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A nationwide removals firm has been fined for safety failings after a worker broke his leg whilst moving machinery at a site in Bedford.

A Dagenham-based firm has been sentenced after a worker severed a finger and seriously injured two others on a badly-guarded cutting block capable of 10,000 cuts per minute.

A Staffordshire kitchen fitter has been has been fined after he carried out illegal gas work and put families’ lives at risk.

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Safety culture is typically measured through questionnaires that explore employees’ attitudes and perceptions regarding safety. HSL’s improved, online Safety Climate Tool uses advanced survey methods to understand the health and safety culture ...

A County Durham man has been jailed and a Tyneside firm and one of its directors fined after a demolition worker fell to his death from a cherry picker that was knocked over by a falling roof beam.

Global defence company BAE Systems has been ordered to pay almost £350,000 in fines and costs after a worker died when he was crushed by the 145-tonnes weight of a metal press at its East Yorkshire plant.

Previous work has shown that noise emission data provided by manufacturers can be of variable quality and based on standards that no longer exist. The aim of the project was to assess the suitability of information on noise emission required under the ...

HSE Chair Judith Hackitt on taking up the role of President of the Institution of Chemical Engineers and whether she would still choose to be a chemical engineer if applying to go to university today.

A worker at one of the world’s largest metal recycling firms was killed because of a failing to properly segregate people and moving vehicles, a court has heard.

A Durham firm has been fined after a worker suffered horrific injuries and had to have his arm amputated when he fell into dangerous machinery in an asphalt production plant.

Tenants, and not the building owner, have been charged for the purchase of a plastic barrier to carry out maintenance on the lift at their managed housing. Bespoke barriers designed specifically for this purpose are readily available but a different and ...

HSE’s statisticians collect, analyse and disseminate statistics and epidemiological research related to health and safety at work as well as providing tailored advice and analyses for HSE’s policy and operational teams. We have vacancies for ...

A submarine maintenance company has been fined after a labourer crushed his hand while working on a submarine refit project at Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth.

May 2013 update – Impact assessment on HSE’s consultation to simplify and clarify the reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences (RIDDOR) is now available.