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December
23/12/11: House building firm sentenced over worker's electric shock
22/12/11: Broken neck leads to fine for Nottinghamshire company
22/12/11: Scotland's apprentice tradesmen get to grips with hidden killer
22/12/11: Global steel firm prosecuted after workers were crushed
22/12/11: Firms fined following quarry death of Somerset father
22/12/11: Brothers fined after farmworker run over by tractor
21/12/11: Basildon company fined after worker injures hand
21/12/11: Catalogue of safety failings by Rotherham firm
20/12/11: Company fined after contractor's fatal roof fall
16/12/11: Construction worker killed when crane overturned
15/12/11: Global manufacturer prosecuted over factory worker's death
14/12/11: UK Coal sentenced for safety failings that cost four lives
14/12/11: Fines after roofer suffers severe injuries
12/12/11: Companies fined after worker breaks back in fall
12/12/11: Blacksmith fined after worker falls from roof
12/12/11: Bus company in court after apprentice's ordeal
09/12/11: Croydon landlord fined over carbon monoxide poisoning
09/12/11: St Helens manufacturer in court over crushed hand
09/12/11: Firms fined £100k over forklift death at Macclesfield factory
08/12/11: Sentencing after Telford fireball incident
06/12/11: Wakefield builder fined for dangerous gas work
06/12/11: Warwickshire County Council fined for man's injuries
06/12/11: Company fined after worker falls from balcony
06/12/11: Next meeting of Hanson Cement Investigation Response Team (Public Health Wales release)
05/12/11: Plumber given community service for putting people's lives at risk
02/12/11: Council fined for carbon monoxide leak at community centre
01/12/11: Firms in court over Liverpool highways worker's fatal fall
01/12/11: Worker's arm dragged into industrial conveyor belt
November
29/11/11: Housebuilder fined after child seriously injured
29/11/11: More than one in three basement construction projects show serious safety failings
29/11/11: Waste firm in court over Blackburn worker's fall
28/11/11: HSE welcomes Löfstedt review
25/11/11: Companies fined after Arsenal stadium injury
25/11/11: Employee loses three fingers at Heywood factory
24/11/11: Farmers encouraged to attend Staffordshire safety event after thumbs up
24/11/11: Firm fined after reversing lorry crushes worker
24/11/11: Baker fined after worker suffers crush injuries
24/11/11: Firm prosecuted after worker is crushed by machinery
24/11/11: Double-glazing firm in court over worker's ladder fall
22/11/11: Walsall landlord prosecuted for putting tenants at risk
21/11/11: Fines issued after worker's farm fall
21/11/11: North Yorkshire firm in court for safety breach
17/11/11: Devon farmers encouraged to attend Holsworthy safety event
16/11/11: Pair fined £13,000 for scaffolding collapse at Exeter trading estate
16/11/11: University fined for asbestos failings
16/11/11: Top health and safety executive to be awarded honorary degree
16/11/11: Scunthorpe firm in court after worker scarred for life
16/11/11: Farmers encouraged to attend Hexham safety event after thumbs up
14/11/11: Carmarthenshire man fined after roofer fall
14/11/11: Health and safety chair hears from industry leaders at Leicestershire quarry
14/11/11: Scaffold collapse leads to fine for Nottinghamshire director
14/11/11: Father and son fined for unsafe roof work
14/11/11: Farmers encouraged to attend Haverfordwest safety event after thumbs up
11/11/11: Shropshire poultry farm prosecuted for worker's fall
11/11/11: Firm fined after roofer fall
10/11/11: Chicken company fined after worker fractures back
10/11/11: Leading health firm sentenced after worker loses finger
09/11/11: Company fined after worker's finger amputated
09/11/11: Scottish salmon farming company fined after worker drowns
09/11/11: Worker's injuries lead to fine for Nottinghamshire firm
09/11/11: Tragic death highlights agricultural dangers for children (
COPFS
release)
