Repeated wood dust failures lands company with fine
Timbercraft Windows & Doors Limited, which also manufactures wooden conservatories, was visited by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)…
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Company and director sentenced for putting workers at risk
A roofing firm has been fined while its director has been handed a suspended prison sentence after putting the lives of workers at risk…
Changes to the CSCS Trainee card
The CSCS Trainee card will soon become available to those holding certain occupation related non-competence qualifications to help…
Annual statistics for 2023 to 2024 released
HSE has published the latest statistics on work-related health and safety in Great Britain. The annual work-related health and safety…
Ginsters owner fined £1.28m after employee crushed to death by lorry
Paul Clarke was fatally crushed on 2 December 2021 after being struck by the vehicle as it reversed into a loading bay at The Cornwall…
Validity of first CSCS Labourer Card reduced to two years
Construction Skills Certification Scheme Cards Limited (CSCS Cards Limited) has announced major changes to the Labourer card , which take…
Stress Awareness Week: Employers have to fulfil legal duty
Britain’s workplace health and safety regulator, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), is calling on all employers during Stress…
Residents put at risk of deadly disease as company fined £900k
The deadly bacteria was detected at Vincent Naughton Court following the sampling of its water systems in the communal areas and flats in…
Contractor fined after worker left paralysed by falling tree
A contractor from Dorset has been fined after a tree fell onto a forestry worker and left him with life-changing injuries. Gerald…
Company fined following crane collapse
A company has been fined after a crane collapsed at its site on Falmouth Docks, putting more than 250 people at risk. Emergency services…