HSE is warning all landlords to ensure gas appliances are safe for tenants.
Category: Prosecution
Construction industry warning after serious fall
The Health and Safety Executive has warned the construction industry of the need to ensure that work
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Taylor Woodrow prosecution highlights construction dangers
A fatal incident during the construction of the National Assembly for Wales in Cardiff, has
Warning to fairground operators after prosecution
HSE demanded that fairground operators protect the public by ensuring that their staff are properly
Mansfield firm fined after man is seriously injured
HSE urges companies to take worker safety seriously after a man had his fingers crushed
Invisible danger warning after potentially lethal gas released
HSE is warning companies to conduct suitable risk assessments and provide safe systems of work, after toxic carbon dioxide (CO2)
Council fined after 90-year-old lady dies
HSE is warning health and social care organisations and other employers to ensure that they carry out suitable risk assessments
Company and director fined for exposing staff to asbestos
HSE warns businesses to ensure they keep accurate details of asbestos in their buildings before any construction work takes place.
Suspended sentence for hotel owner who flouted the law
HSE warns companies to comply with their notices after a Lincolnshire hotel owner was sentenced for a number of offences.
HSE warns of the need to assess risks, after worker injured
HSE is urging manufacturing companies to conduct suitable risk assessments and adopt safe working practices when moving heavy products and equipment.
HSE warns of dangers after man loses part of his leg
HSE is warning construction companies to ensure they provide safe systems of work
Health and social care risk assessment reminder after elderly woman dies
HSE is warning health and social care employers to ensure that risk assessments are carried out to determine the suitability of equipment used in everyday tasks.
Need for workers to consider elderly residents highlighted
A court case has highlighted the need for workers to be aware of the dangers to elderly people after an 81-year-old woman fell through an open hatch in her home.
Working at height warning after man dies
HSE is warning of the importance of carrying out risk assessments and implementing safe systems for working at height
Two companies fined following fatal accident
Construction companies were today warned by the HSE to keep health and safety under constant review throughout the life of a project.
Shopfitters fined £20,000 after man falls from tower scaffold
HSE is warning shopfitters to have correctly assembled mobile tower scaffolds after a worker fell three metres from unprotected scaffolding at a new shopping centre,
Warning to aerial cableway operators after prosecution
The Health and Safety Executive today warned operators of aerial cableways they must ensure they
Company fined after employee suffers serious burns
HSE has warned companies to protect employees from dangerous substances.
Local Authority prosecutions report
The report ‘Health and safety offences and penalties in local authority enforced sectors 2007/2008′ has been published.