08/11/11: HSE Chair named president-elect of IChemE
07/11/11: Worker's injuries lead to suspended sentences for roofers
07/11/11: Birmingham tradesman fined over asbestos release
07/11/11: Help for the industry - from the industry, at construction safety and health awareness day in Leicester
04/11/11: BBC Countryfile presenter hosts farm safety event
04/11/11: Vehicle recovery firm fined for breaking prohibition notice
04/11/11: Gas engineers fined over carbon monoxide poisoning in Cardiff
04/11/11: Farmers encouraged to attend Melton Mowbray safety event after thumbs up
04/11/11: Farmers encouraged to attend Elgin safety event after thumbs up
04/11/11: Farmers encouraged to attend Fort William safety event after thumbs up
04/11/11: Gas explosion injury at Macclesfield Town's training ground
04/11/11: Industrial waste firm in court after forklift hits worker
03/11/11: Firm fined for unsafe roof work
02/11/11: Engineering firm fined for safety breaches
02/11/11: Firm fined for not insuring itself
02/11/11: New figures show continued fall in workplace ill health and injury
October
31/10/11: Suffolk firm fined after worker crushed to death
31/10/11: Merthyr company fined over Legionella risk
31/10/11: Trafford contractor fined £145k over worker's death
28/10/11: Property firm sentenced after worker exposed to asbestos
28/10/11: Plastic bag firm prosecuted over worker's finger loss
28/10/11: Roofer fined after fatal fall from height
28/10/11: Oldham roofer caught on camera putting lives at risk
27/10/11: Leicester firm fined after death of worker
27/10/11: Workers exposed to deadly asbestos fibres
26/10/11: Cardiff gas fitter fined for working without registration
26/10/11: Animal feed firm in court over worker's hand injury
26/10/11: Two thirds of Scottish workplace deaths in agriculture
25/10/11: South Tyneside manufacturer fined after workers exposed to hazardous fumes
25/10/11: Stonemason 'as seen on TV' is prosecuted
25/10/11: Chicken Company fined £230,000 after worker loses most of his hand
24/10/11: Safety watchdog challenges construction industry to learn from London 2012
21/10/11: Food firm sentenced over Wigan worker's injuries
20/10/11: Illegal gas fitter receives two-year prison sentence
19/10/11: Farmers encouraged to attend Ayrshire safety event after thumbs up
19/10/11: Louth man fined after joiner injured in scaffold fall
18/10/11: Company fined after scaffolding tube hits passer by
18/10/11: Exeter firm fined over worker's injury
17/10/11: Cemex fined after man killed in explosion
17/10/11: Dorset manufacturing firm fined after worker injured
17/10/11: Farmers encouraged to attend Usk safety event after thumbs up
14/10/11: Unregistered gas fitter fined after putting lives at risk
14/10/11: Laundry firm fined for ignoring safety notices
14/10/11: Lorry driver fined after worker crushed in brick clamp
14/10/11: Chemical firm in court over major incident in Cheshire
14/10/11: Asbestos checks reveal compliance picture at non-LA schools
12/10/11: Firm fined after worker hit by forklift
11/10/11: Fife farming company fined after worker loses two toes
11/10/11: Builder given community service order for unsafe gas work
07/10/11: Farmers encouraged to attend Cheshire safety event
06/10/11: 4,000 tradesmen to confront a hidden killer
06/10/11: Stourbridge builder fined for illegal gas work
06/10/11: Bromley building contractor fined for working without asbestos licence
05/10/11: Landlord fined for taking risks with gas safety
05/10/11: Perthshire malt company fined after worker loses part of leg
03/10/11: Farmers encouraged to attend Lancaster safety event
03/10/11: Farmers flock to attend safety event in East Yorkshire
September
30/09/11: Worker's fingers severed by wood cutting machine
30/09/11: County Durham firm fined after worker crushed to death
30/09/11: Forklift worker suffers head injury in Leigh
30/09/11: Construction Industry rises to London 2012 Safety Challenge
29/09/11: Company fined after worker's fingers are crushed
