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Nurses call for annual health MOT
Nurses have called for a yearly health and well-being check up....
Date: 15/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Steel firm fined over crush injury
A steel firm has been fined after a court heard it is unlikely a worker will ever walk aga...
Date: 15/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Sleeping controller is suspended
A US air traffic controller has been suspended after falling asleep while a medical flight...
Date: 15/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firms fined over safety failures
Two firms have been fined a total of £400,000 for breaking health and safety rules after ...
Date: 13/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm rapped for worker roof plunge
A catalogue of safety failings has been blamed for a worker breaking his back in a roof fa...
Date: 13/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Dish cloths ripe for dangerous bugs
Environmental health chiefs have warned about the dangers of dish cloths after research fo...
Date: 13/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Tesco fined £48,000 for breaches
Supermarket giant Tesco has been fined £48,000 after a local authority in Berkshire disco...
Date: 12/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
No wedding bliss for NHS workers
Union leaders have criticised the NHS trusts who have refused to recognise the "spirit" of...
Date: 11/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined after workers poisoned
A Grimsby-based asbestos services firm has been fined £5,000 after three workers suffered...
Date: 11/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Badly hurt worker wins payout case
A worker from Swansea who was badly injured in a 15ft fall while dismantling a disused fac...
Date: 8/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
M&S in court over asbestos claims
Marks & Spencer has been accused of failing to protect customers, workers and staff fr...
Date: 8/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over roof safety breach
A breach of guidelines put in place to prevent injuries at work has cost a roofing contrac...
Date: 8/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Garage boss admits safety failings
The director of a garage has admitted breaching safety regulations relating to the use of ...
Date: 8/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Concerns raised over pilot fatigue
Reports that two cockpit crew members fell asleep at the controls during a long-haul fligh...
Date: 8/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Transocean bosses to donate bonuses
Transocean's top managers have said they will donate their bonuses to help the families of...
Date: 6/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Surya fined after forklift accident
A food processing firm has been fined £9,000 after an employee had his leg broken when he...
Date: 6/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over crane incident
A motor component manufacturer has been fined £20,000 after a worker was injured at its f...
Date: 6/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Gas blast kills 10 miners in China
A gas explosion at a coal mine in north-western China has resulted in the death of 10 peop...
Date: 5/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Council fined over fluid poisoning
A £50,000 fine has been issued to a county council following an incident where a man with...
Date: 5/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Night shifts plea amid health fears
A report has called on the Government to restrict the duration of work shifts during the n...
Date: 4/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined after worker roof plunge
A roofing company based in Taunton has been fined £4,500 after a worker was seriously hur...
Date: 4/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Driver crushed to death by gates
A lorry driver died after steel gates fell on top of him as they were being moved from his...
Date: 4/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Farm business fined after roof fall
A farm business from Nottinghamshire has been fined £4,000 after a worker broke his pelvi...
Date: 4/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
CMI reports lower staff turnovers
The last year saw a lower staff turnover amid rising unemployment as fewer workers resigne...
Date: 1/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Company 'failed to protect staff'
An international firm has been fined £9,000 for risking workers' lives at a site during t...
Date: 1/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Company fined after worker's fall
A Cambridgeshire-based construction firm has been fined a total of £14,000 after a worker...
Date: 1/04/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
NR pleads guilty over Potters Bar
Rail infrastructure company Network Rail (NR) has pleaded guilty to breaching safety regul...
Date: 31/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Fine after man crushed to death
Two aerospace firms have been fined after a worker was crushed to death while transporting...
Date: 30/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker shattered wrist in roof fall
A Telford-based construction company has been fined £20,000 after a worker shattered his ...
Date: 30/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over safety failings
A Wirral-based property maintenance company has been fined £2,000 after workers were disc...
Date: 30/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over saw blade injury
A theme park company has been fined £5,000 after a worker injured his hand on a rotating ...
Date: 28/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Planes land without tower clearance
Two planes were forced to land without clearance at Reagan National Airport in Northern Vi...
Date: 28/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over asbestos breach
A building firm has been fined after it exposed staff to potentially deadly asbestos in De...
Date: 28/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Builder fined over decorations fall
A building company has been hit with a £12,000 fine after Christmas decorations it had be...
Date: 24/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Hotel admits breaches after fire
The owners of a Cornwall hotel that caught fire, leading to the deaths of three people, ha...
Date: 24/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
US worker slides down sewer pipe
A worker has been rescued after he slid nearly 3,000ft down a 6ft diameter sewer pipe at a...
Date: 23/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Scaffolding fall companies fined
Two construction companies have been fined after a woman was seriously injured by falling ...
Date: 23/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firms urged to prepare for crisis
A new survey by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) has found that fewer than half of...
Date: 23/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Crash charges for aerospace giants
A French judge has filed preliminary charges of manslaughter against Air France over a 200...
Date: 23/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firms fined after worker crushed
The death of a worker crushed under a 31-tonne concrete beam has led to two firms being fi...
Date: 21/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined after chemical exposure
A utilities company has been fined £4,000 after a worker suffered sore skin from over-exp...
Date: 21/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Police pay £770,000 over dog bites
People bitten by police dogs have been paid a total of £770,000 in compensation over the ...
Date: 21/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Company fined over electrocution
A roofing firm has been fined £50,000 after a new worker was electrocution while operatin...
Date: 21/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Recycle worker lost arm in accident
A 35-year-old worker at a recycling plant had to have his arm amputated due to a lack of s...
Date: 18/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
2012 may see flexible working hours
Flexible working could be permitted by a third of large firms so staff can watch the Olymp...
Date: 18/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Director fined for missing asbestos
The director of an asbestos surveying company in Redditch has been fined £5,000 after fai...
Date: 16/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Shuttle worker falls to his death
An engineer fell to his death while working at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, Nasa o...
Date: 16/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firms convicted over worker's death
Two firms have been convicted of health and safety breaches after a stone mason's labourer...
Date: 16/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Film effects man cleared over death
A special effects expert involved in the making of the Batman film The Dark Knight, during...
Date: 16/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Poor jobs 'can affect well-being'
Research has suggested that government policies should also consider the quality of people...
Date: 16/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined after fork lift injury
A pipework company in Lincolnshire has been fined £20,000 after an employee was hit by th...
Date: 16/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker injured in bus accident
A construction worker is in hospital with serious head injuries after he was knocked out o...
Date: 10/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Work queries 'stress women at home'
Women are more likely than men to feel guilty about responding to work queries at home, ac...
Date: 9/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Blood cause of infection 'unlikely'
An inquiry has heard it was "most unlikely" that a hepatitis C patient who died after two ...
Date: 9/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firms hit by 'malicious' claims
A large number of businesses have suffered "malicious" complaints from staff, according to...
Date: 9/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over lift shaft fall
A firm has been fined after a man fell 20ft down a lift shaft at a Brighton building site....
Date: 9/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Vehicle firm fined for man's injury
A vehicle repair and sales firm has been fined £5,000 after a worker was injured when fal...
Date: 7/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Farmer fined after roof plunge
A farmer has been fined £6,000 after a builder's labourer fractured his skull in a fall f...
Date: 7/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined after worker acid horror
A firm has been fined after one of its workers was burned in the face, arms and neck at a ...
Date: 7/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Warning over 'Tube chaos' from cuts
Transport union bosses have warned London Underground passengers that changes to safety in...
Date: 4/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Wrongful death payout Bill passed
Politicians in Scotland have backed a Labour MSP's proposal to simplify the compensation s...
Date: 4/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Olympics safety Bill clears Commons
Legislation with the aim of improving safety at 2012 Olympics venues has cleared the House...
Date: 4/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
£30,000 asbestos fine for council
A city council has been fined after around 150 people were exposed to potentially lethal a...
Date: 4/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Steel beam narrowly misses workers
Warehouse workers in Newcastle narrowly avoided certain death when a 15-metre steel beam c...
Date: 4/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Fine for building firm over fall
A fall from unsafe scaffolding by a worker who suffered serious injuries, including to the...
Date: 4/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
MasterChef contestant slices finger
A classical pianist sliced off the top of one of his fingers when he appeared as a contest...
Date: 2/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Fine following steeplejack fall
A building maintenance company based in Stoke-on-Trent has been fined £3,334 and ordered ...
Date: 2/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Haulage company fined over safety
Health and safety failures at a haulage site near Stirling have led to an £8,000 fine for...
Date: 2/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Farmer fined over slurry death
The father of a man killed in a farm accident in Northern Ireland says he hopes agricultur...
Date: 2/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Increase in stress levels at work
A new survey by the Trade Union Coordinating Group has found an increase in stress levels ...
Date: 2/03/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
RAF 'was given wrong location'
An inquiry surrounding the circumstances of the rescue attempt of four men on a capsized C...
Date: 28/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Fire bosses charged over deaths
Three bosses at Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service have been charged with the manslaught...
Date: 28/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Music 'may help boost productivity'
The majority of employees would like to listen to music while they work, believing it has ...
Date: 28/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Stress warning over unpaid overtime
A union has issued a warning about rising stress levels among workers as a study revealed ...
Date: 28/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined for fire safety faults
Serious fire safety deficiencies have led to a £40,000 fine for a waste management servic...
Date: 28/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Papermaker fined over fatal fall
A papermaking firm has been fined £260,00 following an incident in which a worker died af...
Date: 25/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Increased sickness absence recorded
The level of sickness leave dropped to an all-time low during the recession but has since ...
Date: 25/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
MoD agency censured over death
A Ministry of Defence (MoD) agency has been formally reprimanded over health and safety fa...
Date: 25/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Food firm fined after staff injured
A Hull-based food manufacturer has been fined £14,000 after the Health and Safety Executi...
Date: 22/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Rail firm to admit guilt over crash
Network Rail has said that it intends to plead guilty over its role in the May 2002 Potter...
Date: 22/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Man jailed over bin on rail track
A man has been jailed for pushing a metal bin onto railway lines, where it was hit by a tr...
Date: 22/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Rail chiefs in court over crash
A court case looking into the 2002 Potters Bar train crash will hear from rail chiefs accu...
Date: 21/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Beer firm recalls 750,000 bottles
Some 750,000 bottles of beer have been recalled by a brewing company after fragments of gl...
Date: 21/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over man's trench death
A company found guilty in the first ever corporate manslaughter prosecution after a geolog...
Date: 18/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Company fined after worker burned
A construction company has been fined £20,000 after a worker was taken to hospital with s...
Date: 17/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over safety breaches
A manufacturing firm has been fined £20,000 for failing to have an adequate safeguard in ...
Date: 17/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Company convicted of manslaughter
A company has become the first to be convicted under new corporate manslaughter legislatio...
Date: 16/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Chevron liable for Ecuador damage
Chevron has been ordered to pay £6 billion in clean-up costs and damages over oil drillin...
Date: 16/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Carpentry firm fined over breach
A carpentry firm has been fined for failing to ensure workers were adequately trained and ...
