Every work-related suicide should be investigated by the Health and Safety Executive, experts have said, in the wake of the death of a…
A chemicals company has been fined £40,000 after releasing a cloud of toxic chlorine gas that spread through its factory, yard and…
Civil engineering firm Kier has been fined more than £4m after its workers struck overhead powerlines twice while working on the M6…
A chipboard manufacturer has been fined £2,150,000 for health and safety failings that led to the death of an employee. Norbord Europe…
Two company directors have been jailed after a wall collapsed killing five men – with both firms having to pay combined fines of…
You may not realise it but there’s no legal duty on an employer to carry out an investigation into an incident in the workplace. But,…
A recent tribunal case has highlighted the importance of recognising and investigating near misses.