29/09/11: Kent factory fined after worker suffers severe head injuries
27/09/11: High street retailer fined £1 Million for safety failings. Three contractors also fined
26/09/11: Demolition firm fined for Maesteg site asbestos failings
26/09/11: Crackdown on Unsafe Construction Sites in Bournemouth
26/09/11: Farmers encouraged to attend Ulverston safety event
26/09/11: Changes aim for swifter justice over workplace deaths. Issued on behalf of the Work Related Deaths National Liaison Committee
23/09/11: Building company fined after construction worker seriously injured by falling stone
23/09/11: Chorley pub landlords prosecuted for failing to protect employees
22/09/11: Aberdeen company fined after man falls from scaffolding
21/09/11: Farmers encouraged to attend Inverurie safety event after thumbs up
21/09/11: Firm fined over cooling tower drowning
21/09/11: Shetland firm fined after worker injured in fall
19/09/11: Stoke foundry fined for worker's burns
19/09/11: Scaffold firm fined after putting workers at risk
19/09/11: Farmers encouraged to attend Oldham safety event after thumbs up
16/09/11: Street light workman fined over toddler injury
16/09/11: Building site manager fined for ignoring safety notices
15/09/11: Construction company fined after worker suffers severe burns from electrical explosion
15/09/11: Paralysed worker urges Merseyside firms to stay safe
15/09/11: Worker crushed in potato harvester
14/09/11: Cannock firm fined after worker dragged into machine
13/09/11: Safety breach led to teenager's fairground trauma
13/09/11: Newport council fined following death of disabled man
13/09/11: Farmers encouraged to attend safety events after thumbs up
13/09/11: Bus builder fined after Falkirk worker hit by steel platform
13/09/11: Worker exposed to dangerously high levels of asbestos
13/09/11: Kent tree surgeon fined over worker's injuries
12/09/11: Changes to HSE incident reporting and information services come into effect
09/09/11: Disregarded safety warnings cost Bolton firm
09/09/11: NE Lincs firm in court after roofers caught on camera
09/09/11: Derby firm fined for unsafe roof work
08/09/11: Liverpool dock workers injured in high voltage shock
08/09/11: Company fined after man dies in machine incident
08/09/11: Man fined after worker injured on Huddersfield site
08/09/11: West Yorkshire firm fined over worker injury
07/09/11: Langford mushroom firm fined after worker's arm crushed
07/09/11: Asbestos exposure leads to fine
06/09/11: Pitmachie garage worker fatally injured
06/09/11: Two Sheffield companies in court over worker's injury
05/09/11: Company fined after scaffolding collapse at wedding
05/09/11: Somerset employer prosecuted after teenage employee loses fingers
05/09/11: Council in court over workers exposed to asbestos
05/09/11: Poignant training pledge launched to tackle 4000 asbestos death toll
01/09/11: Liverpool boss in court over workers' facial burns
August
31/08/11: Willenhall man prosecuted for illegal gas work
31/08/11: Leamington components firm fined over worker injury
31/08/11: National power firm fined after employee electrocuted
30/08/11: Two firms prosecuted for dangerous building site
30/08/11: County Durham firm fined after worker struck by waste vehicle
30/08/11: Glasgow demolition worker fatally injured
25/08/11: Roof fall results in suspended prison sentence
24/08/11: Barnet bread company fined after man dies from fall
23/08/11: Middlesbrough firm fined after worker hurt by 600kg bag of fertiliser
22/08/11: Fine over Livingston worker's forklift injuries accident
19/08/11: Norfolk firm prosecuted over burns to apprentice
18/08/11: Meat plant worker killed by forklift
17/08/11: Timber firm fined after worker injured
17/08/11: West coast fish farmers to receive safety advice
16/08/11: Lives risked on slippery roof in Wirral
15/08/11: Worker crushed between two skips
12/08/11: Satellite firm sentenced after fatal roof fall
12/08/11: Hampshire farmers urged to work safely during harvest season
