Safety

A construction firm must pay £63,000 after being spotted using a makeshift platform for a mobile crane and failing to use edge protection on a scaffold platform.

A lorry driver who was sacked after refusing to wear a facemask inside his cab on a client’s site was fairly dismissed, a judge has ruled.

The EU Commission has issued three new amendments to REACH and an updated edition of radiation guidance has been published.

Enterprise Managed Services, part of Amey, has been fined after a worker tripped and fell under the wheels of refuse lorry.

Peter Baker, head of the new Building Safety Regulator, talks to IOSH magazine about his role in delivering a new regime for high-risk buildings, and how he plans to increase the competence of all professionals working on buildings and ensure effective oversight of the entire building safety environment.

An independent secondary school has been ordered to pay almost £63,000 in fines and costs after a member of the public tripped over a poorly lit wall and sustained fatal head injuries.

A waste collection company must pay £1.5 million after a binman was killed when he was dragged under the wheels of his lorry.

A roofing specialist has been ordered to pay £75,000 after pleading guilty to the corporate manslaughter of an employee on the outskirts of Belfast.

Renewable energy company Siemens Gamesa has been fined £533,000 for failing to provide fall protection at its Hull factory.

There is no prospect of payment as the former theme park operator is in administration.