Air transport – Managing key risks
How to manage the risks from: Aircraft turnaround, assisting disabled passengers, baggage handling, musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD) and Working at height.
Agriculture – Tractors and farm vehicles
The law says vehicles (tractors, farm vehicles and workplace transport) should be able to move around safely, be properly maintained and operators should be adequately trained. this page outlines what you need to do and what you need to know.
Woodworking – Health and safety in sawmills
For many years, the sawmill industry had a poor safety record with very high rates of fatal and major accidents. Things are now much improved due to the combined efforts of industry, HSE and plant & equipment suppliers. However, sawmilling remains a high risk business with a major injury rate that is over two and [...]
Woodworking – Health and safety in sawmills
For many years, the sawmill industry had a poor safety record with very high rates of fatal and major accidents. Things are now much improved due to the combined efforts of industry, HSE and plant & equipment suppliers. However, sawmilling remains a high risk business with a major injury rate that is over two and [...]
Dumper truck breaks worker’s foot
A Northamptonshire construction company has been fined after a six-tonne dumper truck ran over a worker’s foot.
Recycling firm fined after worker crushed to death
An Ystrad Mynach recycling firm has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a yard foreman was crushed to death.
Leicestershire firms fined after death of worker
Two Leicestershire companies have been fined after a worker was killed when a lorry overturned onto his vehicle.
Leicestershire firms fined after death of worker
Two Leicestershire companies have been fined after a worker was killed when a lorry overturned onto his vehicle.
Yeovil construction company prosecuted after worker hit by fork lift truck
A Yeovil construction company has been fined after a subcontracted worker suffered serious injuries when he was struck by a fork lift truck.
NAPO in…Safe moves – DVD
This film shows NAPO using fork-lift trucks and other forms of internal and external workplace transport. The film is about effective organisation and management and how senior managers need to plan, implement and monitor, assess risks and take appropr…
Firm fined after worker’s fall from forklift
A North Devon farming business has been prosecuted for safety failings after a worker fractured his skull falling from the prong of a forklift truck at an animal feed mill.
Steel firm in court over employee’s injuries
A Preston steel firm has appeared in court after a working platform slid off the forks of a forklift truck and struck one of its employees.
Farming partnership fined after two workers severely injured
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.
Farming partnership fined after two workers severely injured
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.
Packaging company fined after worker hit by lorry
The Corrugated Case Company Ltd has been fined after an employee was seriously injured by a heavy goods vehicle at its site on Pilsley Road in Danesmoor, Chesterfield.
Packaging company fined after worker hit by lorry
The Corrugated Case Company Ltd has been fined after an employee was seriously injured by a heavy goods vehicle at its site on Pilsley Road in Danesmoor, Chesterfield.
Worksop man fined after death of worker
A Worksop man has been fined after an employee was crushed to death when a tractor overturned and landed on him.
Construction firm fined after worker’s narrow escape
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.
Workers’ injuries lead to fines for two Derbyshire companies
Two companies have been fined following separate incidents at a Derbyshire lead smelting works. The first happened on 19 August 2009 when an employee suffered severe burns following an explosion at the site. The second incident happened on 7 May 2010 when an employee of Key Engineering (Chesterfield) Ltd was investigating a fault on an [...]
Worker’s leg amputated following forklift incident
A Cardiff-based cargo company has been fined after a lorry driver had part of his leg amputated after being struck by a reversing forklift truck.