11/08/11: UK's largest pork producer fined after worker severs fingers
11/08/11: Burnley handyman survives fall through leaking roof
10/08/11: Sweet manufacturer sentenced over severed finger
09/08/11: Two companies and contractor fined for releasing asbestos at Birmingham office
08/08/11: Prosecutions over asbestos exposure
08/08/11: Suffolk firm prosecuted over injury to trapped worker
05/08/11: Seaton gas fitter fined for work on gas boiler and fire
05/08/11: Cardiff roof company fined after worker's crush injury
04/08/11: Burton brewery fined after three men burned by caustic soda
04/08/11: Burton brewery fined after man hit by forklift truck
03/08/11: Ipswich printer fined after worker injures hand
03/08/11: County Durham firm fined after worker's fingers severed
03/08/11: Roof fall leads to fine for Nottinghamshire firm
01/08/11: Dad-to-be's death exposes safety flaws
01/08/11: Parcel firm fined £150,000 after lorry reverses into worker's head
July
29/07/11: Companies fined £300,000 for worker's death on motorway
28/07/11: Companies in court over major chemical fire in Crewe
27/07/11: Companies sentenced after worker is forced through 125mm gap
27/07/11: Worker fell off unguarded stair
26/07/11: St Helens firm sentenced after worker loses three fingers
26/07/11: Cambridgeshire school fined over loft fall
25/07/11: Council fined after crane jib brings down overhead power line
25/07/11: Salisbury skip hire company fined over death of employee
22/07/11: Consultation opens on cost recovery scheme for health and safety interventions
22/07/11: Newcastle firm fined after worker impaled
22/07/11: Roofer injured at Stockport school
22/07/11: Roofer risks lives at Bolton takeaway
21/07/11: Somerset farm owner fined after telehandler crush
21/07/11: Somerset firm fined after man falls from platform
19/07/11: Dunstable glass firm fined after worker seriously hurt
19/07/11: Safety statistics show fall in leaks and injuries offshore
18/07/11: High street retailer and two contractors found guilty of safety failings
18/07/11: Manufacturer fined after worker's arm is severed by industrial 'corkscrew'
18/07/11: Plumber sentenced after explosion at Willenhall bungalow
18/07/11: Cumbrian grandfather survives being engulfed by fireball
15/07/11: Roofing company in Croydon fined for asbestos and scaffolding failures
15/07/11: Wiltshire firm failed to prevent fall risk
14/07/11: Cleaning products firm fined after truck falls on worker
12/07/11: Essex school fined over caretaker injury
08/07/11: Design firm fined after workers injured at fashion chain
08/07/11: Third company ordered to pay £33k after construction death
07/07/11: South Yorkshire firm fined for exposing workers to asbestos
06/07/11: Warwickshire man fined for carrying out dangerous gas work
06/07/11: Car components firm fined for woman's finger injuries
06/07/11: Demolition firm fined after ceiling collapse injures worker
06/07/11: Halifax company fined after worker hit by steel girder
06/07/11: Father-of-two falls to death through rooflight
05/07/11: Chemical giant 'INEOS' fined £100,000 following an oil release
04/07/11: Companies fined £640,000 for double fish farm deaths
04/07/11: Global chemical firm sentenced over finger loss
04/07/11: Poole builders fined after scaffold fall
04/07/11: Health and safety drive to reduce deaths on Isle of Wight construction sites
01/07/11: Cornwall timber firm fined £20,000 after worker's panel saw injury
01/07/11: Cornwall caravan site owner operated without gas safety certificate
June
30/06/11: Housing association fined after pensioner's death
29/06/11: Workers' injuries lead to fines for plastering firm
29/06/11: HSE launches consultation on safety in the adventure activities sector
28/06/11: Two firms guilty over Legionella risk
28/06/11: New figures published of fatally injured agriculture workers
28/06/11: New figures published of fatally injured construction workers
28/06/11: New figures published of fatally injured waste and recycling workers
