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‘Dust hub’ microsite launched

This site provides information to help employers control exposure to dust in the workplace. You can find guidance on health and safety issues related to dust and answers to some frequently asked quest....

Added on: 14/08/2015

Company sentenced after worker’s life changing injuries

A company was fined £40,000 today after a worker suffered life changing injuries when part of a structure weighing 750kg fell on him. Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court heard how an employee of Tun....

Added on: 07/08/2015

Company fined after work suffers HAV

A facilities management company has been fined for safety failings that contributed to a worker sustaining Hand Arm Vibration. Nottingham Magistrates’ Court heard how, between 2007 and 2012, an empl....

Added on: 24/07/2015

Transport and animals are the biggest killers in agriculture

The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) latest fatality statistics show incidents involving moving vehicles and cattle are the biggest causes of death on Britain’s farms. Thirty three workers and ....

Added on: 10/07/2015

Lack of training caused life changing injuries

Essex tree specialist company, Oak View Tree Specialists Limited, has been fined after a skip loading dumper overturned severely injuring a worker. Basildon Magistrates’ Court heard how the injured ....

Added on: 10/07/2015

HSE releases annual workplace fatalities

Provisional annual data for work-related fatal accidents in Great Britain’s workplaces shows small change from previous years, sustaining a long term trend that has seen the rate of fatalities more ....

Added on: 03/07/2015

Farm fined for fracturing gas pipeline

A Lincolnshire based farm, run by W. & A.C. Rose (Farms) Ltd in Fillingham was fined for serious safety failings that led to a gas pipe being fractured, putting lives at risk. On 5th September 201....

Added on: 26/06/2015

Farm sentenced after skylight fall

A farm company was sentenced today after admitting safety failures relating to a worker falling five and a half meters through an abattoir skylight.  In June 2014, Mr Attila Bus was asked by his supe....

Added on: 26/06/2015

Safety notice: Earth Moving Machinery – changes to visibility requirements

There have been an unacceptable number of accidents related to visibility. Manufacturers and importers of Earth Moving Machinery should review the conformity assessment of their product ranges in resp....

Added on: 05/06/2015

New COSHH essentials e-tool launched

A new and improved COSHH e-tool has been launched. Enhancements include the incorporation of Hazard (H) statements to comply with CLP Regulations in line with the Global Harmonisation System (GHS) of....

Added on: 05/06/2015