Safety

A judge has slashed a cash-strapped council’s safety fine by more than half in recognition of the impact of COVID-19.

There will be a new culture of accountability brought in by the Building Safety Regulator, Dame Judith Hackitt told MPs last week.

Council officers ordered supermarket to prevent use of dangerous bandsaw, but staff just removed the tape

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has accepted a Crown Censure from the HSE following another fatal diving incident.

A hose manufacturer has been fined after an operative fractured his arm when his sleeve was dragged into machinery.

A manufacturer has been fined £100,000 after an employee's hand was crushed when it got trapped in a machine with no guard.

Enforcing social distancing measures and the wearing of face coverings are now the biggest triggers for abuse of shopworkers, a survey has revealed.

The director of a scaffold firm has been handed a 12-month jail term, suspended for 12 months, after an operative fell five metres onto a concrete pavement and sustained fatal head injuries.

An industrial services provider has been ordered to pay more than £2m after one of

The World Health Organization has issued a safety charter calling for 5 actions improve healthcare worker safety.