28/06/11: New figures published of fatally injured workers
27/06/11: Public urged to 'restore sanity' to health and safety rulebook
27/06/11: Care home fined £65k over Preston mother's death
27/06/11: Marine company put diver's life at risk
24/06/11: Firms fined £70,000 and £40,000 after Bristol man left with severe brain injuries
23/06/11: Bupa care home company fined after resident death
22/06/11: HSE issues safety alert after shellfish diver deaths
20/06/11: Shell UK sentenced over Norfolk gas blast
17/06/11: Company fined after gas cylinder explosion kills worker
16/06/11: Demolition company fined for failing to meet basic gas and electricity safety regulations
16/06/11: Wiltshire man sentenced to 300 hours community service over faulty gas work he was not registered to do
15/06/11: Worcestershire firms fined after man's fingers severed
15/06/11: Blackburn truck firm sentenced over fall injuries
15/06/11: Girl trapped in swimming pool results in council prosecution
15/06/11: Engineering company sentenced over worker's death
15/06/11: Appliance recycling firm fined after worker injured
14/06/11: Hazardous materials workers denied hot water by employer
14/06/11: Southport shopfitter's finger severed in rotating saw
14/06/11: Sentence after trainee's forklift fall
13/06/11: Solihull man fined for carrying out illegal gas work
09/06/11: Glass giant fined £20,000 for workers' injuries at Bristol site
09/06/11: Worker killed in trench collapse
08/06/11: Death due to safety failings at textile firm
08/06/11: Contractor fined after injuries to public
07/06/11: National Film and Television School fined after volunteer is paralysed
06/06/11: Carlisle firm fined over death at tractor pulling contest
06/06/11: Man's fingers severed at Telford factory
06/06/11: Firms fined after worker killed on M25
03/06/11: Refurbishment firm fined over asbestos exposure
03/06/11: Sentences after worker killed in 12 metre fall
02/06/11: Worker cheats death after being dragged through 125mm gap
02/06/11: Family firm prosecuted after fatal roof fall
01/06/11: Company fined after scaffold collapse
01/06/11: Ex-serviceman's arm severed at Hull recycling site
May
31/05/11: Heating company failed to prevent a fall
31/05/11: Firms fined £130,000 after worker's electric shock
27/05/11: Property firm fined after worker's scaffold fall
27/05/11: Unregistered gas installer put Lincolnshire lives at risk
27/05/11: Workers exposed to asbestos at Derby building site
27/05/11: Manchester property firm fined after workers put at risk
27/05/11: Heinz fined over finger loss at Wigan baked bean factory
26/05/11: Landlord fined for illegal and dangerous gas work
26/05/11: Firm fined for failing control wood dust risk
25/05/11: Huntingdon firm prosecuted over worker's injury
25/05/11: Car park owner jailed for ignoring safety
25/05/11: Gearbox firm fined over Oldham worker's crush death
24/05/11: Kent builder fined after man falls through roof
24/05/11: Company fined after security guard dies from carbon monoxide poisoning
24/05/11: Contractor fined £100,000 after worker fatality in Belgravia
24/05/11: Landlord prosecuted for putting tenants' lives at risk
23/05/11: Care home sentenced after resident's bed rail death
23/05/11: Building trades workers invited to get asbestos aware
20/05/11: Middlewich roofer fined after employee put at risk
20/05/11: Paper firm fined after worker suffers severe hand injuries
20/05/11: Sussex chemical company fined after serious spill
19/05/11: Triple prosecution after construction death
18/05/11: Building trades workers invited to get asbestos aware
18/05/11: Leamington firm fined for unsafe work at height
18/05/11: ONR press release - Chief Nuclear Inspector publishes interim 'lessons learnt' report
17/05/11: Farming company fined after 21-year-old worker electrocuted
17/05/11: Event to help Highland construction companies cut deaths
16/05/11: Firm fined after employee trapped under stone slabs
13/05/11: Steeplejack firm fined after death of worker
