Grimsby firm fined after worker's warehouse death A Grimsby haulage company has been sentenced for safety failings after a worker was killed when a row of steel coils 'collapsed like dominos' trapping him under their five-tonne weight.     The banded steel coils after their c... [More]

  Fine for Yorkshire firm after printer crushed to death   A retail marketing company has been ordered to pay £118,500 in fines and costs for serious safety failings after a worker at its Wakefield printing site was crushed to death. Bezier Ltd., which employs some 700 people acr... [More]

  Builder fined £15,000 after CO death At Haddington Sheriff Court on 16 May 2012, John Martin Riva was fined £15,000 after pleading guilty to a contravention of Sections 3 Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.  Having been contracted to rebuild the chimney on a property ... [More]

Phone Hacking charges brought Rebekah Brooks, her husband and four others have been charged by the Metropolitan police with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.  The others charged include Ms Mrs Brooks' PA and chaffeur.  These allegations arise from the phone hacking scandal at N... [More]

Recycling firm fined after worker crushed to death An Ystrad Mynach recycling firm has been prosecuted by the HSE after a yard foreman was crushed to death. 56 year-old Norman Mayne from Newport died after he became trapped between a container and a skip at Amber Services Ltd's recycling yard at D... [More]

Man jailed for illegal inspections of play equipment A Chester man has been jailed for more than 14 months after repeatedly ignoring a legal order preventing him from inspecting inflatable play equipment. The HSE prosecuted Peter McCormack (previously known as Peter Coltilda and Peter John Morrell... [More]

  Construction firms sentenced over Liverpool crane collapse Two construction firms have been sentenced after a crane collapsed onto a city centre apartment block in Liverpool, resulting in the crane driver being paralysed from the waist down.   The collapsed crane at the Kings Dock ... [More]

  Nuffield Health fined after worker injury A private healthcare provider managing a hospital in Ipswich has been fined for safety failings after an employee suffered a fractured kneecap. Mrs Shelagh Allen, from Mendlesham, Suffolk, was working in the clinic room of a ward at Nuffield Health... [More]

Director fined after worker's fatal fall through roof The director of a building firm has been prosecuted after a self-employed contractor fell to his death through a fragile roof at an industrial building in Penryn. Paul Gibbons, 59, who lived in Porthleven, was carrying out re-roofing work for A... [More]

  Yeovil construction company prosecuted after worker hit by fork lift truck A Yeovil construction company has been fined after a subcontracted worker suffered serious injuries when he was struck by a fork lift truck. Experienced ground worker Paul Daniels, 50, suffered shattered bones and a... [More]

  Ed - I quote below a press release from the HSE relating to PAT testing of office equipment.  Personally I think the HSE should have been much more vocal about this a long time ago.  Companies are being ripped off - largely because they find health and safety easier to comply with ... [More]

  Church Broughton man fined after worker seriously injured A Church Broughton man has been fined after an employee suffered life-changing injuries when his quad bike overturned at a farm in Derbyshire. The 42-year-old employee, who has asked not to be named, and also from Church Broughton, ... [More]