Date: 16/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
BP drilling boss 'quit over safety'
A former BP drilling operations chief resigned just months before last year's Gulf of Mexi...
Date: 15/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined £130k for worker's death
A Cambridgeshire power firm has been fined £130,000 after safety failings contributed to ...
Date: 15/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Spiderman show breaks safety rules
A controversy-stricken musical based on comic book hero Spiderman has been hit with a fres...
Date: 15/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Construction firm fined over fall
A construction firm has been fined £15,000 after an employee suffered serious head injuri...
Date: 14/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Horses 'may have been electrocuted'
An investigation has begun into the death of two racehorses at Newbury Racecourse amid fea...
Date: 14/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Company fined after worker injury
A West-Midlands based packaging firm has been fined £5,000 after one of its employees los...
Date: 14/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined £10,000 over asbestos
A company has been fined £10,000 for failing to use the proper methods for dealing with a...
Date: 11/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Trench decision astonishing: boss
A businessman employing a geologist who died in a pit when it collapsed in on him said he ...
Date: 11/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Building left 'at risk of collapse'
A builder's "blatant disregard" for health and safety put the lives of workers and members...
Date: 11/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
NHS sick rate variations revealed
NHS staff on lower pay and junior workers are more likely to go off sick than senior colle...
Date: 11/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Work stress 'affects relationships'
New research has indicated that mounting workload and long working hours are adversely aff...
Date: 11/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Call to take over metal ore mines
The Coal Authority needs to take control of the country's abandoned metal ore mines to sto...
Date: 11/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Muti undergoes surgery after fall
Italian music director Riccardo Muti is recovering at Northwestern Memorial Hospital after...
Date: 9/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Manslaughter trial continues
A businessman employing a geologist who died in a pit when it collapsed in on him has told...
Date: 9/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Charity fined over woman's death
An 88-year-old woman died after suffering head injuries and a broken neck when she was thr...
Date: 9/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Four critical after fall into dock
Four people have been badly injured after falling from a ship into the water of one of the...
Date: 9/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm gets £20,000 bill over injury
A company that works for supermarkets must pay nearly £20,000 after a crate fell on a wor...
Date: 9/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker permanently damages leg
Wrongly packaged breeze blocks at a building site resulted in a 31-year-old worker sustain...
Date: 9/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker suffers 33,000-volt shock
An electrician suffered serious burns in a 33,000-volt shock while carrying out maintenanc...
Date: 4/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Employee broke back in ladder fall
A businessman has been fined £4,000 after failing to ensure a ladder was maintained, whic...
Date: 4/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Accident leads to leg amputation
A litany of safety failures resulted in a young construction worker being so badly injured...
Date: 4/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Obesity prompts ambulance upgrades
Ambulance fleets across the country are being revamped with wider stretchers and lifting g...
Date: 4/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker 'exposed to 11,000 volts'
An electrical engineering company has been fined £5,000 after an employee was exposed to ...
Date: 4/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firms fined £85,000 over death fall
Two companies must pay a collective £85,000 fine after a man working on a chimney fell 50...
Date: 2/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Eurotunnel demonstrates fire system
Eurotunnel has demonstrated its new multimillion-pound firefighting system for the Channel...
Date: 2/02/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Traces of lead in art show 'seeds'
Tate Modern has defended an art installation which encouraged visitors to walk on a carpet...
Date: 31/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Construction firms fined over fall
Two construction firms have been fined a total of £26,000 after a worker plunged six metr...
Date: 31/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Rules 'put air travellers at risk'
Passenger safety could be put at risk if UK pilots are forced to work longer hours, union ...
Date: 31/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Council fined after fatal fall
A local authority in Scotland has been hit with a fine after a 90-year-old woman died beca...
Date: 28/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Corporate manslaughter case begins
A company has denied unlawfully killing a worker in the first prosecution of a business fo...
Date: 28/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
10 workers killed in platform fall
Ten workers were killed after a platform lift used at a high-rise construction site crashe...
Date: 28/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Company fined over finger injury
A Wigan manufacturer has been prosecuted after an employee lost part of his index finger i...
Date: 26/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Kebab firm fined for safety failure
A kebab meat manufacturer has been prosecuted after workers used dangerous machinery witho...
Date: 26/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Rail injuries 'going unreported'
A culture of pressure and fear has led to hundreds of rail worker injuries going unreporte...
Date: 26/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Plane given fighter jet escort
Two RAF Typhoon jets had to escort a Heathrow-bound flight on Monday after a passenger beg...
Date: 25/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over worker's roof fall
A farm worker suffered double fractures to his skull when he fell four metres through a ba...
Date: 25/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Two dead in Russian mall blaze
A blaze at a shopping mall in Ufa, Russia has claimed two lives and left eight people inju...
Date: 24/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Woman injured in dental lab blast
Several people have been hurt in an explosion at a dental laboratory, police have said....
Date: 24/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
EEF criticises red tape measures
The Government has been urged to reduce 'unnecessary' health and safety legislation to foc...
Date: 24/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Steel firm fined after worker fall
A steel fabrication firm has been fined £20,000 after a man using a scissor lift fell to ...
Date: 21/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Shop cake supplier row with insurer
A supermarket cake supplier caught up in fears over toxic eggs at its Cardiff-based cake b...
Date: 21/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Demolition firm fined after fall
A Grimsby demolition company has been fined £12,000 and ordered to pay costs of £3,570.8...
Date: 21/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
NHS Trust fined over asbestos error
Asbestos was released into a hospital following health and safety breaches by an NHS Trust...
Date: 21/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Dog attacks stop postal deliveries
Postal delivers have been suspended to a street where Royal Mail staff have been "repeated...
Date: 21/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Building firm fined for site breach
A property company has been fined £10,000 after putting its workers on a building site at...
Date: 19/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Metal firm fined for finger injury
A teenager had to have two of his fingers amputated at the first joint after they became t...
Date: 19/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker 'bedridden' after accident
A warehouse worker was left "bedridden" after being required to bend down and lift 24kg ae...
Date: 19/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Binman's death being investigated
A bin man has been killed after an accident involving a collection vehicle in Sandwich, Ke...
Date: 19/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Factory demolition 'risked lives'
A disused factory being demolished in a city centre could have collapsed, putting the live...
Date: 19/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Supermarket staff 'battle boredom'
Around two-thirds of supermarket workers say that boredom can lead to them making mistakes...
Date: 19/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Window maker fined for poor hygiene
A London window manufacturer has been fined £5,000 and ordered to pay £1,968 costs after...
Date: 17/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Quarry owner fined after injury
A quarry owner has been fined £5,000 after a worker had his leg broken by blocks of stone...
Date: 17/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over 'asbestos exposure'
A property management firm has been fined £30,100 after workers were exposed to asbestos....
Date: 14/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Council found guilty over well fall
Mansfield District Council has been fined £5,000 after an employee plunged six metres dow...
Date: 14/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Boatyard worker wins £7.2m damages
A boatyard worker has been awarded £7.2 million in damages after an accident left him sev...
Date: 14/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Steel manufacturing company fined
A Gainsborough-based steel manufacturing firm has been hit with a £15,000 fine after a wo...
Date: 14/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
New worker severed arm with saw
A furniture assembler who severed his arm while cutting wood had only been given five minu...
Date: 12/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Cardiff truck firm fined £20,000
A truck and van company has been fined after a young mechanic fractured a hip in a 15ft fa...
Date: 12/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Gritter driver recovers after crash
A driver suffered broken bones in his right leg and foot after his gritter fell 30ft (9m) ...
Date: 12/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Builders fined for safety breach
Failing to risk-assess dangerous building work has left a contractor with a bill of more t...
Date: 12/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Packaging firm fined over accident
A food packaging firm has been fined £27,500 after a worker needed skin grafts following ...
Date: 12/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Pub landlord burned in fryer blast
A pub landlord suffered 40% burns after a fryer overheated and exploded in the kitchen of ...
Date: 10/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Workers hospitalised after leak
An investigation is being carried out after 62 workers became ill following a chemical lea...
Date: 10/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Council admits charge after death
East Sussex County Council has admitted failing to store hazardous substances correctly af...
Date: 10/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Payout over lecturer's cancer death
The widow of a chemistry lecturer has reached an out-of-court settlement from his former e...
Date: 7/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Farmer died after tractor fall
A farmer died after suffering a fractured pelvis in a tractor accident, a fatal accident i...
Date: 7/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Contaminated egg enters food chain
Liquid egg from poultry fed contaminated feed has entered Britain, according to health chi...
Date: 7/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Oil drilling suspension rejected
A committee of MPs has opposed any moratorium on deep water drilling for oil in the UK's s...
Date: 7/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Men leap from out-of-control plough
Two men had to make a dramatic leap to safety off a snow plough before it collided with a ...
Date: 7/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker killed in ammo plant blast
One worker has been killed and a firefighter injured when a series of explosions ripped th...
Date: 7/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
New guidance issued on presses
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is urging users of hand-fed platen die-cutting machi...
Date: 5/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Rise in radiation exposure recorded
A rise in the number of X-rays is fuelling an increase in the amount of radiation people a...
Date: 5/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Hochtief fined after fatal accident
Hochtief Construction AG has been fined £266,000 after a worker died using a poorly maint...
Date: 5/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Unison won £27m for members in 2010
The largest public sector workers union won over £27 million in compensation for its memb...
Date: 5/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
New date for Potters Bar trial
Network Rail and maintenance firm Jarvis Rail have been given a new date for their trial o...
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Actress quits Spider-Man musical
Troubled Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark faced more woes as a key star left...
Date: 4/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker found dead at canoe factory
A Runcorn worker has died after getting trapped in an oven at a canoe factory....
Date: 4/01/2011 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Two dead in suspected gas leak
Two workers have died after a suspected gas leak at a drug manufacturing plant in southern...
Date: 23/12/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Bakery fined after worker injured
A bakery has been fined £4,000 after a worker's hand was crushed in a machine used to rol...
Date: 23/12/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Surrey boss sentenced over breaches
A Surrey businessman has been sentenced to 240 hours of community service after he ignored...
Date: 23/12/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Parents to sue nursery over death
The parents of a two-year-old girl who died when her head became trapped in the frame of a...
Date: 20/12/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker loses fingers in accident
A major excavator firm has been fined after an employee lost two fingers in a workplace ac...
Date: 20/12/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Farm visitors urged to wash hands
A health watchdog has urged visitors to farms to make sure they wash their hands when they...
Date: 20/12/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Lives 'in danger' at karaoke bar
The owners and site manager of a new Manchester-based karaoke bar have been fined over £6...
Date: 15/12/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Man dies in aerosol cannister blaze
A 37-year-old man was burned to death in an industrial accident when the aerosol canisters...
Date: 15/12/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Station reopens after 'gas leak'
London's Victoria Tube Station has been reopened following a closure due to a suspected ga...
Date: 10/12/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Airport closed after jet problem
An airport in South Yorkshire has been closed after an executive jet with two people insid...