13/05/11: Cardiff steel firm fined after worker's hand disfigured
13/05/11: Community order for Shropshire man in illegal gas work
13/05/11: Operator fined after girl thrown from funfair ride
13/05/11: Companies fined for unsafe excavation work
12/05/11: Principal contractor fined after failing to meet health and safety requirements
12/05/11: Stourbridge firm fined after man's thumb amputated
12/05/11: Safety tour targets North West construction workers
11/05/11: Former cinema collapses onto dual carriageway
11/05/11: Quarry owner fined for unsafe equipment
10/05/11: Bristol woodworking firm fails to comply with enforcement
10/05/11: Aerospace firm fined after worker suffers severe hand injuries
10/05/11: Recycling firm fined after worker's jaw smashed
10/05/11: Playground firm fined after North Yorkshire worker hurt
10/05/11: Unregistered gas fitter fined after putting lives at risk
10/05/11: Ipswich manufacturer fined £25,000 after worker injured
10/05/11: HSE introduces new arrangements for online reporting of injuries and incidents
09/05/11: Scaffolder balanced eight metres without safety harness
09/05/11: Asbestos exposure at sheltered housing leads to fine
06/05/11: Chard company fined after fork lift injury
06/05/11: Developer prosecuted over dangers at Trafford mansion
05/05/11: Company fined after Crawley employee paralysed
05/05/11: Landlord convicted of repeated gas inspection failure
05/05/11: Oldham company in court over electric shock risk
03/05/11: Hertfordshire farm fined for worker's roof plunge
April
28/04/11: Car firm fined after fatal head injury to worker
28/04/11: Bucks company and mechanic fined after forklift death
27/04/11: Land Rover fined for failing to assess risk
27/04/11: £3,000 fine following fatal Bristol scaffold fall
26/04/11: Waste company fined £250,000 after member of the public dies
20/04/11: Two companies fined after man falls six storeys from roof
20/04/11: Roof fall leads to fine
20/04/11: Pet food giant fined £50,000 after steam scalds workers
19/04/11: Woodworker prosecuted for safety failing
18/04/11: Plymouth workers exposed to asbestos
18/04/11: Company fined after unsafe work on roof
18/04/11: Cannock firm fined after worker crushed
18/04/11: Tamworth firm fined for man's burns
14/04/11: Firm and director fined after workers suffer severe injuries
14/04/11: Stonehaven grain company fined after worker's fall
13/04/11: Lincoln firm fined for unsafe roof work
12/04/11: Gas fitter and employer fined for raft of safety breaches
12/04/11: Gateshead steel firm fined £40,000 for crush injury
12/04/11: Companies fined £400,000 after labourer's fatal fall
12/04/11: Worker suffers broken back in roof plunge
11/04/11: Builder jailed for putting profit before safety
11/04/11: Plumber survives after plummeting through Warrington roof
11/04/11: Don't be fobbed off by jobsworths - royal wedding celebrations given the 'health and safety' green light
08/04/11: HSE censures Ministry of Defence after pupil is injured at Suffolk school
07/04/11: Workers poisoned in carbon monoxide release
07/04/11: Bradford firm in court after worker's hand severed by machine
05/04/11: Contractors exposed to asbestos at former nightclub site
05/04/11: Roofing company ignored order to keep workers safe
04/04/11: Council fined after man with learning difficulties dies from drinking dishwasher fluid
04/04/11: Garage director fined for ignoring safety notice
01/04/11: Coventry construction firm put workers at risk
March
31/03/11: Harwich company fined after worker hit by fork-lift truck
31/03/11: China clay company prosecuted after worker fell into machinery
31/03/11: Cheshire car parts maker fined over crane injuries
30/03/11: Construction company fined after worker blinded in fall
30/03/11: Firm ignored risks to workers' safety for years
30/03/11: Farmer fined for fall injuries
29/03/11: Lorry driver killed by falling steel gates
29/03/11: Plymouth scaffolder erected dangerous scaffolding
