Homeowner spared jail after carrying out work on his home
A homeowner has been given a suspended sentence after he carried out unsafe work on an extension to his own home in Manchester with no proper scaffolding. Abdul Rehman engaged…
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Category: Health and saftey
Housing firm fined £528,000 after worker struck cable
Maintenance workers repairing fence posts were given zero information about underground services and struck an underground cable suffering serious burns. The housing company based in Kent was fined £528,000 when…
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Furniture firm fined after lack of extraction for wood dust
A company has been fined £14,700 and ordered to pay £4,869.46 after an inspection by Britain’s workplace regulator found workers were being exposed to excessive levels of wood dust. Breathing…
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Steel worker loses life after being crushed between to steel beams
A steel fabricator and manufacturer has been fined £120,000 after a worker was killed after becoming trapped between two heavy steel beams which were to be used on a construction…
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HSE hopes to build knowledge over work place stress
In the hustle and bustle of the construction site, amidst the clang of hammers and the roar of machinery, mental health is not often a topic at the forefront of…
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Companies fined after site had multiple HSE failings
Two companies have been fined £20,000 for a catalogue of health and safety failings at former bank being converted at building site inLondon Road Alderley Edge in the Cheshire village. The…
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Two builders caught in excavator bucket lifting keystone
A construction company firm has been fined for a series of Health and safety failings one included two workers being hoisted in a excavator bucket to lay a keystone on…
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Building firm fined for dangerous work after being served prohibition order
A building firm has been fined after putting workers working at height at risk during the refurbishment of a former warehouse building in London and for breaching a Prohibition Notice….
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HSE to launch safety blitz on pains, strains and aches
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are launching a new initiative with 1,000 inspections to be carried out in October and November checking how workers are moving heavy or bulky materials….
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New HSE guidance on Silica exposure
Silica exposure has long been known to be a serious risk to workers HSE has now released new updated guidance to firms who are involved on the cutting and shaping…
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