Date: 10/12/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Chemical plant blast kills two
A deadly blast in a chemical plant in West Virginia's northern panhandle has killed two wo...
Date: 10/12/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Brewer recalls bottles of lager
A brewer has been forced to issue a recall after shards of glass were found in some lager ...
Date: 10/12/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Crane driver dies in frozen river
An investigation has been launched into the death of a man who was killed when the 27-ton ...
Date: 10/12/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Coupler flaw led to runaway train
A faulty coupler led to a runaway engineering train on the London Underground, an official...
Date: 10/12/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
One in 10 police 'hit by illness'
Figures have revealed that almost 10% of police officers are on sick or performing limited...
Date: 8/12/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Fans injured at One Direction show
A performance by X Factor finalists One Direction in Wolverhampton in freezing conditions ...
Date: 8/12/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Compensation for man hit by bar
A man who was hit on the head with an iron bar has received a £210,000 compensation payou...
Date: 8/12/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Paramedic faces drink-driving count
An ambulance driver will appear in court charged with driving under the influence of alcoh...
Date: 7/12/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Radioactive fine for Schlumberger
An oilfield services firm has been fined £300,000 after workers on a rig in the North Sea...
Date: 7/12/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Snow sees truckers' hours extended
The Government has temporarily extended truckers' working hours to aid the delivery of vit...
Date: 7/12/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Continental guilty over Concorde
America's Continental Airlines and one of its mechanics were today found guilty of crimina...
Date: 6/12/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Pub company fined for asbestos risk
A pub company from Birmingham has been fined more than £14,000 after five workers at one ...
Date: 6/12/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Company fined over worker injury
A Southampton-based demolition company has been fined £8,000 after a worker was blinded i...
Date: 6/12/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Faulty oil pipes spark Qantas fire
Investigators have said that an oil leak could have caused the Qantas A380's engine to exp...
Date: 6/12/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
UK Coal evacuates mine on gas fears
UK Coal evacuated 218 men from one of the nation's last remaining deep collieries in north...
Date: 1/12/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Carbon monoxide blamed for death
The death of a restaurant worker found slumped beside a generator was caused by carbon mon...
Date: 29/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker's hand crushed at print firm
A printing firm has been fined after a worker suffered serious injuries to his hand while ...
Date: 29/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Pub firm fined for asbestos breach
The continuing dangers posed by asbestos have been highlighted by the case of construction...
Date: 29/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined after boy hurt on site
A 14-year-old boy was hurt when the dumper truck he was driving overturned, resulting in a...
Date: 26/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Lorry driver jailed for train crash
A driver who caused a train crash by ignoring a warning sign and driving a sewage tanker o...
Date: 26/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Writtle College fined over baler
Writtle College has been fined £12,000 in total for potentially endangering a teenage agr...
Date: 26/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over power line accident
A farming firm has been fined £10,000 after an electrocuted worker was forced to get his ...
Date: 26/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Workplace asthma 'costs millions'
A study on occupational health hazards has pointed out that the country could be paying up...
Date: 26/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Workers fear sack for being ill
Employees are reluctant to take sick leave as they are afraid of being made redundant or s...
Date: 26/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Boy's eye injury risk 'foreseeable'
The family of a boy who suffered "catastrophic" brain damage after he fell on to the end o...
Date: 24/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Clamp down on dangerous scaffolding
Dangerous scaffolding will be the area of concern for health and safety inspectors who wil...
Date: 24/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
HSE warns against offshore 'decay'
A health expert has warned about the need for a sustained commitment to maintain the integ...
Date: 24/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Qantas to resume superjumbo flights
Australian airline Qantas has announced it is to bring back grounded superjumbo aeroplanes...
Date: 24/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Building site death led to HSE fine
The death of a man on a building site in Oxfordshire has led to Linden Limited and a self-...
Date: 24/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Tesco staff get snowplough training
More than 350 Tesco employees across the UK and the Republic of Ireland will receive speci...
Date: 24/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Plane returns after duct problem
A Delta Air Lines plane bound for Los Angeles was forced to return to Atlanta following an...
Date: 24/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Train overshot platform by miles
A 65mph passenger train overshot its intended station stop by nearly two-and-a-half miles ...
Date: 22/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Poundworld hit with £5,000 fine
Poundworld has been slapped with a £5,000 fine for selling dangerously faulty medical ite...
Date: 19/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Man's legs crushed by steel frames
A London waste management firm has been fined £14,000 after a worker had his legs crushed...
Date: 19/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Man crushed to death: firm fined
A galvanising firm has been fined £1,500 and ordered to pay £37,500 after an employee wa...
Date: 19/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
40 A380 engine 'to be replaced'
Three carriers that fly the Airbus A380 may need to replace around half of the Rolls-Royce...
Date: 19/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Company fined over freezer accident
Blades on an industrial freezer were turned on while a worker was inside, causing him seve...
Date: 19/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over crane hook death
A company has been fined over the death of an employee who was struck by a crane hook....
Date: 19/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
High injury rate in waste sector
The waste and recycling industry has a combined fatal and major injury rate that is more t...
Date: 17/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Welders arrested after fatal fire
A fire that engulfed a high-rise apartment building under renovation in Shanghai, killing ...
Date: 17/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Company fined over burns accident
A Solihull-based construction firm has been fined £13,000 after one of its workers suffer...
Date: 17/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Rolls-Royce to replace engines
Rolls-Royce is to temporarily replace complete jet engines suffering from oil leaks which ...
Date: 17/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined after power saw accident
A Keighley-based haulage firm has been fined £5,000 after a worker was left partially bli...
Date: 15/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Company fined after welder burned
A Workington-based firm has been fined £20,000 after a welder was engulfed by a fireball ...
Date: 15/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Coldstore safety warning issued
A safety warning has been issued by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a coldstor...
Date: 15/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Rolls-Royce locates aircraft fault
Rolls-Royce has said it has found the source of the problem which forced a passenger plane...
Date: 15/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firms fined after worker trapped
Three companies have been fined a total of £24,500 after a worker suffered serious leg in...
Date: 11/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firms fined after worker crushed
Two Midlands construction companies have been fined after a worker was seriously injured b...
Date: 11/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Digging worker 'hit electric cable'
A social housing landlord has been fined £8,000 after a worker hit an 11,000 volt undergr...
Date: 10/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Retailer fined over fire safety
Poundstretcher has been fined more than £50,000 for breaching fire safety regulations whi...
Date: 10/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Rail crash firms face prosecution
The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) has announced that Network Rail and maintenance compan...
Date: 10/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined after worker breaks back
A Derbyshire-based foam manufacturer has been fined after a lorry driver's back was broken...
Date: 9/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Cement firm fined over explosion
A cement company has been fined £130,000 by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a...
Date: 9/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over nitrogen knockout
A Black Country recycling firm has been fined £13,000 after a worker passed out while usi...
Date: 9/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Builders' lives at risk - report
The construction industry will come under heavy scrutiny from health and safety chiefs aft...
Date: 8/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firms warned on smoking break rules
Employers have been warned to have correct policies in place regarding smoking breaks for ...
Date: 8/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Company fined over worker's death
A Durham-based energy support services company has been fined £120,000 and ordered to pay...
Date: 5/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Project to keep RA patients working
A pilot project spanning three years will aim to keep patients who have been diagnosed wit...
Date: 5/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
A380 engine fault a 'design issue'
Material failure or a design fault was "probably" the reason why a Qantas Airbus A380 engi...
Date: 5/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
More workers being killed on farms
More farm workers are being killed or seriously injured in the UK, according to new data p...
Date: 4/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Tyre firm fined for skull fracture
Injuries sustained by a 17-year-old apprentice have left Goodyear Dunlop Tyres more than Â...
Date: 4/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Qantas jet makes emergency landing
A Qantas superjumbo jet with more than 450 people on board made an emergency landing in Si...
Date: 4/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Carlsberg recalls lager bottles
Danish brewing giant Carlsberg has recalled bottles of its lager over fears that they may ...
Date: 3/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Actor fatally shot on film set
An actor portraying a masked gunman was fatally shot by a village watchman who did not rea...
Date: 3/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Teacher fined over pupil roof fall
A headteacher has been fined £20,000 and ordered to pay £22,000 in costs after a court r...
Date: 3/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Manufacturer fined over accident
An accident which left a worker with a broken wrist after his glove became entangled in an...
Date: 3/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Construction workers most at risk
New figures released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show that construction worke...
Date: 3/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined for endangering staff
An employer who failed to act on calls to address safety concerns over an unprotected and ...
Date: 1/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firms fined following fall death
Two Lancashire firms have been fined for safety breaches following the death of a construc...
Date: 1/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
BPA chemical 'reduces sperm count'
Exposure to high levels of the plastic chemical BPA has affected the sperm count of Chines...
Date: 1/11/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Stress tops list of work problems
Staff find that stress is their most common health and safety issue in the workplace, with...
Date: 29/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Company fined over noise exposure
A manufacturing firm has been fined for putting the hearing of its employees at risk. ...
Date: 29/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Halliburton admits BP well error
Contractor Halliburton has admitted that it failed to perform a crucial test on cement use...
Date: 29/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Deaths at work fall to record low
The number of workplace fatalities has fallen to the lowest point since records began, acc...
Date: 28/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Tube passengers face new disruption
The London Underground has suffered delays after passengers' bags became caught in the doo...
Date: 28/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Drink arrest for ambulance driver
An ambulance driver who was involved in a seven-vehicle crash while on an emergency call h...
Date: 28/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Hostel hit by norovirus outbreak
Containment procedures have been implemented after more than 20 people fell ill in a suspe...
Date: 27/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker loses leg after accident
A hired farm worker had his leg amputated by paramedics after it was caught in the rotatin...
Date: 27/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
MoD loses 1,600 years to sickness
More than 1,600 years' worth of working days were lost last year because Ministry of Defen...
Date: 27/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Sports Grounds Bill moves forward
A Bill to widen the authority of a football safety group formed in the wake of the 1989 Hi...
Date: 26/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Cruise company accepts liability
A UK travel company has accepted liability after several of its passengers were injured wh...
Date: 25/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Rise in stress-related absence
A report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has indicated a ri...
Date: 25/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
NHS staff assault prosecutions soar
Over the past five years the number of prosecutions for assaults against NHS emergency ser...
Date: 25/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Trench death to be investigated
An inquiry is to be launched after a 23-year-old man died in a trench in Bradford....
Date: 20/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Lord Young reveals safety proposals
The Government has pledged to tackle the UK's "damaging" compensation culture with a shake...
Date: 18/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Hairdresser issues health warning
A hairdresser has told of the hidden dangers of her profession after describing how years ...
Date: 18/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over conveyor belt fall
A recycling company has been fined £5,000 over an incident in which as worker was forced ...
Date: 18/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
MEP praises EU drilling ban U-turn
A Scottish MEP has praised the European Parliament's decision to overturn a ban on new off...
