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• Company fined after workers exposed to Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome

  18/09/2018
  The investigation found that the company failed in their duty to implement a safe system of work in order to control exposure to vibration...

• Car Wash Company Fined for Insurance Breach

  18/09/2018
  A car wash company has been fined for not having employers’ liability insurance...

• Auto Company Fined for Insurance Breach

  18/09/2018
  A company that carries out maintenance and repair of motor vehicles has been fined for not having employers’ liability insurance Read More  ...

• Manufacturer fined after two killed by spray-booth explosion

  21/08/2018
  A Norwich manufacturing firm has been fined after two employees working with flammable substances in a spray booth were killed by an explosion Read More  ...

• Recovery Vehicle Company Fined After Fataility

  06/11/2017
  A vehicle recovery company and a recovery vehicles manufacturer have been fined after a worker died of crush injuries...

• H.S.E. Release 2016/17 Statistics

  01/11/2017
  The latest annual injury and ill health statistics from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show 1...

• ACT Appoint New Director

  01/11/2017
  ACT is pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Hall to their Board of Directors...

• Suspended Sentence After Fall From Height

  18/10/2017
  A contractor from London has today been given a six month prison sentence suspended for eighteen months after an employee fell from height...

• Unsafe Gas Works

  12/10/2017
  A handyman from Cornwall has been sentenced after conducting gas work and leaving it in an unsafe condition...

• Company Fined After Hand Injury

  27/09/2017
  A Preston based company has been fined after 59-year old Kevin Hebblethwaite suffered serious hand injuries in a machinery incident...

• GB Business Leaders Call Improvements On Improving Health In The Workplace

  08/09/2017
  Almost half of Britain's industry leaders do not feel enough is being done across industry to tackle cases of work-related ill-health, according to new research from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)...

• Flash Burn Results In Prosecution

  08/08/2017
  A manufacturing firm has been sentenced for safety breaches after a worker suffered flash burns to her face, neck, chest and both arms...

• Fine For HGV Company

  29/07/2017
  A North Lincolnshire company has been fined after a worker was injured whilst dismantling a HGV tipper lorry...

• Finger Amputation Results In Fine

  20/07/2017
  A company has been sentenced after a worker lost his middle two fingers while trying to repair its main entrance gate in Sheffield...

• Apprentice Falls From Height

  14/07/2017
  A Warrington based coach fabricator has appeared in court after an apprentice suffered serious injuries when he fell through a roof he was working on...

• Company Fined For Failing To Comply With An Enforcement Order

  14/06/2017
  Hatchmere Park Ltd has been fined after failing to comply with enforcement safety notices...

• Crush Leads To A Fine

  12/04/2017
  Moy Park Ltd has been fined after a worker was injured at the company's site in Anwick near Sleaford, Lincolnshire Lincoln Crown Court heard on the an engineer was checking the blades on the cutting line when the machine restarted and he wasn't able to move his hand away from the blade he was inspecting when the machine started up...

• Vehicle Crushing Injuries Lead To A Fine

  08/03/2017
  A Bedfordshire trailer firm has been sentenced after an employee suffered crush injuries when he was trapped between a lorry's cab and a trailer...

• Jaguar Land Rover fined £900,000 after worker injured

  18/01/2017
  National car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover has been fined after a worker lost their leg following a car accident...

• Volvo Sentenced After Fall

  05/12/2016
  The national truck, bus and plant division of Volvo has been fined £900,000 after one of their workers fell and suffered head injuries...

• Garage Owner Fined Over Guard Dog Attack

  05/10/2016
  A garage owner in Seven Sisters, North London, has been fined for several health and safety breaches after a worker was attacked by a guard dog...

• £5 Million Fine For Alton Towers

  27/09/2016
  The owners of Alton Towers have been fined £5million with costs of £69,955...

• Motor Manufacturer Fined For Asbestos Breach

  08/07/2016
  A motor manufacturer has been fined after discovery of asbestos boarding panels contaminated a site...

• Motor Vehicle repair company fined after work experience student crushed by vehicle

  14/06/2016
  A motor vehicle repair company was fined after a 27 year old man gaining work experience at the garage, was crushed to death by a vehicle...

• Worker suffered fatal crush injuries after being hit by lorry

  18/12/2015
  A commercial vehicle company was ordered to pay £212,500 in fines and costs after one of its workers was killed when a lorry travelling at less than 5km/h crushed him...

• Employee crushed under van during inspection

  18/11/2015
  A contract gardening company has been fined for safety failings that led to a worker sustaining serious crush injuries to his chest...

• Company admitted killing a six-year-old girl who was crushed to death by electric gates in Manchester

  18/11/2015
  A company has admitted killing a six-year-old girl who was crushed to death by electric gates in Manchester...

• Firm sentenced after worker dies after inhaling paint stripper

  04/11/2015
  An employer has been fined after a worker dies after inhaling fumes while cleaning a chemical stripping paint tank at a motor vehicle repair company...

• Defibs in schools

  23/09/2015
  It was great to see The One Show publishing the issues of sudden arrest in children and are campaiging to get defibrillators into schools...

• Assessment of arm locking systems of two-post vehicle lifts

  25/08/2015
  Following a number of vehicles falling from two-post vehicle lifts HSE is concerned that some lifts for sale in the UK amy not be fit for purpose due to inferior build, quality and/or design...

• Employee severely injures leg at HGV spray painting company

  20/08/2015
  A HGV spray painting company has been fined for safety failings that led to a worker sustaining a serious fracture to his left leg...

• HSE Safety Alert!

