Health and Safety Executive

Category: Prosecution

HSE warns landlords to ensure gas appliances are maintained

Friday, January 9, 2009

HSE is warning all landlords to ensure gas appliances are safe for tenants.

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Construction industry warning after serious fall

Thursday, January 8, 2009

The Health and Safety Executive has warned the construction industry of the need to ensure that work

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Construction e-Bulletin: sign up today!

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Join the 33,000 subscribers who receive HSE’s free construction health and safety email newsletter. In the latest edition:

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Taylor Woodrow prosecution highlights construction dangers

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

A fatal incident during the construction of the National Assembly for Wales in Cardiff, has

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Warning to fairground operators after prosecution

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

HSE demanded that fairground operators protect the public by ensuring that their staff are properly

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Mansfield firm fined after man is seriously injured

Friday, December 19, 2008

HSE urges companies to take worker safety seriously after a man had his fingers crushed

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Invisible danger warning after potentially lethal gas released

Thursday, December 18, 2008

HSE is warning companies to conduct suitable risk assessments and provide safe systems of work, after toxic carbon dioxide (CO2)

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Council fined after 90-year-old lady dies

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

HSE is warning health and social care organisations and other employers to ensure that they carry out suitable risk assessments

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Company and director fined for exposing staff to asbestos

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

HSE warns businesses to ensure they keep accurate details of asbestos in their buildings before any construction work takes place.

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Suspended sentence for hotel owner who flouted the law

Monday, December 15, 2008

HSE warns companies to comply with their notices after a Lincolnshire hotel owner was sentenced for a number of offences.

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HSE warns of the need to assess risks, after worker injured

Friday, December 12, 2008

HSE is urging manufacturing companies to conduct suitable risk assessments and adopt safe working practices when moving heavy products and equipment.

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HSE warns of dangers after man loses part of his leg

Thursday, December 11, 2008

HSE is warning construction companies to ensure they provide safe systems of work

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Health and social care risk assessment reminder after elderly woman dies

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

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.

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Need for workers to consider elderly residents highlighted

Monday, December 1, 2008

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.

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Working at height warning after man dies

Monday, November 24, 2008

HSE is warning of the importance of carrying out risk assessments and implementing safe systems for working at height

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Two companies fined following fatal accident

Friday, November 21, 2008

Construction companies were today  warned by the HSE to keep health and safety under  constant review throughout the life of a project.

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Shopfitters fined £20,000 after man falls from tower scaffold

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

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,

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Warning to aerial cableway operators after prosecution

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

The Health and Safety Executive today warned operators of aerial cableways they must ensure they

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Company fined after employee suffers serious burns

Friday, November 7, 2008

HSE has warned companies to protect employees from dangerous substances.

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Local Authority prosecutions report

Thursday, November 6, 2008

The report ‘Health and safety offences and penalties in local authority enforced sectors 2007/2008′ has been published.

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