Date: 13/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Fencing staff used unsafe machines
Fencing workers were put in danger when their employer disabled guards on nine cutting mac...
Date: 13/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Fire extinguished at waste facility
A clean-up operation is under way after a fire at a waste management site in Lancashire in...
Date: 13/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Bid to boost flight simulators
New technology that boosts flight simulators could prove useful for pilots during crisis s...
Date: 11/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Salmonella linked to bean sprouts
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has confirmed a link between contaminated bean sprouts ...
Date: 11/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Trust fined over worker's infection
A health trust has been fined more than £12,000 after a health worker contracted hepatiti...
Date: 11/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
New twist in asbestos payout battle
A High Court decision that found company insurers should pay out to those who contracted f...
Date: 8/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Company fined over roadside death
A waste and recycling firm has been fined over the death of a worker in Kent who was litte...
Date: 8/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Disneyland Paris ride cleaner dies
A Disneyland Paris worker has died after getting trapped underneath a boat at one of the p...
Date: 8/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Noisy workplaces 'raise heart risk'
Workplace noise could potentially pose serious health problems for employees, experts warn...
Date: 6/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Company fined after worker's death
A construction company has been prosecuted after an employee died weeks after he was struc...
Date: 6/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Flight crew does Gaga safety demo
In a bid to keep passengers focussed during the in-flight safety demonstration, stewardess...
Date: 6/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over horrific injury
A company which makes facade tiling and materials for the construction industry has been f...
Date: 4/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Health and safety rules 'excessive'
The Government should clamp down on Britain's injury lawsuit culture and inject "common se...
Date: 4/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Safety call after rail worker death
Lessons must be learnt from a fatal accident in which a rail worker fixing overhead power ...
Date: 4/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
GP fairground ride owner fined
The owner of a defective fairground ride and the inspector who declared it to be safe have...
Date: 1/10/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Chicken firm fined over accidents
A chicken processing firm has been fined £8,000 and ordered to pay £5,500 in costs after...
Date: 29/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Walkers fined after toxic gas death
Crisp manufacturer Walkers Snack Foods Ltd and chemical distributor Omnichem Ltd have been...
Date: 29/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Fire death hotel owners face charge
The owners of a Newquay hotel which caught alight and left three people dead are to be pro...
Date: 29/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Care home assaults cause staff pain
Care home staff who suffer repeated violence from residents and their visitors are at risk...
Date: 28/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined for lead contamination
A West Midlands glass maker has been fined after dangerous levels of lead contamination we...
Date: 28/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Workers urged to exercise regularly
Employees have been urged to exercise regularly, after a study found they are not doing en...
Date: 24/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Bridge fall new blow to Delhi Games
Delhi's efforts to stage next month's Commonwealth Games have been hit by another crisis, ...
Date: 22/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Master criticised over ship crash
The master of a merchant ship has been criticised over a collision which led to the death ...
Date: 21/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Ex-soldier killed by machine blade
A father-of-one and ex-soldier was killed after a worker switched on a machine he was work...
Date: 21/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
NHS trust 'breached data laws'
Data protection law was breached by an NHS Trust when a doctor lost a memory stick contain...
Date: 21/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Workplace stress guide unveiled
A new guide has warned employers that it is in their interest to reduce workplace stress b...
Date: 21/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Zoo visitors fed animals' food
A zoo in Britain has admitted that visitors were given food donated for the animals....
Date: 17/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Call to act over 'ageing workforce'
UK business leaders have been warned that their failure to adapt to an ageing workforce co...
Date: 17/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Digger death leads to £30,000 fines
Fines totally £30,000 have been handed out after a Salford worker was killed when he was ...
Date: 17/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Sainsbury's wary after explosion
Sainsbury's has switched off some 158 coffee machines at stores around the country after o...
Date: 17/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Glass company hit with £10k fine
A Yorkshire glass company has been fined £10,000 after workers were put at risk on a site...
Date: 17/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined after man falls off quay
A scrap metal importer has been fined a total of £14,000 after a night watchman fell off ...
Date: 15/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Concern over fire service provision
Fire services in England would struggle to cope with a major disaster such as a terror att...
Date: 15/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Seven hurt in coffee machine blast
An industrial coffee machine installed at a supermarket cafe in Hampshire has exploded, in...
Date: 15/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined after man badly injured
A former engineer has trouble speaking and moving after his skull was crushed when a 65kg ...
Date: 14/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Woodworker's hand severely injured
A severe injury to a worker's hand, caused by the blades on a cutting tool, could have bee...
Date: 14/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Rail workers see increased assaults
Rail workers could vote to take industrial action after seeing a "marked increase" in assa...
Date: 13/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
£3,000 paid over repetitive injury
A factory worker has been given £3,000 by his employer after they failed to ensure correc...
Date: 13/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Union calls for work safety 'tsar'
The Government needs to appoint a health and safety 'tsar' to deal with the number of work...
Date: 10/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Safety call after mid-air plunge
The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has issued new safety recommendations aft...
Date: 10/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Interserve exposed MoD to asbestos
Health and safety failures by a branch of one of the world's largest construction companie...
Date: 10/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Two die in a train crash in Spain
Two people have been killed and eight injured in south-western Spain after a passenger tra...
Date: 10/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Oil industry defends offshore work
The Gulf of Mexico disaster should not lead to a moratorium of offshore drilling in deep w...
Date: 10/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Workplace death more likely in NI
Death in the workplace is twice as likely to occur in Northern Ireland than in any other U...
Date: 10/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Council fined after exhibit injury
Newcastle City Council has been fined after a five-year-old girl suffered serious injures ...
Date: 10/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
BP releases oil leak safety report
A "complex and interlinked" series of events involving mechanical failures and human judgm...
Date: 8/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined £9,000 as worker burnt
A building firm has been fined £9,000 after a worker was lucky not to be electrocuted whi...
Date: 8/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
School fined after builder's death
A top boarding school trust has been fined £25,000 after a wooden classroom roof fell on ...
Date: 7/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Long hours, no exercise 'may kill'
Working long hours without doing exercise could increase the risk of dying from heart dise...
Date: 7/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
200 Chinese pilots 'faked CVs'
As many as 200 Chinese pilots have faked their resumes, with more than half of them having...
Date: 7/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined after blast hurt worker
An explosion at a factory which left a worker with 60% burns has cost the company £10,000...
Date: 6/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Directors fined over finger crush
Two directors of a Leeds-based metal fabricating company have been jointly fined £2,001 a...
Date: 3/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over staff injuries
Two members of staff were severely injured in separate incidents less than three months ap...
Date: 3/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Explosion at second US oil rig
Another oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico has exploded, but as yet, no oil has been confi...
Date: 3/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
HSE mulls charges after man crushed
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is considering prosecuting a car parts company after...
Date: 1/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Rail inspection reports falsified
Records regarding the inspection of railway level crossings were falsified by a rail emplo...
Date: 1/09/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined for brain damaged worker
A Yorkshire-based haulage company whose employee was left brain damaged after being hit on...
Date: 31/08/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Young workers 'sceptical of bosses'
Young workers are wary of their employers and will not easily believe them, a study has re...
Date: 31/08/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Employees 'favour afternoon nap'
In an effort to raise their energy levels, more than half (51%) of Britons would favour a ...
Date: 31/08/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firms fined after man's 21m plunge
A worker's 21 metre fall from a hospital building which left him with serious injuries has...
Date: 27/08/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Police name crush death worker
A workman who was crushed to death when a dumper truck overturned at a building site has b...
Date: 27/08/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Cancer concern at plant 'unfounded'
Fears that workers at a manufacturing plant in Scotland are at a greater risk of developin...
Date: 25/08/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Workers avoid sharing health issues
Research has highlighted the lack of communication between employees and their bosses, cla...
Date: 25/08/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Asbestos fine for shop fitting firm
A shop fitting company which ignored warnings about asbestos has been fined after five sta...
Date: 25/08/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Car sprayers 'at risk of asthma'
Mechanics and body shop workers are still not doing enough to protect themselves when resp...
Date: 24/08/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Workforce assessment tool for firms
A new tool has been launched in a bid to help employers manage the challenges of the UK's ...
Date: 23/08/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over crane accident
A construction company has been fined after a tower crane's four-tonne load crashed 36 met...
Date: 23/08/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Roads closed after boiler blast
A town's high street has been closed after the boiler in a hotel exploded....
Date: 16/08/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
China fireworks plant blast kills 2
An explosion at a fireworks factory in north-east of China killed at least two people, it ...
Date: 16/08/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Company fined over digger death
A quarrying company in Aberdeen has been fined £96,000 over an incident in which a man wa...
Date: 12/08/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
£8,000 fine after workplace spill
A Staffordshire car parts manufacturer is facing a bill of almost £10,000 after an employ...
Date: 11/08/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Building firm over asbestos work
A building company has been fined for carrying out unlicensed asbestos removal at a proper...
Date: 11/08/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Lack of sleep 'can be dangerous'
A new study carried out in the US has found that sleeping for four hours a night for five ...
Date: 11/08/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Flint firm to appear in crown court
The death of a worker at a power station in 2007 has resulted in a Flintshire company bein...
Date: 10/08/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Japanese oil tanker suffers damage
A Japanese oil tanker has been damaged in an incident in the Strait of Hormuz near Oman, a...
Date: 9/08/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined for causing pallet death
A distribution firm's failure to adhere to safety procedures led to the death of the owner...
Date: 9/08/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Roofers 'neglect sun cream factor'
A third of roofers do not wear a high enough sun cream factor, if any, when the sun is at ...
Date: 9/08/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Payments for asbestos diseases
The Ministry of Justice has announced that a payment of £5,000 will be made to thousands ...
Date: 9/08/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm prosecuted after fatal fall
A worker's fatal fall at a Somerset building site has resulted in the prosecution of an ar...
Date: 9/08/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Pleasure boat passengers rescued
About 37 people have been rescued by the coastguard after the pleasure boat they were trav...
Date: 9/08/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
15 taken ill at wedding reception
Health officials have launched an investigation into why 15 guests at a wedding reception ...
Date: 3/08/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Brothers fined over man's roof fall
Two brothers have been fined £13,000 after a worker fell through a roof....
Date: 2/08/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Points failed to cause Potters Bar
Seven people died in the Potters Bar rail crash as a result of a points failure caused by ...
Date: 30/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Ageing oil rigs to be inspected
Around 125 North Sea oil rigs and platforms will be checked from September, under a new in...
Date: 30/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
300 evacuated after bakery blaze
A blaze at a bread factory on Thursday resulted in 300 employees being evacuated....
Date: 30/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over vehicle plunge
A quarry operator has been fined £30,000 over an incident involving an overturned wheel l...
Date: 29/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm to double oil clean-up efforts
An energy company responsible for leaking more than 800,000 gallons of oil into a US river...
Date: 29/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Six killed in China factory blast
At least six people have been killed and hundreds injured in a powerful explosion that too...
