The latest statistics to be published by the HSE show a continuing, positive trend in health and safety in the workplace. [Read More...]

Failure to perform adequate risk assessment when it comes to work being done on or around asbestos-containing materials can result in harsh fines from the Court. [Read More...]

A self-employed man was left with muscle loss and nerve damage after being struck in the arm by a pusher blocker. [Read More...]

A care home company has today admitted corporate manslaughter over the death of an 86-year-old woman.Ivy Atkin died on 22 November 2012, shortly after being moved from Autumn Grange care home in Sherwood Rise. [Read More...]

In a recent month-long initiative, the HSE targeted small refurbishment companies and found 46% of them did not meet the required standard for health and safety measures. [Read More...]

A control system fault at Tata, an international steel giant, nearly cost an employee his life after he was showered in scalding molten metal in a massive explosion at its Rotherham plant in 2012. [Read More...]

New sentencing guidelines could send some organisations to the wall, as well as making a custodial sentence a stronger possibility for directors and employees. [Read More...]

New statistics reveal that the number of criminal prosecutions brought by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) rose from 24 in 2012/2013 to 52 in 2014/2015. [Read More...]