28/03/11: Taunton company fined after man falls through fragile roof
28/03/11: Construction companies fined after workers exposed to asbestos
28/03/11: Worker's left hand severed at Knowsley factory
25/03/11: Aerospace firms sentenced over worker's death
25/03/11: Wirral roof maintenance firm fined after lives put at risk
24/03/11: Portsmouth landlord fined for failing to meet basic gas safety regulations
24/03/11: Telford firm fined after man's fall from youth centre roof
23/03/11: Construction firm fined for demolition site asbestos failings
21/03/11: Shropshire man fined for failing to protect workers
21/03/11: New online directory to increase confidence in health and safety advice
21/03/11: Nuneaton firm sentenced after teenager injured by forklift
18/03/11: Llanelli company fined £400,000 after employee dies at work
18/03/11: Firm fined over worker's fall through skylight
18/03/11: Event to help Hampshire farmers avoid death and injury
18/03/11: Safety watchdog declares construction sites unsafe in parts of Yorkshire & the Humber
18/03/11: Safety watchdog declares 10 construction sites unsafe in Lincoln
18/03/11: Safety watchdog declares one in five construction sites unsafe in Scotland
17/03/11: Safety watchdog declares one in four construction sites unsafe across the Tees Valley
17/03/11: Farming firm in court after worker's hand injured in hop press
17/03/11: Events help North East construction companies cut deaths and injury
17/03/11: Workers exposed to deadly asbestos fibres at Topshop
17/03/11: Safety watchdog declares fifth of region's construction sites unsafe
17/03/11: Construction firm fined after man's fall
16/03/11: Two companies fined after member of public badly hurt in scaffold collapse
16/03/11: Farm fined after worker's foot caught in machine
16/03/11: Safety watchdog declares third of High Peak construction sites unsafe
15/03/11: Contractors fined after scaffold collapse
15/03/11: Kent printers fined for putting workers at risk
15/03/11: Building firm in court after pupil injured on work experience
15/03/11: Theme park worker severely injures hand with saw blade
14/03/11: Roofing firm sentenced after worker's life put at risk
14/03/11: Father blinded after gas engineer's blunder
14/03/11: Firms fined after worker crushed to death by concrete
14/03/11: Roofing firm fined for worker's death by electrocution
11/03/11: Utilities firm fined after worker exposed to hazardous chemical
11/03/11: Fines for asbestos failures on site
11/03/11: Companies convicted over death of worker (
COPFS
release)
10/03/11: Roofing company fined for unsafe work
10/03/11: Site manager sentenced after worker exposed to asbestos
10/03/11: Company fined after worker injured by fork lift truck
09/03/11: Builder fined over collapse of St Neots Christmas lights
09/03/11: Dutch firm fined after Essex worker's arm had to be amputated
08/03/11: Company fined after exposing workers and the public to asbestos
08/03/11: Encouraging safety inspection results on County Durham industrial estates
07/03/11: Safety watchdog declares one in four construction sites unsafe in Newcastle
03/03/11: Crewe construction safety event aims to save lives
03/03/11: Worker fell from cage balanced on fork lift truck
03/03/11: Doncaster landlord neglected gas safety for tenant
03/03/11: Maintenance firm in court after plumber suffers acid burns
03/03/11: Redruth builder ignored improvement notice
03/03/11: Company sentenced after worker breaks back in lift fall
03/03/11: Worker suffers multiple injuries following roof light plunge
03/03/11: Steel firm fined after worker crushed
03/03/11: Independent school fined after groundsmen suffer electrical burns
02/03/11: Spalding firm fined after agency workers harmed
02/03/11: Roofing firm put town at risk from asbestos
01/03/11: Haulage partnership fined after safety breaches
February
28/02/11: Nottingham City Council fined for asbestos failings at depot
28/02/11: Stoke firm fined after steeplejack fall
28/02/11: Tyneside firm sentenced after worker's scaffold fall