Date: 28/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Bosses 'encourage unhealthy habits'
More than half of bosses believe socialising at work means going down the pub, according t...
Date: 28/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Missing man crushed in compactor
A surveillance video has revealed that a missing caretaker was crushed to death in a rubbi...
Date: 28/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Employer liability crackdown urged
The Government is being urged to crack down on companies failing to purchase Employers' Li...
Date: 28/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Crew member dies at pop concert
A crew member has died in Kent after falling backstage at an open-air concert by Pop Idol ...
Date: 28/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Finger loss building firm fined
A West Midlands building firm has been fined after one of its workers lost part of a finge...
Date: 28/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm 'failed to protect employees'
A car wash company has been convicted in its absence for failing to purchase compulsory in...
Date: 28/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Buncefield blast firms fined £9m
Five companies responsible for the Buncefield oil depot explosion have been sentenced to p...
Date: 28/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
India crash train 'ignored signal'
Investigators have said that one of the Indian trains involved in a crash around 125 miles...
Date: 28/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Construction site safety checked
Health and Safety inspectors stopped work on almost one in five of construction sites visi...
Date: 28/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Man cleared of crane crash charges
A man has been acquitted of criminal charges over a crane collapse that killed seven peopl...
Date: 28/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Woman faces sack over student death
A member of staff at a school in Cheshire is facing the sack after one of its pupils died ...
Date: 28/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Automotive parts firm fined £30,000
An automotive firm has been fined £30,000 after one its employees was injured when he was...
Date: 28/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Unsafe building site costs firm
A company which did not protect its workers from falling at a building site in Caerphilly ...
Date: 28/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Company fined after foot injury
A £10,000 fine has been levied on a Somerset construction firm after a worker had to have...
Date: 28/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Health and safety 'undermined'
Shifts in health and safety policy over the past decade have compromised workplace safety,...
Date: 28/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Park safety fears days before death
A teenager's death at a water park came just days after a council had warned about safety ...
Date: 16/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Oil and gas companies face EU laws
Oil and gas companies operating offshore in Europe are likely to face tougher safety laws ...
Date: 14/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker's fingers severed by machine
A worker had his fingers chopped off while using an unguarded machine at a business in Cae...
Date: 14/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Trio fined over barn roof collapse
A barn owner, contractor and subcontractor are facing a bill in excess of £10,000 after a...
Date: 14/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Ambulance radio system criticised
A radio system used by London ambulance worker can fail during heavy rain, according to a ...
Date: 13/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Crewman crushed by door on ferry
A ferry crewman has been crushed by a hydraulic door on a boat about 10 miles off Milford ...
Date: 13/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Health agency fined for spillage
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has been fined £25,000 following the spillage of up to...
Date: 12/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Employers 'can prevent work deaths'
Employers should note steps to avoid industrial accidents following the trial of a plumbin...
Date: 12/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Safety experts condemn CLG refit
Safety experts have condemned the Government department in charge of the fire service afte...
Date: 9/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Liverpool Street closed due to fire
Commuters at Liverpool Street station in London were evacuated on Thursday night following...
Date: 9/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firms fined over HGV driver death
Two companies have been found guilty of breaching safety regulations over the death of a m...
Date: 6/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Man dies after forklift truck crush
A man who was trapped between a lorry and a forklift truck in the West Midlands has died, ...
Date: 6/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Asbestos fears at oil refinery
Workers at the site of a North Lincolnshire oil refinery where a man died in an explosion ...
Date: 6/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Gas leak forces centre evacuation
Staff and members of the public have been evacuated from a leisure centre after reports of...
Date: 5/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Businesses count cost of illness
A survey has revealed that workplace attitudes towards health are reviving Britain's forme...
Date: 5/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Helicopter ditches in Hong Kong
A helicopter with 13 people on board has been forced to make an emergency landing in Hong ...
Date: 5/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Increase in rail trespass deaths
New figures have shown that the number of people killed trespassing on railways across the...
Date: 2/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Guilty plea from firework firm boss
The owner of a firework company has pleaded guilty to health and safety offences which res...
Date: 2/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Trapped castle tourists liberated
Fire crews in South Wales have freed dozens of tourists from a fairytale castle after the ...
Date: 1/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Builders prosecuted for man's death
A Brighton construction company caused the death of a member of the public because it did ...
Date: 1/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
BA pilots stop 'serious incident'
British Airways pilots have been praised for preventing a "serious incident" and protectin...
Date: 1/07/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker dies in plant explosion
A man working at an oil refinery which exploded on Tuesday has been found dead, it has bee...
Date: 30/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Work bullying 'leads to ill-health'
Workplace bullying has a significant impact on stress and psychological health of employee...
Date: 30/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Workplace deaths at record low
The number of people killed at work dropped to a five-year low last year, according to the...
Date: 30/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
28 hurt in food factory explosion
A total of 28 people were injured in an explosion at a food factory in Staffordshire, acco...
Date: 28/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Roof errors earn firm £6,600 fine
A Wolverhampton building firm has been fined for failing to protect workers during a room ...
Date: 28/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Digger crash death 'avoidable'
The death of a 24-year-old woman killed in an accident with a runaway digger could have be...
Date: 28/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Man injured after vapours explode
An employee suffered a fractured skull and severe burns when a build up of gas vapour in a...
Date: 25/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Farms not using ATVs safely - study
A study conducted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has revealed as many as 62% of ...
Date: 25/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Staff put at risk working on roof
Workers were not protected from serious risk of falling as they worked on dismantling a ro...
Date: 25/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Agency investigates Esso oil spill
An oil spill on the south coast of England that has threatened a wildlife reserve is being...
Date: 22/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
£70,000 fines after workplace fall
Fines totalling almost £70,000 have been handed out by Gloucester Magistrates' Court afte...
Date: 22/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined after worker loses leg
Waste companies have been warned not to become relaxed about safety after a Cheshire firm ...
Date: 22/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Staff 'face toilet restrictions'
A new report has highlighted the restrictions some workers face when it comes to toilet br...
Date: 21/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Attacks on firefighters fall 35%
Attacks on firefighters in an area of Scotland that includes Glasgow have fallen to 93 thi...
Date: 18/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Council fined over worker's death
A local authority that pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety legislation after an ...
Date: 18/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Three firms guilty over Buncefield
Three companies were facing potentially unlimited fines today after they were found guilty...
Date: 18/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Man crushed to death at steelworks
A man has been crushed to death at a steelworks in Sheffield, it has been confirmed....
Date: 18/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Health and safety 'used as excuse'
The chair of the Health and Safety Executive has offered to help with a Government review ...
Date: 18/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Illegal gas fitter fined £38,000
An illegal gas fitter whose dangerous work exposed people to high levels of carbon monoxid...
Date: 16/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
NIW fined £15k over water pollution
A fine of £15,000 has been given to Northern Ireland Water (NIW) after it was found that ...
Date: 15/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Two injured in truck explosion
Two men have been injured, one suffering from first-degree burns, when a lorry was involve...
Date: 15/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Bakery fined for safety breaches
A bakery that risked the lives of its employees by leaving electrical wires in a dangerous...
Date: 15/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
PM calls for workplace law review
The Prime Minister has called for a review into health and safety laws in an attempt to in...
Date: 15/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Call to use screenwash against bug
Motorists are being urged to use screenwash in their wiper water after a health study foun...
Date: 15/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Company fined after worker's death
A pump manufacturer has been fined £150,000 after one of its employees was hit in the che...
Date: 15/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firms await Buncefield verdict
Three firms charged over the blast at the Buncefield oil depot are awaiting the jury's ver...
Date: 11/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over worker's lift death
A lift company has been found guilty of breaching health and safety laws over the death of...
Date: 9/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Hospital admits safety breaches
Health and safety failings have been found to be a "significant cause" of a severely disab...
Date: 9/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
2009 sees least number of 'sickies'
Last year recorded the least number of sick leaves on record, with workers on an average t...
Date: 9/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Government to study UK oil drilling
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc) has announced that the Government will ...
Date: 8/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Stress and food habit link studied
A major five-year study will examine the effects of workplace stress on eating habits, it ...
Date: 8/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Cleaners linked to asthma danger
The use of bleach, chlorine, disinfectants and other cleaning agents is fuelling a rise in...
Date: 8/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Man falls 30ft through factory roof
A man is being treated in hospital after falling 30ft through a roof at a factory....
Date: 7/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
McDonald's recalls 'Shrek' glasses
McDonald's is recalling 12 million Shrek-themed drinking glasses after the paint used on t...
Date: 7/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Methadone death preventable: Report
A sheriff has ruled that the death of a man given methadone at a private hospital in 2005 ...
Date: 7/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm owners 'face recession stress'
The pressures of the economic crisis have hit private company owners, with a survey reveal...
Date: 4/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Rail line 'checked before crash'
An office worker saw a group of railway staff investigating the track the afternoon before...
Date: 4/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Paramedic killed in ambulance fall
A paramedic has been killed when he fell from the back of an ambulance....
Date: 4/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Eye care duties 'not being met'
Nearly one in 10 British businesses are failing to meet their legal responsibilities to pr...
Date: 4/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
£5k fine as vehicle injures worker
A Hampshire-based firm has been fined £5,000 after a mechanic was hit by a reversing vehi...
Date: 4/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Man fined after scaffolding fall
A County Durham man has been fined £2,000 in fines and costs after he and a co-worker wer...
Date: 4/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over high voltage shock
A stationery firm has been fined £4,000 after a worker suffered a massive electric shock ...
Date: 2/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Club fined after worker injured
A worker was off work for half a year after he fell through a roof at Premier League footb...
Date: 2/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Potters Bar crash inquest begins
Experts have concluded the "root cause" of the fatal Potters Bar train crash was the failu...
Date: 2/06/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Call for clarity on drug-testing
A union leader has called for the "confusion" over the legality of random or routine drug-...
Date: 28/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
TV chef restaurant fined by court
A Berkshire restaurant owned by TV chef Marco Pierre White has been ordered to pay more th...
Date: 28/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Foundry staff exposed to radiation
A group of foundry workers are under observation in a nuclear plant hospital unit in Franc...
Date: 28/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Company fined over worker's death
A construction firm has been fined after a married father-of-two fell three floors to his ...
Date: 26/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Contractor fined after builder hurt
A builder broke his back and ribs when a wall fell on him at a construction site, in an in...
Date: 25/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Garage ignored unsafe heater ruling
A car repair garage has been given a conditional discharge and ordered to pay £500 toward...
Date: 25/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Chemical fire sparks health alert
Residents in Huddersfield were urged to stay indoors following a blaze at a chemical facto...
Date: 25/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
World Cup match sickies expected
About one in seven UK workers are planning to watch every game in this summer's World Cup,...
Date: 24/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker gets £20,000 for wrist break
A factory employee who slipped and broke his wrist while doing his job has been given £20...
Date: 24/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Nescafe recalled over glass fears
Nestle is urging customers not to use jars of coffee from its Nescafe Collections range as...
