News and Prosecutions
Corus crane collapse carries £100,000 fine
15 March 2010
Global steel manufacturer Corus has been fined £100,000 after an overloaded mobile crane overturned, leaving the operator with minor injuries.
HSE campaign aims to tackle noise at source
15 March 2010
The HSE has launched a new campaign to reduce machinery noise in the workplace by persuading manufacturers to make quieter equipment and encouraging businesses to buy it.
HSE issues guidance for firefighters on balancing duties with risk
12 March 2010
A new policy statement from the HSE aims to clarify how firefighters can balance health and safety requirements with their operational duties.
Builder ignored advice over unsafe roof working
10 March 2010
A builder has been fined £1500 after an HSE inspector saw two men working on a pub roof without proper safety equipment.
Two tonnes of falling metal crushed worker
9 March 2010
An incident in which over two tonnes of falling metal crushed an employee has landed a lorry-trailer manufacturer with penalties of more than £33,000 after it failed to provide proper…
Articles
Hazardous environments: close to the wind
10 February 2010
The UK government has committed to generating 30% of electricity using renewables by 2020, but maintaining wind turbines is a hazardous business, writes Dave Merchant.
Home cooking: designing a health and safety system
9 February 2010
Duncan Spencer argues practitioners should be more confident in serving up safety systems tailored to their organisations.
A good man in a storm
8 July 2009
Louis Wustemann learns about managing crises from the man who led the local responses to the Buncefield explosion, and the Hatfield and Potters Bar rail crashes.
Only human
1 May 2009
Early in the morning of 22 May 2006, a senior lifeguard at a Total Fitness gym in the Wirral mistakenly added chlorine granules to an acid tank rather than the…
The greatest shows on earth
1 May 2009
This season, his risk assessments ranged from tumblers and contortionists to the high wire and sword throwing. But while most health and safety professionals would blanch at the prospect, for…
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