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The owner of a Bedfordshire farm has been prosecuted for failing to complete legally required documentation in relation to safe working near overhead power cables.

A Norwich gas installer has received an eight-month suspended prison sentence and 250 hours of unpaid community service after his inadequate work on domestic gas appliances put the lives of a mother and daughter at risk in their own home.

A private healthcare provider managing a hospital in Ipswich has been fined for safety failings after an employee suffered a fractured kneecap.

fresh warning has been issued about storing pesticides safely, after a West Norfolk pest controller was prosecuted for keeping them in an unlocked garden shed.

A coating and treatment company with premises in Swavesey, Cambridgeshire has been fined for safety failings after an employee suffered an electric shock.

A coating and treatment company with premises in Swavesey, Cambridgeshire has been fined for safety failings after an employee suffered an electric shock.

A self-employed gas engineer has been fined for carrying out unregistered work on commercial premises in Ipswich.

An unregistered gas installer was caught illegally carrying out work on a house in Newark.

A company has been fined after a visit by Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspectors found dangerous conditions in a factory on an industrial estate near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

A chain of dry cleaners in Bedford has been fined after putting workers’ lives at risk from a poorly-maintained gas boiler.

A West Midlands firm has been fined after a teenage worker’s arm was amputated after being crushed during the demolition of old Grand Cinema in Ramsey town centre in Cambridgeshire.

A woman who owns a number of properties in Basildon which she rents to vulnerable families has been given community service for failing to keep their gas appliances well maintained and safe.

One of the UK’s leading printing groups has been fined £112,500 at Peterborough Crown Court today after a maintenance engineer was crushed to death in a printing press.

A secondary school in Colchester has been prosecuted after a teenage boy was injured when a stack of timber board fell on him, causing severe injury to his ankle and foot.

Construction sites in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire are being put under the safety spotlight as part of an intensive inspection initiative aimed at reducing death and injury. Between now and 16 March, inspectors from the Health & Safety Executive will be visiting sites where refurbishment or repair works are being carried out.

Construction sites in Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk are being put under the safety spotlight as part of an intensive inspection initiative aimed at reducing death and injury. Between now and 16 March, inspectors from the Health & Safety Executive will be visiting sites where refurbishment or repair works are being carried out.

A Suffolk plumber who put lives at risk by illegally working on domestic gas appliances has been sentenced to six months in prison.

A self-employed plumber has been fined for posing as a registered gas fitter to try to carry out work on gas appliances at a Peterborough take-away.

A Hertfordshire company which designs and manufactures shop fixtures and displays has been fined after a worker fell and fractured his pelvis.

Two Norfolk companies have been fined after a cleaner’s hand was crushed in machinery.