Date: 24/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Missing rivet may have caused crash
A small rivet head missing from the engine of a plane may have caused it to crash, accordi...
Date: 21/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker killed in factory plunge
A man has become the eighth worker to die this year at a controversial Chinese electronics...
Date: 21/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Ash cloud workers 'had pay docked'
Nearly half the workers stuck abroad due to the volcanic ash cloud have had their pay dock...
Date: 21/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Council shuts 'glass path' park
A Sunderland children's park featuring a path made from crushed glass has been closed afte...
Date: 21/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Safety call after fishermen deaths
Accident inspectors have called for better health and safety regulations in the fishing in...
Date: 19/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Sites fail HSE safety inspections
Five construction sites in Lincolnshire were handed out enforcement notices in March after...
Date: 19/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
NHS Trust acts over nurse attack
A woman who attacked a nursing assistant at a Northumberland hospital has been detained af...
Date: 19/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Lift death firms fined £660,000
A health club and a lift company have been fined more than £660,000 after a young banker ...
Date: 19/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined after man left disabled
A Yorkshire construction company has been fined after a worker was left with long-term dis...
Date: 19/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Woodwork safety website launched
A new website aimed at reducing the number of accidents and injuries seen in the woodworki...
Date: 19/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Accidental death for digger man
A man who fell to his death as he rode in a JCB driven by an unqualified colleague died ac...
Date: 19/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Safety breaches could lead to jail
A Bill to increase the penalties that can be handed down for breaches of health and safety...
Date: 19/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Coal site closed after worker death
UK Coal has suspended production at a site in Yorkshire after the death of a mineworker la...
Date: 19/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Template for health and safety documents introduced
New health and safety documents designed to help small and medium-sized businesses complet...
Date: 19/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Office collapse firms fined £7,000
Two firms involved in the design and construction of a block of flats near Preston that pa...
Date: 14/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Oil rig data lost in explosion
No data records from the critical safety test supposedly performed hours before a BP-opera...
Date: 14/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Caffeine 'cuts shift work mishaps'
Potentially dangerous workplace mishaps caused by worn-out shift workers could be avoided ...
Date: 14/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Fatal accidents fall for third year
The number of fatal accidents in the construction sector fell by a third in the past year ...
Date: 14/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Warning over World Cup absenteeism
A majority of employers do not have a policy in place to deal with staff absenteeism durin...
Date: 14/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Documents "expose BP rig failures"
Information gathered on the oil rig explosion, which killed 11 workers and has so far poll...
Date: 14/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
EU warning follows oil rig disaster
Oil and gas giants operating offshore in Europe have been urged to improve security measur...
Date: 12/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined after man falls on boat
Representatives of a fishing boat company have appeared in court after an electrician fell...
Date: 12/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
KFC pays £19,000 over cockroach
A cockroach seen by an environmental health officer at a branch of KFC in London has cost ...
Date: 12/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Sweet firm fined over worker coma
A confectionery company has been fined £75,000 after a blow to the head partially or comp...
Date: 12/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Landlord jailed after flat fire
A landlord who failed to provide "even the most basic protection" for tenants has been jai...
Date: 11/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
£170,000 fines after man paralysed
An incident in which a young man fell more than 9m leaving him paralysed from the chest do...
Date: 11/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Gas firm fined for 'dangerous' leak
A gas supplier is facing a bill of more than £50,000 after being prosecuted for a "major ...
Date: 11/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Breathing devices harming patients
Patients in hospitals around the country have been harmed in a series of incidents involvi...
Date: 11/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Aircraft firm launches fire probe
An aircraft firm is investigating after a fire broke out at its factory in Northern Irelan...
Date: 11/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker injury lands firm with fine
A firm which caused a young worker to break his leg in several places after 700kg of steel...
Date: 7/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined £1,000 for safety breach
A tool manufacturer has been ordered to pay a total of £2,000 after a worker lost a finge...
Date: 7/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Food outlets shut over health fears
Four closure orders were served on food businesses last month in Ireland, including three ...
Date: 7/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Women face job stress heart risk
Women under 50 face a greater risk of heart disease if they have stressful jobs, new resea...
Date: 7/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Artwork women's deaths accidental
An inquest jury has ruled that two women who died when an inflatable artwork broke free an...
Date: 7/05/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Tradesmen blamed for care home fire
The owner of a care home in which 14 elderly residents were killed by a blaze has said ele...
Date: 30/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Teacher in court over roof fall
A head teacher is due in court accused of health and safety breaches after a pupil was ser...
Date: 30/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Unison members mark worker deaths
Nearly £2 million was awarded in the last year alone to Unison members who have suffered ...
Date: 30/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Water firms fined following fall
A water services company and its sub-contractor have been fined following a worker's fall ...
Date: 28/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Site commemorates dead workers
A website dedicated to the thousands of people who never returned home from work has been ...
Date: 28/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Coal bosses' pay cut after deaths
Two fatal accidents at UK Coal's deep mines last year saw the company's bosses have their ...
Date: 28/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
NHS board considers stalking policy
Scotland's largest NHS board has been forced to formulate a stalking policy after doctors ...
Date: 27/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Scots law to tackle 'poverty' fines
Scottish companies will no longer be able to dodge fines imposed for causing workplace dea...
Date: 27/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Inquest begins into artwork tragedy
An inquest into the deaths of two women killed in a tragedy involving an inflatable artwor...
Date: 27/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Sweet company fined over death
A confectionery company has been fined £300,000 after a foreign worker was crushed to dea...
Date: 26/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Illegal migrant worker fines double
The number of companies fined for employing illegal workers almost doubled in 2009, figure...
Date: 26/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Tesco fined for fire safety failure
The UK's largest retailer has been fined almost £100,000 for failing to ensure one of its...
Date: 26/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Fine for sole trader after accident
An employee of a sole trader broke his leg in two places when he fell three metres off the...
Date: 23/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over worker hand injury
A metal recycling firm has been forced to pay more than £13,000 after an employee's hand ...
Date: 23/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Oil platform sinks after explosion
The US Coast Guard says an oil platform which was rocked by a massive explosion two days a...
Date: 23/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Fears for oil rig blast workers
At least 11 people are missing after an explosion and fire at an oil drilling platform ope...
Date: 21/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firms count cost of travel chaos
Business will be taking stock of any financial damage caused by grounded flights due to th...
Date: 21/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Nurses uniform causing irritation
A "minority" of nurses in two Welsh health trusts have complained that new uniforms have g...
Date: 21/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over driver's death
A truck driver was killed when a crushed car rolled down a scrapheap in Newport and struck...
Date: 20/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over forklift accident
A metal processing firm that failed to roll out suitable health and safety measures has be...
Date: 20/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Council fined over electric charge
A Yorkshire council has been fined £10,500 after a lorry driver was found to be at risk f...
Date: 20/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Sickness presence threat to firms
New research has warned that people working when ill - or sickness "presence" - could be c...
Date: 19/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm tries to quell cancer fears
Insisting on its commitment to workers' health and safety, Samsung has said that staff at ...
Date: 19/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined £100k for employee fall
A £100,000 fine has been handed to a building firm following the death of a workman who f...
Date: 19/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Buncefield workers 'blown off feet'
Workers at the Buncefield oil depot were blown off their feet when an enormous explosion r...
Date: 16/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Depot staff 'not trained properly'
Supervisors at the Buncefield oil depot which witnessed an explosion as severe as an earth...
Date: 16/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Delay not to blame for boat deaths
A 23-minute delay in a helicopter's arrival at an accident after a "regrettable" decision ...
Date: 15/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firms on trial over major oil blast
Three firms are on trial over the Buncefield oil depot blast, which is thought to be the b...
Date: 15/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over worker death fall
A Warrington-based plant hire company has been found guilty of breaching health and safety...
Date: 15/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Recession blamed for mental illness
Increasing mental health illness among UK workers is directly attributable to worries rela...
Date: 13/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Small firms 'suffer over sick pay'
A leading industry group has claimed that three out of four small businesses are being pre...
Date: 13/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm faces fine after fatal fall
The managers of a building firm which saw one of its employees fall to their death from th...
Date: 13/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Oil-leak reef ship afloat again
A grounded coal ship ship which leaked three tons of oil into the Great Barrier Reef is fl...
Date: 12/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Seven die in Italian train crash
A fatal train crash in northern Italy has left seven people dead and many more injured....
Date: 12/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Beer rules spark Carlsberg strike
Nearly 250 workers at Carlsberg's brewery in Denmark have walked off their jobs over a new...
Date: 12/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined after man breaks spine
A waste management firm has been fined £12,000 after a worker narrowly escaped falling in...
Date: 8/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Reef ship oil removal to go ahead
Leaked oil from the ship that ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef has dispersed into the...
Date: 8/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Crash prompts Heathrow review call
Procedures at London's Heathrow Airport must be tightened following a collision on the run...
Date: 8/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Qantas plane returns to airport
Another Qantas aircraft, a Boeing 747, has been grounded shortly after it took off from Ba...
Date: 7/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Ship stranded on reef 'secure'
A Chinese coal carrier stranded on the Great Barrier Reef is stable and no longer leaking ...
Date: 7/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Coffee break saves worker's life
A worker was fortunate to escape a machine explosion that ripped through a factory in Manc...
Date: 6/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Corus fined over chimney explosion
Steel giant Corus has been fined £16,155 over an explosion in a 75-metre-tall steel chimn...
Date: 6/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Fine for company following fire
Investigations into an arson attack at a recycling company have seen the firm hit with a Â...
Date: 6/04/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over engineer's death
Durham Crown Court has fined an engineering company £100,000 after a maintenance worker d...
Date: 31/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined after engineer loses arm
A construction company has been fined £6,000 at Huddersfield Magistrates' Court after an ...
Date: 31/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
£40,000 fine for firm after blaze
A York recycling company has been fined £40,000 for failing to safely store flammable liq...
Date: 31/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Workers trapped in flooded mine
Around 153 workers have been trapped in a flooded coal mine in northern China, the country...
Date: 30/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Three killed in Norway train crash
Empty wagons from a freight train hurtled out of control and slammed into a building killi...
Date: 26/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Truck danger warning after death
A fatal accident has prompted a warning that variable reach trucks should not be used if t...
Date: 26/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Men to appeal blast deaths sentence
A father and son jailed over the deaths of two firemen killed by a huge blast at a firewor...
Date: 25/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Staff suspended after pupil's death
A school which "significantly contributed" to the death of an 11-year-old pupil following ...
Date: 25/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over injured joiner
A company has been fined £4,000 after an apprentice joiner injured his head and legs in a...
Date: 25/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
China TV fire suspects plead guilty
The former chief of Chinese state television's construction bureau, who was charged for hi...
Date: 25/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
IOSH attacks Policy Exchange report
IOSH has issued a strong response to the Policy Exchange report "Health and Safety - reduc...
Date: 24/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Maintenance boss denies crash claim
A former maintenance chief at Continental Airlines has denied any responsibility in the cr...
