http://news.hse.gov.uk News and updates about health and safety from the Health and Safety Executive Wed, 16 May 2012 15:00:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-w-amberservices.htm?eban=rss-workers Mon, 14 May 2012 09:26:28 +0000 HSE http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-w-amberservices.htm An Ystrad Mynach recycling firm has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a yard foreman was crushed to death.

]]> http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-w-amberservices.htm/feed/ http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-em-36.htm?eban=rss-workers Fri, 11 May 2012 17:15:53 +0000 HSE http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-em-36.htm Two Leicestershire companies have been fined after a worker was killed when a lorry overturned onto his vehicle.

]]> http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-em-36.htm/feed/ http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-nw-newgeneration.htm?eban=rss-workers Fri, 11 May 2012 16:30:13 +0000 HSE http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-nw-newgeneration.htm A construction firm has been sentenced for safety failings after a roofer was badly injured in a fall from scaffolding at a house in Trafford.

]]> http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-nw-newgeneration.htm/feed/ http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-yh-8712.htm?eban=rss-workers Fri, 11 May 2012 15:14:24 +0000 HSE http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-yh-8712.htm The operator of a Sheffield dental practice has been fined for safety failings after a receptionist fell more than three metres through a roof light while spending her lunch break on the flat roof of the surgery.

]]> http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-yh-8712.htm/feed/ http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-ldn-8612.htm?eban=rss-workers Thu, 10 May 2012 12:43:32 +0000 HSE http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-ldn-8612.htm A landlord has been fined after a self-employed builder died while replacing a roof on a property in Middlesex.

]]> http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-ldn-8612.htm/feed/ http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-wm-3212.htm?eban=rss-workers Thu, 10 May 2012 11:00:26 +0000 HSE http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-wm-3212.htm A Stoke-on-Trent timber company has been fined after an employee lost his finger while operating a circular saw.

]]> http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-wm-3212.htm/feed/ http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-ldn-8312.htm?eban=rss-workers Thu, 10 May 2012 09:30:45 +0000 HSE http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-ldn-8312.htm A printing company based in Waltham Forest has been fined for safety failings after two workers were burned in a flash fire when vapours from a flammable cleaning fluid ignited in a print room.

]]> http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-ldn-8312.htm/feed/ http://www.hse.gov.uk/welding/index.htm?eban=rss-workers Thu, 10 May 2012 07:40:07 +0000 HSE http://www.hse.gov.uk/welding/index.htm Each year over 1000 work related accidents to welders are reported to the HSE, around 300 of these accidents will be classified as major injuries such as fractures and amputations. The three most common types of accidents reported are; Manual handling related, Slip and trips and Being hit by a moving or falling object.

]]> http://www.hse.gov.uk/welding/index.htm/feed/ http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-se-3112.htm?eban=rss-workers Wed, 09 May 2012 16:20:03 +0000 HSE http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-se-3112.htm The director of a Totton company has been fined after an employee suffered burns while cutting the top off an unused propane gas tank at the director’s home.

]]> http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-se-3112.htm/feed/ http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-sw-acryflorltd.htm?eban=rss-workers Fri, 04 May 2012 15:00:14 +0000 HSE http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-sw-acryflorltd.htm The director of a building firm has been prosecuted after a self-employed contractor fell to his death through a fragile roof at an industrial building in Penryn.

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]]> http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-se-8112.htm/feed/ http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-sw-brookvalehomes.htm?eban=rss-workers Thu, 03 May 2012 15:30:08 +0000 HSE http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-sw-brookvalehomes.htm A Yeovil construction company has been fined after a subcontracted worker suffered serious injuries when he was struck by a fork lift truck.

]]> http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-sw-brookvalehomes.htm/feed/ http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/naposafemoves.htm?eban=rss-workers Thu, 03 May 2012 07:35:24 +0000 HSE http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/naposafemoves.htm This film shows NAPO using fork-lift trucks and other forms of internal and external workplace transport. The film is about effective organisation and management and how senior managers need to plan, implement and monitor, assess risks and take appropriate action.

]]> http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/naposafemoves.htm/feed/ http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-em-2412.htm?eban=rss-workers Tue, 01 May 2012 09:46:49 +0000 HSE http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-em-2412.htm A Church Broughton man has been fined after an employee suffered life-changing injuries when his quad bike overturned at a farm in Derbyshire.

]]> http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-em-2412.htm/feed/ http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-sw-alaistercopland.htm?eban=rss-workers Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:00:31 +0000 HSE http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-sw-alaistercopland.htm A building contractor has been fined over serious safety breaches after a worker was killed by a piece of falling cob wall being demolished by his son.

]]> http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-sw-alaistercopland.htm/feed/ http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-wm-2312.htm?eban=rss-workers Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:30:53 +0000 HSE http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-wm-2312.htm A multinational brick making company has been fined after a worker suffered serious injuries when he was crushed on a conveyor belt at its Worcestershire factory.

]]> http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-wm-2312.htm/feed/ http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-nw-hitechsteel.htm?eban=rss-workers Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:45:26 +0000 HSE http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-nw-hitechsteel.htm A St Helens steel manufacturer has been sentenced after a worker suffered serious injuries to his left hand when it was pulled into machinery.

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]]> http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-ldn-7712.htm/feed/ http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-ne-00612.htm?eban=rss-workers Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:32:48 +0000 HSE http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-ne-00612.htm A fairground ride operator has been fined after a worker was thrown from a ride during the 2010 May Bank Holiday fair in Barnard Castle.

]]> http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-ne-00612.htm/feed/ http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-e-80.htm?eban=rss-workers Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:15:20 +0000 HSE http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/rnn-e-80.htm A coating and treatment company with premises in Swavesey, Cambridgeshire has been fined for safety failings after an employee suffered an electric shock.

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