HSE has warned employers to ensure they manage health and safety risks in the workplace, this follows the prosecution
Category: Prosecution
Stark warning for plant hire firms after rollover
HSE is warning plant hire companies to ensure their vehicles are supplied in a safe condition after a Treharris company
Everest prosecuted for breaching Work At Height Regulations
HSE has issued a stark warning that companies face robust enforcement action following its prosecution of Everest Ltd,
HSE warning following prosecution of builder
Following the recent prosecution of builder and roofer David Johnson, HSE is issuing a warning to anyone that has had
Quarry firm prosecuted after worker trapped in machinery
HSE is warning those responsible for the health and safety of workers not to neglect their duties following an incident
Bromsgrove company fined £5,000 for quarry worker’s injury
Employers are being warned by HSE to ensure they assess workplace risks properly and ensure that suitable protective
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NHS trust prosecuted after elderly woman falls from window
HSE is reminding hospitals and organisations which provide care services for vulnerable people to ensure that they take
Crane safety warning after death of welder
HSE warns of the dangers of allowing cranes to operate over the heads of employees. The warning following the
Gas engineer prosecuted for unauthorised work
HSE is warning anyone having gas appliances fitted or serviced to ensure the engineer they are using is competent and
HSE prosecutes forklift truck driver
A forklift truck driver working at Eardisley Sawmills, Herefordshire has been prosecuted by HSE following serious injuries
Two companies fined £30,000 after worker loses fingertips
HSE warns businesses to make sure that workers and contractors are properly trained to carry out risk assessments
Quarry prosecutions
Details of two prosecutions for exposure to respirable crystalline silica.
Shell UK oil products Ltd fined £266,681
Shell UK Oil Products Limited had a ‘narrow escape’ after 20 tonnes of a highly flammable and toxic gas escaped
Road builder fined £250,000
HSE is urging construction companies to ensure they carry out proper planning, inspection and maintenance
Unacceptable performance by refurbishment sector of the construction industry
“Over one in three construction sites visited put the lives of workers at risk and operated so far below the acceptable
Classroom evacuated after carbon monoxide leak
HSE is warning those with a responsibility to maintain and service gas appliances in schools and other public
Two injured in fall through asbestos cement roof
On Wednesday, 17 May 2006, two men working on a derelict barn fell through a fragile asbestos cement roof
Employee injures hand repairing frame making machine
HSE has warned of the danger of maintenance work being carried out on live machinery. The warning comes after a
Carbon monoxide incident at Gateshead school
HSE has announced that it is prosecuting Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council in connection with a carbon