Date: 24/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firms warned over health and safety
An Irish health and safety body has unveiled a three-year scheme which seeks to protect an...
Date: 24/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firms fined after decorator's fall
Decorating firm directors have been fined £2,000 after a worker suffered brain damage in ...
Date: 23/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Reward offered over railway debris
Damaged caused to three trains from large bits of debris on railway tracks has prompted Ne...
Date: 23/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Windfarm shut after turbine snaps
Europe's largest windfarm was shut down after a blade snapped off one of the huge turbines...
Date: 23/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
25% of city building sites 'unsafe'
More than a quarter of 163 construction sites in Greater Manchester visited by safety insp...
Date: 22/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Man dies after toxic fume leak
A man has died following a gas leak at a factory near Grimsby, it has been announced....
Date: 22/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Liquid gas pipes to be replaced
All metal pipes which carry liquid petroleum gas underground will be replaced, the Governm...
Date: 22/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
India Games project safety slammed
At least 43 workers have died in accidents at Commonwealth Games construction sites India'...
Date: 19/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Lead poison firm fined £10,000
The failure of a firm to identify that lead paint was present at the site of a renovation ...
Date: 19/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Instructor found drunk on motorbike
A motorbike instructor kept falling off her bike while giving a lesson because she was nea...
Date: 19/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
School first aid policy criticised
First aid procedures in UK schools have come under fire following the death of a Cheshire ...
Date: 19/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined £5,000 after site visits
Blue Chip Hotels has been fined £5,000 after failing to make improvements to a constructi...
Date: 19/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Toyota admits failures on training
Toyota has promised better Quality Control training for staff after global recalls sparked...
Date: 19/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Tories blasted for site safety plan
Conservative plans to privatise construction site safety inspectors could lead to more dea...
Date: 19/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Boeing tail flaps to be inspected
Following tail damages on a Boeing 737, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has i...
Date: 16/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Radar fault hits planes' operation
Temporary restrictions on the movement of planes in the skies in northern England and Scot...
Date: 16/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Companies 'not prepared for crises'
Crises such as severe weather or computer problems would catch most firms unaware because ...
Date: 16/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Terrorism security drill announced
British Transport Police (BTP) officers are to hold a five-day counter-terrorism training ...
Date: 15/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Popcorn infested with tiny insects
The maker of a brand of popcorn has recalled its product after tiny insects were found to ...
Date: 15/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Building's windows to be checked
Every outside panel on Alexandra Tower in Liverpool is to be checked after one of its 100-...
Date: 15/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Danger guide issued to firefighters
Firefighters are to be issued with new guidance on what to do during dangerous rescue oper...
Date: 12/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Payout for September 11 rescuers
Rescuers made ill by dust after the September 11 attacks have agreed to a settlement of up...
Date: 12/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over unsafe scaffolding
A building firm that put its workers lives at risk by failing to install safe scaffolding ...
Date: 11/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Royal Mail fined over crush death
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned firms of their legal responsibilities reg...
Date: 11/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Tougher rules on road works safety
Councils are to face tougher safety rules covering road works under plans announced by the...
Date: 11/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Drive to protect workers' hearing
Manufacturers and businesses are being urged to consider the noise levels of their machine...
Date: 11/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined for damaging habitat
An Ipswich construction company has been fined £915 for damaging the natural habitat of e...
Date: 11/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
US crane firm in court over deaths
The owner of a US crane company has been indicted on manslaughter after one of his rigs co...
Date: 10/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm faces woman's lift death trial
A firm charged with causing the death of a woman who was crushed to death by a lift is due...
Date: 8/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
£110,000 for 'stressed' worker
A Staffordshire University employee has been awarded £110,000 in compensation after claim...
Date: 5/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Four burnt in titanium factory leak
Toxic gas has escaped from a chemical factory, halting shipping in a nearby estuary and le...
Date: 5/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Holiday firm's appeal thrown out
The owner of a holiday park convicted of failing to ensure the safety of a seven-year-old ...
Date: 3/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker killed in building site fall
A 26-year-old construction worker was killed in a fall from a scaffold while wheeling a ba...
Date: 3/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Driver cleared over workplace death
A Royal Mail driver who fatally injured a colleague by reversing a vehicle into him has be...
Date: 2/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firms urged to help arthritic staff
A new charter has called for more support to employees afflicted with musculoskeletal prob...
Date: 2/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Construction safety under review
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced a crackdown on unsafe working practice...
Date: 2/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Gate death building firm fined
A Hampshire construction company has been fined £80,000 for its role in a tragic accident...
Date: 2/03/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Corporate manslaughter trial delay
The trial of the first British company charged under the landmark Corporate Manslaughter A...
Date: 26/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Prosecution over death of patient
Hospital officials have admitted breaching health and safety laws over the death of a 20-y...
Date: 26/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Man saved after rail track fall
A man has had a lucky escape after falling between two rail carriages as a train pulled in...
Date: 26/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Bangladesh factory blaze kills 21
At least 21 people have been killed and dozens more injured after a fire swept through a s...
Date: 26/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Site safety 'must be top priority'
Construction site safety must be put at the top of the industry's agenda, according to the...
Date: 25/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over site safety risks
A Bradford property developer has been fined after a building site in Hull exposed workers...
Date: 24/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Supermarket fined after mice found
A supermarket has been fined £17,000 after customers spotted mice running between the ais...
Date: 24/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Council probes curry house ovens
A council has launched a crackdown on curry houses following a clutch of tandoori oven-rel...
Date: 22/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
US ice rink roof collapse probed
Authorities are investigating after a massive section of the roof at a US skating rink col...
Date: 22/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Warden attacked with lit cigarette
A 55-year-old traffic warden had a cigarette stubbed out on his face while standing in a s...
Date: 12/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Eurostar slammed over tunnel chaos
Eurostar has been heavily criticised in an independent report revealing multiple failings ...
Date: 12/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Company fined £35,000 over accident
A food manufacturing company has been fined £35,000 after an employee's arm was crushed i...
Date: 12/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
New Corporate manslaughter guidance
Companies and organisations convicted of corporate manslaughter could face fines up to mil...
Date: 12/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Airport 'improved' after collisions
Manchester Airport has tightened its take-off procedures after two passenger planes hit ot...
Date: 12/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Plans to help claim compensation
A Government department has announced plans to help the thousands of people who have strug...
Date: 10/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over death of worker
Dudley Metropolitan Council has been ordered to pay £50,000 in fines and costs over the d...
Date: 10/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Police investigate worker's death
An investigation has been launched into the death of a construction worker at a Hampshire ...
Date: 10/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
New mine 'threat to locals' health'
A planned UK-run mine in India would threaten the health of nearby inhabitants, it has bee...
Date: 9/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
'Fuel system ice caused BA crash'
Investigators looking into a British Airways (BA) plane crash two years ago have said the ...
Date: 9/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Legionella probe firm fined £2,000
The head of a Black Country metal finishing company has been fined £2,000 for neglecting ...
Date: 9/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Stonemasons fined over lung disease
A stonemasons has been fined £30,000 after employees working around silica-based material...
Date: 8/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Electrics company fined over fumes
Ventilation problems at a Huddersfield recycling plant led to several workers being expose...
Date: 8/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Passenger ferry backs into pier
Passengers were evacuated from a ferry after it crashed into a pier, it has been revealed....
Date: 8/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Asbestos claim Bill back in Commons
A Bill that would recognise lung scarring due to asbestos exposure as open to compensation...
Date: 5/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Lorry driver abducted from cabin
Thieves stole Lego and beauty products from a lorry after gagging and tying up the vehicle...
Date: 5/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
'Razor-sharp blade' in baby shoe
Budget clothes retailer Primark has launched an investigation after a customer from Folkes...
Date: 5/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Train crash due to bridge corrosion
Heavy corrosion on a bridge resulted in its collapse, leading to the derailing a fuel-lade...
Date: 5/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
One in five losing sleep over jobs
Employers have been warned of the dangers of workplace stress with one in five UK workers ...
Date: 5/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Charity fined over stabbed graduate
A young mental health worker stabbed to death during her probationary period was failed by...
Date: 2/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Fisherman dies after sea rescue
The body of a fisherman has been recovered by coastguards in the Highlands....
Date: 2/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over man's ladder death
A company has been fined thousands of pounds after a worker fell from a ladder and died wh...
Date: 2/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Charity on trial over carer tragedy
The killing of a graduate worker stabbed 39 times by a paranoid schizophrenic has resulted...
Date: 1/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Drive to reduce workplace injuries
Injuries caused by slips and falls at workplace may be costing the economy £800 million e...
Date: 1/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Workers 'hiding illness details'
Many employees may be putting themselves at greater risk by hiding medical conditions such...
Date: 1/02/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Tesco store bans shopping in PJs
A Tesco store in Cardiff has asked customers not to shop without their shoes or in their p...
Date: 29/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Workman killed in Forth Bridge fall
A contractor has died after falling 150 feet from a ladder while working on the Forth Rail...
Date: 29/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Warning over gritter driver attack
A gritter driver suffered injuries when a missile was flung through his vehicle window at ...
Date: 27/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Norovirus bug closes hospital wards
Visitors who feel under the weather have been asked to stay away from hospitals in South W...
Date: 27/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over airport death
A company has been fined £90,000 over the death of a worker who was crushed by an electri...
Date: 27/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Man arrested after cockpit attack
A man has been arrested at Las Palmas airport after he attempted to force his way into the...
Date: 26/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Picasso painting to undergo repairs
A Picasso painting sustained damage during an art class at New York's Metropolitan Museum ...
Date: 26/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Commuters delayed by rail trespass
Tens of thousands of commuters in and out of central London suffered lengthy delays after ...
Date: 26/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Train derailment near to station
A train derailed as it approached a station, but there were no serious injuries to the 60 ...
Date: 25/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Workers 'complacent' over swine flu
People have grown increasingly complacent over the threat of swine flu, especially in the ...
Date: 25/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Care home fined after scald death
A care home firm has been fined £100,000 after a disabled teenager was fatally scalded in...
Date: 25/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Oil spill risk for wildlife areas
Efforts are underway to protect two sensitive wildlife areas from the largest Texas oil sp...
Date: 25/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Buildings 'lost heat worth £1.2bn'
Over the past two weeks of icy weather, buildings across the UK cost £1.2 billion more to...
Date: 25/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Network Rail apologises for death
The family of a 52-year-old woman killed after a passenger train hit two cars on a level c...
Date: 22/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Continental rejects Concorde blame
US airline Continental will present an alternative cause of the 2000 Concorde crash when t...
Date: 22/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Campaign targets unsafe cargo loads
The Health and Safety Executive has launched a campaign to clamp down on heavy goods drive...
Date: 20/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
'Carnage' followed fatal explosion
Scenes of "carnage" followed an explosion that killed a chemical operator performing a rou...
Date: 20/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Tool reveals workplace health stats
An online tool which enables workers to find out how many of their colleagues are statisti...
