Employees had no access to running water or soap after sorting waste materials that could be contaminated with asbestos by hand  HSE guidance states employers must provide employees who are liable to ...

Steven Tervit, 32, was working in a scissor lift when he was ejected out of it He had worked for company for 15 years Company ...

A 12-year-old girl was injured by falling glass at Christmas lights event in Hanley in 2024. A snow machine fell from a window above the gift shop where members of the public were gathered. Emma ...

A joint venture working on the HS2 rail project has been fined after the driver of a 20-tonne tipper truck was injured when ...

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued its first ever Prohibition Notice against an occupational health service provider, following findings that inadequate health surveillance was putting ...

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has authorised a Crown Censure of the Ministry of Defence, and the prosecution of defence contractor Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land Ltd. This action follows an ...

The HSE has also published the annual figures for mesothelioma, a cancer caused by past exposure to asbestos. These show that 2,146 people died from the disease in Great Britain in 2024, representing ...

HSE serves first Prohibition Notices as part of nationwide health and safety inspection campaign Enforcement action taken to protect workers from deadly silica dust Four companies ordered to stop work ...

Bricklayer fell more than two metres through an unguarded gap in a balustrade into a basement lightwell. No scaffolding or other protective measures were in place before employees began work. HSE ...