  14/08/2015
  'Norfolk Range' large wheeled dry powder fire extinguishers manufactured before 2009 by UK Fire Intrnational Ltd are failing to operate!! Only dry powder units manufactured between 1970 and 2009 are affected...

• Roofing Contractor Fined After Employee Feel Through A Fragile Roof

  14/08/2015
  A Norwich based roofing contractor has been fined after his employee fell seven metres through a roof on which he was working...

• Business Partners Fined after explosion

  14/08/2015
  Partners of Mason Engineering were fined £4000 each and were made to pay £1171...

• Five Hurt At Three Counties Showground....

  29/07/2015
  Five hurt at Three Counties Showground as marquees blows over...

• Pontefract Rugby Club

  29/07/2015
  We are pleased to announce that we are the primary shirt sponsors for Pontefract Rugby Club...

• Health & Safety Executive Release Latest Workplace Fatality Rates

  07/07/2015
  The Health & Safety Executive has today released the 2014/15 workplace fatality figures...

• Kids? - They are all lazy and cause too much red tape - don't they?

  16/06/2015
  Today the HSE has profoundly pledged it's support to the #iwill campaign...

• Looking After 700,000 People - On Your Bike!!

  05/05/2015
  Over the weekend A...

• Rescue Assist stickers introduced by Mercedes-Benz

  25/03/2015
  Mercedes-Benz has introduced it's Rescue Assist stickers in the UK, allowing emergency services to quickly identify key details of a car by using a smartphone or tablet...

• Chessington fined £150k after girl injured in fall

  22/01/2015
    Chessington World of Adventures has been fined £150,000 for safety breaches after a four-year-old girl suffered head injuries in a 14ft (4...

• Draft guidance published by the H.S.E. on the new CDM Regulations

  12/01/2015
  The Health and Safety Executive has published draft guidance on the upcoming Construction (Design & Management) Regulations which are due to come in to force on the 6th April 2015...

• New Asbestos Awareness App Launched By the Health & Safety Executive

  01/12/2014
  The Health & Safety Executive have launched a new free App with the specific intention of raising people's awareness in relation to the risks associated with Asbestos...

• Pub That Banned Poppies For Health & Safety Reasons, Criticised By The Chair Of The H.S.E.

  10/11/2014
  The Chair Person of the HSE Judith Hackitt has publically criticised the decision making process of a pub chain that banned poppies and called for the "blanket approach taken" towards Health & Safety to stop...

• An industry-wide campaign to cut the number of deaths from occupational cancer has been launched

  03/11/2014
  Today (3rd November 2014) a new Campaign led by the Institution of Occupational Safety & Health has been launched to "Beat Workplace Cancer...

• New Explosive Regulations Launched

  14/10/2014
  The Explosive Regulations 2014 were launched on the 1st of October 2014 and see a consolidation of a number of former Regulations...

• New Guidance for Using Acetylene

  06/10/2014
  The Health & Safety Executive has produced updated guidance regarding the use of acetylene in the workplace...

• Great Yorkshire Show 2015

  25/09/2014
  We are very proud to announce that we have been retained to manage the event safety aspects of next year's Great Yorkshire Show...

• Changes to the Health & Safety Law Poster

  27/01/2014
  From April 2014 Employers will need to ensure that they either display the 2009 version of the Health & Safety Law poster or issue their employees the free to download approved leaflet...

• Asbestos – The Hidden Killer

  14/01/2014
  Current Government estimates suggest that there are currently over 5000 people in the UK who are dying from asbestos related disease...

• So what is this CoSHH all about?

  10/12/2013
  If you ask anyone to name a Health & Safety Regulation, the one which most people will think of is CoSHH...

• Poorly Maintained Gas Systems

  25/11/2013
  As we start to descend further into winter, we find ourselves hard pushed not to listen to the radio and hear a heated (if you will excuse the pun) debate around the cost of energy...

• The Fee for Intervention Programme

  28/10/2013
  Extra cost for thoses who do not comply...

• Young Persons Guidance Update

  21/10/2013
  Under Health & Safety Law, anyone who is under the age of 18 is classed as a Young Person in the workplace...

• Contractors

  08/10/2013
  Employers have a responsibility to ensure (so far as is reasonably practicable) that they look after the safety & wellbeing of those that can be affected by their undertaking...

• Changes to First Aid at Work Regulations

  04/10/2013
  On the 1st of October the First Aid at Work Regulations changed...

• Fire Brigade Union Industrial Action - 25th September

  23/09/2013
  On the 25th September the Fire Brigade Union will undertake industrial action between 12:00 and 16:00 in England & Wales...

• Changes to RIDDOR

  11/09/2013
  Subject to Parliamentary approval, the Reporting of Injuries Diseases and Dangerous Occurrence Regulations (RIDDOR) are about to take effect...

• £40,000.00 for failure to assess legionaires disease

  02/09/2013
  A private care home has been ordered to pay £40,000 in fines and costs after it failed to manage the risk of elderly residents...

• Checklist

  19/08/2013
  We can often find ourselves doing things in the name of Health & Safety and not understand why we are doing it!  To help focus Companies minds the H...

• Hot Hot Hot!

  07/08/2013
  Currently there is no legal maximum indoor working temperature...

• Reporting Incidents

  06/08/2013
  Changes to Reporting Incidents The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has changed its contact arrangements to better direct those wishing to report an incident, notify workplace concerns or seek interpretation of guidance...

• New Health & Safety Services

  20/06/2013
  Practical HR are delighted to announce the launch of their new Health and Safety Services (and products)...