Date: 20/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
HSE prosecutes hospital over death
The Health and Safety Executive is to prosecute an Essex hospital over the death of a seve...
Date: 19/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Crunch 'increasing stress levels'
More than half of British workers are struggling to balance work and family life amid the ...
Date: 18/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Partnership to tackle rail suicides
A £5 million partnership between Samaritans and Network Rail (NR) aims to bring down the ...
Date: 18/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firms warned on workplace bullying
Firms are being warned to be on the lookout for negative behaviour from staff....
Date: 15/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Company fined over blast death
Defence company BAE has been fined £80,000 over the death of a worker in an explosion at ...
Date: 15/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Bid to make employees stress free
In a bid to make employees "happy, healthy and stress-free", psychologists have urged busi...
Date: 13/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Many staff say 'work is not safe'
Around 35% of people think they work in an unsafe environment, a new survey has revealed. ...
Date: 13/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Shining laser at jets made illegal
Shining laser beams at aircraft has become illegal following the introduction of a new law...
Date: 13/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined over forklift incident
A Gateshead construction firm has been fined £4,500 after a forklift truck telehandler fe...
Date: 12/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Fire hazard company fined £5,000
A haulage company which risked a massive fire by illegally storing huge amounts of highly ...
Date: 12/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firms urged to keep workers warm
Firms have been asked to ensure that their employees are kept warm following a spate of ca...
Date: 11/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
More rail staff needed, urges union
A railway union urged the hiring of more staff as it prepared to lobby for a campaign to ...
Date: 11/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
25 killed in China coal mine fire
A blaze at a coal mine in central China has claimed at least 25 lives, according to state ...
Date: 11/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Driver shaken after gritter crash
The driver of a gritter was left shaken and bruised after his vehicle overturned on an icy...
Date: 11/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Employers 'unaware' of eye test law
A leading eyecare specialist has revealed that the majority of UK employers are unaware p...
Date: 11/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Bosses warned of winter slip threat
Employers have been warned of the need to safeguard their work premises against slips and ...
Date: 6/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Small firms 'need Government help'
Government ministers must do more to help small businesses survive major incidents such as...
Date: 6/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined £16k for five metre fall
A Preston company has been ordered to pay £21,000 after one of its subcontractors fell fi...
Date: 6/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Shell guilty over refinery accident
Shell and two of its contractors have been fined more than £200,000 by the Health and Sa...
Date: 6/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Fired banker wins case against CIBC
A German man aged 42 has won an age discrimination case after being made redundant by a UK...
Date: 5/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Legionnaires' probe at hospital
A possible outbreak of legionnaires' disease at a hospital in Essex is being investigated ...
Date: 4/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Blaze shuts down Kent power station
Fire crews in Kent have launched an investigation into the cause of a blaze which shut dow...
Date: 4/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Probe into power station blaze
Investigators are probing the cause of a fire that damaged part of the second biggest powe...
Date: 4/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Icy conditions force garden closure
The National Botanic Garden of Wales has been forced to close in the wintry conditions ami...
Date: 4/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Company fined £11,000 for roof fall
A firm has been told to improve its health and safety practices and ordered to pay nearly ...
Date: 4/01/2010 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Father and son jailed over blast
The "reckless" owner of a fireworks company has been jailed along with his 25-year-old son...
Date: 17/12/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Lorry driver bailed after bus crash
The driver of a lorry which collided with a bus carrying around 30 people in south-west Lo...
Date: 17/12/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Lift death health club admits flaws
A central London health club has pleaded guilty to three breaches of health and safety law...
Date: 16/12/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm fined £65,000 over road death
A Bristol road maintenance firm has been fined £65,000 after a motorist was killed when h...
Date: 16/12/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Floor collapse firm pays £15,000
A food manufacturing firm has been ordered to pay nearly £15,000 after an employee was tr...
Date: 16/12/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Guilty verdict for firework boss
The owner of a firework manufacturing company has been found guilty of manslaughter follow...
Date: 16/12/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Explosions rock Manchester hospital
A man was injured when two gas explosions rocked a hospital site, an NHS trust said today....
Date: 8/12/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firms fined £100,000 for eye injury
A chemicals firm has been ordered to pay £100,000 in compensation after a factory worker'...
Date: 8/12/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Colliery worker dies after pit fall
A colliery worker in his 50s has died after reportedly falling down a mine shaft at a pit ...
Date: 8/12/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Housing body fined for boiler blast
A housing association has been ordered to pay more than £50,000 after a woman was killed ...
Date: 8/12/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firms urged on conflict resolution
Less than half of firms in Ireland have clear written policies on tackling contentious iss...
Date: 8/12/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Fully-loaded skip crushes man's leg
West Midlands Ambulance Service had to airlift a man to hospital after a fully-loaded skip...
Date: 7/12/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Food firm fined over warehouse fall
A London food retailer has been fined £1,000 with £2,500 costs by City of London magistr...
Date: 7/12/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
40 toxic cabin air cases recorded
Nearly 40 incidents of toxic cabin air in aircraft were reported to the Civil Aviation Aut...
Date: 30/11/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Homes destroyed in London fire
Around 310 people were forced to spend the night in temporary accommodation after a huge f...
Date: 30/11/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Tower-crane safety register agreed
Safety measures for conventional tower cranes agreed by the Health and Safety Executive (H...
Date: 30/11/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
'Covert copers' risk heart attacks
Men who keep quiet about work conflicts are twice as likely to suffer heart attacks or die...
Date: 25/11/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Farmer injured in bullock attack
A farmer in Shropshire has been taken to hospital by air after he was injured by a bullock...
Date: 25/11/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Firm pays £7,500 over worker plunge
A scaffolding company whose employee fell more than 10 metres through a shop roof and was ...
Date: 25/11/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Watch saves man from electrocution
A metal wristwatch may have saved the life of a father of four who suffered a severe elect...
Date: 25/11/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Wakefield council signs Asda deal
Supermarket giant Asda has struck an agreement with Wakefield council to cut red tape acro...
Date: 25/11/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Drive to improve quality of jobs
Firms should be given a helping hand by the Government in tackling the root causes of lost...
Date: 23/11/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Two injured as bulls escape from movie set
Filming of a new movie starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz was suspended after bulls bein...
Date: 23/11/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Two die in electrocution accident
Two men were killed on Friday afternoon when a tipper truck struck an overhead power cable...
Date: 23/11/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
RAF set to contract out more work
Despite criticism over the Nimrod disaster, the RAF plans to contract out more maintenance...
Date: 20/11/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Rogue gas fitters given warning
Gas fitters who carry out poor work that puts lives at risk have been warned they will be ...
Date: 20/11/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Fisherman loses battle in hospital
A fisherman has died in hospital after falling overboard off the west coast of Scotland....
Date: 20/11/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Man dies after industrial estate accident
A man who became trapped under fallen metal at an industrial state has died, police confir...
Date: 20/11/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Tiger-kidnaps prompt bank warning
A spate of 'tiger-kidnap' plots has prompted banks to consider tightening rules on staff a...
Date: 20/11/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Total pleads guilty over Buncefield
Oil company Total UK has admitted health and safety breaches connected to the Buncefield o...
Date: 13/11/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Employee 'lucky to escape death' after fall from height
A company has been ordered to pay nearly £15,000 after an employee was "lucky to escape d...
Date: 13/11/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Arm amputated after mill accident
An accident that led to a worker's arm being amputated has resulted in a Scottish paper mi...
Date: 13/11/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Search begins for missing fisherman
An air and sea search is underway for a fisherman who went overboard in the Moray Firth no...
Date: 13/11/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Plane structural failure kills duo
A man and his pilot were killed when a microlight aircraft experienced loss of control aft...
Date: 13/11/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Packaging firm fined over broken wrist
A packaging company has been ordered to pay £3,374 after a worker's hand became trapped i...
Date: 9/11/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Bullying at work figures 'shocking'
A new poll has revealed that more than one in three people have been bullied at work in th...
Date: 9/11/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Company fined £140,000 over death
A rice manufacturing company has been fined £140,000 after an employee died from injuries...
Date: 9/11/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
'Make pollution fines tougher'
The Environment Agency has urged courts to issue hand out bigger fines for environmental p...
Date: 9/11/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Judge criticises council over student accommodation
A High Court judge has criticised a city council for giving the green light to hundreds of...
Date: 9/11/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Worker stress 'costing billions'
Businesses are losing £28.3 billion per year because of stress, anxiety and depression, t...
Date: 9/11/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Planners order pipeline change
Irish planning officials have ordered Shell to re-route part of the Corrib pipeline after ...
Date: 9/11/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Farming deaths prompt tractor guide
Farming is still one of the most dangerous occupations, killing 26 and injuring 1,500 in 2...
Date: 5/11/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Staff with poor mental health 'continue working'
A new study revealed that most people with mental health problems still work even though i...
Date: 5/11/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Female Beefeater 'bullied in job'
The Tower of London's first female yeoman warder may have been the victim of bullying, as ...
Date: 5/11/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Asbestos continues to blight UK workers
Britain's biggest workplace killer, asbestos, continues to be a risk to tradesmen accordin...
Date: 2/11/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
HSE inspectors to improve Sunderland industrial estates
Industrial Estates in Sunderland are to receive a boost from health and safety inspectors ...
Date: 30/10/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
£12,000 fine follows asbestos exposure
A court has ordered two businesses and a company director to pay out £12,000 between them...
Date: 30/10/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Unions challenge pleural plaque ruling
A fresh appeal will be made to the Government by unions campaigning to have a Law Lords ru...
Date: 29/10/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Work-related deaths figure falls
Deaths and injuries in the workplace have fallen over the past 12 months, according to fig...
Date: 29/10/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Lifeguard convicted after man drowns in pool
A lifeguard has been convicted of failing to take reasonable care of a man who drowned at ...
Date: 29/10/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Concern over MCA staffing problem
A report from the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has revealed that the Maritim...
Date: 29/10/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
E.coli petting farm reopens
A petting farm in Surrey has reopened following a potentially fatal outbreak of E.coli....
Date: 29/10/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Agency investigates 500 fish deaths
Environment Agency Officers are analysing water samples from a Kent lake after 500 fish we...
Date: 29/10/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Theatre-goer 'hurt by Othello sword'
A woman was reportedly injured when a "weapon" flew off stage during a fight scene in a We...
Date: 27/10/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Woman arrested over suspected arson attack
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of arson following a fire in a Tesco store in South...
Date: 27/10/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
China ship crash causes oil spill
A cleanup operation is under way after oil spilled into the sea off the coast of northern ...
Date: 27/10/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Company fined £10,000 over lost fingers
An explosives company has been ordered to pay a £10,000 fine after one of its employees l...
Date: 27/10/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed -
Employee gets £22,000 for back injury
A driver who delivered newspapers and leaflets in Northumberland has been given £22,000 c...
Date: 27/10/2009 Source: IOSH News Feed