2020 / 2021 Edition
Health & Safety Executive (HSE)
News article
Banksman run over and crushed by shovel loader on waste and recycling site suffers life-changing injuries
Employers reminded to protect workers’ health by controlling exposure to welding fume
Senior inspector says organization will not tolerate any form of violence, aggression or abuse directed towards its staff
Life-changing injury results in £400,000 fine for Saint-Gobain Construction Products UK
McGee Group fined £500,000 for death of labourer during demolition project in London
Fairhurst Stone Merchants fined £50,000 after delivery vehicle comes into contact with high-voltage cable
Six-month suspended sentence for company director after repeated serious safety failings
Company fined £1 million after an employee died during maintenance and repair work
Owner and director of Mike Took Ltd ordered to do unpaid work after employee critically injured
APK Earthmoving Ltd fined after site security guard suffers life-changing injuries to his hand
Celtic Rock Services Ltd and director sentenced after workers diagnosed with hand arm vibration syndrome
Company prosecuted after unsafe lifting operation goes wrong at Kings Cross concrete plant
Minteq UK fined £200,000 after worker suffers fatal injuries when struck by forklift truck
Gauntlet Health and Safety urge business to put the right controls in place without delay
Provisional data reveal that 147 workers were fatally injured across all industrial sectors in 2018/19