Minister resists extending RIDDOR to work-related road injuries
Road safety minister Paul Clark has confirmed that there are no immediate plans to bring work-related deaths and injuries under the HSE’s injury and incident reporting system RIDDOR.
8 Mar 2010

Construction deaths show winter spike
There was an abrupt rise in construction deaths in the late months of last year, according to figures revealed at January’s HSE board meeting.
8 Feb 2010

Offshore injury rates fall to lowest recorded levels December 2009
For the second year running, no workers died last year while working in the HSE-regulated offshore oil and gas industry.
18 Dec 2009

Food firm took eight months to report injury
The HSE has criticised a food firm's management for its poor leadership after a worker was crushed between 1000kg bags of rice and beans when a mezzanine floor fell down.
16 Dec 2009

Directors failed to learn from unreported blast
A novice welder died when an oil drum he was working on exploded at a family-run engineering firm, Exeter Crown Court has heard. HSE inspectors found the company had failed…
26 Oct 2009

Latex failures cost NHS Trust £11,000
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust in Harlow must pay penalties of £11,000 after it admitted failing to comply with an HSE enforcement notice and failing to report a case…
24 Sep 2009

Offshore injury rates hit the deck
No-one died while working offshore in 2008-2009 and the combined fatal and major injury rate has dropped to its lowest since the HSE began regulating the industry, according to the…
6 Aug 2009

Latest offshore injury stats released
The HSE has released its offshore injury, ill health and incident statistics for 2007/2008.
9 Dec 2008

HSE falling short on ill-health and days-lost targets
The latest annual statistics on work-related health and safety suggest the HSE is not on track to meet reduction targets for ill health or days lost per worker.
29 Oct 2008

Unilever exposed workers to chemicals
Industrial giant Unilever must pay fines and costs of £28,770 after workers at its Port Sunlight site in Merseyside suffered irritant dermatitis due to exposure to hazardous chemicals.
30 Sep 2008

Manager fined for RIDDOR failure
A manager has been fined for failing to report an incident in which a 63-year-old worker was knocked unconscious and suffered major injuries after falling two metres.
13 Aug 2008

Nightclub failed to report injury
A Bristol nightclub that left a visitor to call an ambulance for himself after he was injured and later failed to report the incident to the council must pay nearly…
15 Jul 2008

Updated RIDDOR guidance published
The HSE has published revised RIDDOR guidance featuring an at-a-glance list of reportable major injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences.
10 Jun 2008

HSE: 10% fall in site deaths last year
The HSE has revealed that provisional fatal injuries statistics for 2007/08 show 69 construction workers were killed on sites.
11 Apr 2008

Hotel failed to report accidents
A hotel in Worcester has been fined for safety breaches after a series of accidents involving young employees.
25 Mar 2008