A firm that supplies machinery for paper mills has been fined after a worker plunged several metres into a giant blender-like pulping machine. An investigation
A district council has been fined £250,000 for Health & Safety failings after 12 grounds maintenance workers were found to have the condition vibration white
A television advert showing people drumming Heinz baked beans cans has been banned on safety grounds. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled Heinz Foods UK
A chemical company has been fined £3m after poor Health & Safety practices killed a worker and seriously injured another. The workers were overcome by
A waste recycling company in administration has been fined £80,000 after a worker was buried under collapsed waste. The New Earth Solutions Group employee worked
Emergency services were last week called to a brewery after reports of a gas leak. Eleven employees, two police officers and nine firefighters were hospitalised
The makers of the Jiffy Bag have been fined after a worker’s thumb was cut off. Liverpool Crown Court found that Jiffy Packaging Company Ltd
According to Health & Safety Executive data the number of directors and senior managers prosecuted for Health & Safety offences has more than trebled in
A company producing the latest Star Wars movie has been fined a whopping £1.6m after Harrison Ford broke his leg. Foodles Production (UK) Ltd owned
A £200,000 fine handed to a company for Health & Safety transgressions highlights the dangers involved in ‘Work at Height’. The court heard that an
