Confined spaces

The senior coroner presiding over an inquest into the death of a high-voltage electrical engineer who was overcome by carbon monoxide while investigating a fault on an industrial transformer is warning IOSH members of the risks.

A small-scale mining company that was found guilty of breaching health and safety laws after one of its workers was injured and trapped in a mine collapse, has been fined £100,000, despite the firm facing liquidation.

A diving instructor has been fined after a trainee tragically died while searching a submarine wreck in Scotland.

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

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been issued a Crown Censure by the Health and Safety Executive following the death of a military diver who died during training.

The operator of Walkabout pubs has been prosecuted after a stack of chairs crushed a worker in a service lift.

Thames Water Utilities has been fined £300,000 following an incident in which three workers were carried along a sewer after a 150-year-old gate collapsed.  

The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has published new guidance on the dangers associated with confined spaces on farms, after it was revealed farming is still the most dangerous industry in Ireland.

The waste industry has been asked to contribute to a forthcoming report that will identify the scale of people sleeping in waste containers and offer preventative measures.

Costain-Skanska JV’s work on the High Speed 2 rail link’s central London site has changed perceptions on sensitively delivering urban archaeology projects while pleasing two disparate professions.