News and Prosecutions
Worker’s head crushed in trench collapse
26 March 2012
A holiday park has been prosecuted after an employee suffered serious injuries when a trench he was working in collapsed on top of him.
‘Human error’ led to quarry worker’s asphyxiation
03 January 2012
The owners of a quarry where a man died in a container of ground limestone have been ordered to pay more than £54,000 for breaches of health and safety regulations.
In brief | Fishery appeals £600,000 fine
22 July 2011
Scottish Sea Farms is to appeal the £600,000 penalty it landed for the deaths of an employee and a contractor who suffocated in a confined space.
£600k fine for confined space deaths
06 July 2011
Salmon farm operator Scottish Sea Farms has been fined £600,000 after two of its workers suffocated in the confined cabin of a barge trying to rescue a colleague.
Developer ignored HSE notices
28 June 2010
A property developer has been fined £2000 after he ignored two Improvement Notices at a Greater Manchester residential building site.
Articles
King's Cross: fatal complacency
07 January 2012
Becky Allen recalls the management failures which led to the 1987 blaze that killed 31 people.
Open and shut spaces
06 December 2010
If you focus on the dimensions when watching out for a statutory confined space, you could easily get caught out, cautions Dave Merchant.
Breathing space
07 June 2010
Paul Walton explains the health risks associated with gas exposure in confined spaces and how careful monitoring can help you manage them.
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.
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