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A Grimsby haulage company has been sentenced for safety failings after a worker was killed when a row of steel coils ‘collapsed like dominos’ trapping him under their five-tonne weight.

A retail marketing company has been ordered to pay £118,500 in fines and costs for serious safety failings after a worker at its Wakefield printing site was crushed to death.

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

HSE Chair Judith Hackitt discusses people’s views of what health and safety is.

A construction worker defied death after falling four metres from the cage of a 20-tonnes cherry-picker into the path of a moving bus, which then pushed him another 15 metres along the Euston Road.

Seven construction workers were lucky to survive when more than 250 tonnes of wet concrete collapsed at Liverpool John Moores University, a court has been told.

Nearly one in five construction sites failed safety checks during a national initiative to improve construction site safety – a slight improvement on previous years.

Nearly one in five construction sites failed safety checks during a national initiative to improve construction site safety – a slight improvement on previous years.

A Cheshire worker could have been killed when he fell from the top of a chemical storage tank, a court has heard.

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.

The head of Britain’s safety watchdog has paid a visit to a Welsh school to see an award-winning teacher prove that it is possible to inject excitement into education – without falling foul of red tape.

A Merseyside shipbuilding firm has been fined £120,000 over the death of a welder who became trapped while driving a forklift truck.

A vehicle repair firm has been sentenced over the death of a man who fell through a fragile garage roof in Manchester.

Woodworking is the only industry where machinery accidents cause more injuries than slips and trips. This example illustrates safe practice when stake pointing on a circular saw.

The Managing Director of a St Helens gas supply firm has appeared in court after he and an employee suffered multiple burns in an explosion.

The Chair of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has used a visit to a Cheshire oil refinery to highlight a shining example of a proper approach to health and safety.

A construction company and director have been fined following the death of a worker at a site in Hampstead.

A 23-year-old Keighley man died from massive crush injuries when his head became trapped in the jaws of a grab machine being wrongly used to move a pallet of cement bags.

A Hampshire lift manufacturer has been prosecuted after a lorry driver was killed while delivering goods to its factory in Romsey.

A construction firm and its company secretary have been fined after construction workers were put at risk during the refurbishment of its offices in Hatfield, Hertfordshire.