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At Haddington Sheriff Court today, John Martin Riva (DOB 21/07/62) was fined £15,000 after pleading guilty to a contravention of Sections 3 and 33 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974

Construction companies in the Central Scotland area are being encouraged to attend a free event to get to grips with health and safety in one of Britain’s most dangerous industries.

An Aberdeenshire roofing boss has been fined after one of his workers was seriously injured when he fell five metres from the edge of a flat roof.

Young construction apprentices in Aberdeen are to receive lifesaving advice at a free event raising awareness of death, injury and ill health in the workplace.

A Montrose farming partnership has been fined after two agricultural workers were severely injured when a telescopic handler went out of control, fell down a steep bank and came to rest at the top of a cliff.

A Montrose farming partnership has been fined after two agricultural workers were severely injured when a telescopic handler went out of control, fell down a steep bank and came to rest at the top of a cliff.

A machinery manufacturer has been fined after its hydraulic press crushed a Stranraer worker’s arm which was later amputated.

Safety champions and forestry industry leaders met this week to tackle the high rate of fatal and major injuries in the industry.

The Chair of the Health and Safety Executive has seen at first hand the initiative to create a safe and efficient work culture during the assembly of the two largest warships ever built in the UK.

A Fife engineering company has been fined £10,000 after a lathe weighing more than a tonne toppled onto a worker’s leg.

Construction sites in Glasgow are being put under the safety spotlight as part of an intensive inspection initiative aimed at reducing death, injury and ill health.

Construction sites across Scotland are being put under the safety spotlight as part of an intensive inspection initiative aimed at reducing death, injury and ill health.

At Glasgow Sheriff Court today, Railcare Ltd were fined £133,000 (reduced from £200,000 on account of their guilty plea) for a breach of Section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, following the death of one of their employees on 15 Dece…

Construction workers across Argyll and the Western Isles are being urged to pick up lifesaving advice at a free event on Tuesday, 14 February at Oban High School.

Three Dundee companies have been fined a total of £336,000 after a worker fell six and a half metres through a roof light onto a concrete floor.

Work-related death and injury statistics available for local authority areas

A self-employed blacksmith and fabricator has been fined after one of his employees was severely injured after falling more than seven metres from a roof he was working on.

A housebuilder has been fined £20,000 after a young boy was seriously injured when some timber roof trusses fell onto him.

A salmon farming company has been fined £70,000 after a worker drowned in Loch Heather, on the Isle of Lewis.

Farmers are being encouraged to attend a free training event in Fort William on Thursday, 10 November to get to grips with health and safety in one of Britain’s most dangerous industries.