Confined spaces

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.

A technology that draws digital boundaries around work areas has helped to improve safety on construction sites and in fleet management.

A Cheshire manufacturing company has been fined £14,000 after an employee sliced his knuckle on a metal cutting saw.

BSI is running a public consultation on the draft revised text of its existing code of practice for safety and health in tunnelling in the construction industry.

Sponsors are being sought to co-fund two shared research projects, which will help the UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) improve the use of remote inspection technologies and increase take-up of wearables in the workplace.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation into the fatality in Emmadale Close on 13 August 2015 identified a host of failures by the three companies. As the property's owner, Synergy Housing had primary responsibility for the lift's safety while sister company Aster Property arranged the lift's maintenance. Both are part of housing association the Aster Group, which describes itself on its website as an ethical landlord.