28/02/11: Construction company fined after fatal trench collapse
28/02/11: Crane company fined after Tyneside workers' narrow escape
28/02/11: One in five construction sites fail safety inspections in East Lancashire
24/02/11: Tissue firm fined after employee suffers crush injury
23/02/11: Engineering firm sentenced over drill injury
23/02/11: A quarter of Merseyside's construction sites fail safety inspections
23/02/11: Event helps construction companies cut deaths and injury
22/02/11: Event to help East Sussex farmers avoid death and injury
22/02/11: HSE brings Crown Censure process against defence lab
22/02/11: Company fined after fatal warehouse roof fall
22/02/11: Farmer fined after falling bales kill friend
21/02/11: Telford firm fined after worker burned
17/02/11: Brighton firm fined after meat mincer injury
17/02/11: Brighton man fined after worker's plunge from roof
17/02/11: Firm fined for failing to manage asbestos on site
17/02/11: Birmingham firm fined for unsafe work at height
16/02/11: Report reveals fundamental management flaws lay behind Buncefield disaster
16/02/11: North Devon farm worker injured in roof fall
16/02/11: Event helps Lothian construction companies cut deaths and injury
15/02/11: Company fined after man suffers horrific burns to legs
15/02/11: Safety concerns at quarter of Derbyshire waste sites spot-checked
15/02/11: Care home in court after resident dies from drinking toilet cleaner
14/02/11: Manufacturing company fined after safety breaches
11/02/11: Firms sentenced over worker injury
11/02/11: Power company fined £120,000 after worker is crushed to death
10/02/11: HSE clampdown on unsafe construction sites
10/02/11: Wimbledon carpenters fined for risking employees' safety
10/02/11: Two North East companies fined after worker suffers electric shock
10/02/11: Food producer prosecuted for repeated safety failings
09/02/11: Worker left in a coma for two months after fall
08/02/11: Lincolnshire builder fined for leaving building at risk of collapse
08/02/11: Company fined after failure to manage asbestos
08/02/11: Global packaging firm fined after worker's fingers severed
08/02/11: Lichfield food firm prosecuted after conveyor incident
07/02/11: Chemical firm sentenced after worker suffers toxic burns
07/02/11: Saltash industrial estates under health and safety spotlight
04/02/11: Camden council fined following toddler death
03/02/11: Food firm fined after worker hospitalised
03/02/11: Farm safety events target Moray and Highland farmers
03/02/11: Pensioner died after being thrown from wheelchair on minibus
03/02/11: Event to help reduce death and injury on Bedfordshire farms
03/02/11: South Yorkshire glazing firm fined after scaffold fall
02/02/11: Cardiff company fined over failure to protect staff
02/02/11: Lancashire businessman in court after worker breaks back
02/02/11: Hyde construction safety event aims to save lives
January
31/01/11: Consultation opens on RIDDOR change
31/01/11: Consultants invited to sign up to new benchmark register for health and safety
31/01/11: Inspections aim to improve safety on County Durham industrial estates
31/01/11: Worker seriously burned after exposure to 11,000 volts
28/01/11: Firms sentenced after Bolton steeplejack falls to death
28/01/11: Recycling company fined after man dies from being struck
27/01/11: Vital safety advice for Herefordshire farmers
26/01/11: Farm building firms prosecuted after roof fall
25/01/11: Man severs fingers at bagel factory
25/01/11: West Lothian council fined after pensioner's fatal fall
25/01/11: Findings released on Shrewsbury gas explosion
24/01/11: Contractor fined after labourer has leg amputated
24/01/11: Construction boss fined after sub-contractor suffers appalling leg injuries
21/01/11: North Devon farm worker fractured skull in roof fall
21/01/11: Wigan firm sentenced after worker's finger severed
21/01/11: Kebab company put employees at risk through negligence
21/01/11: Council prosecuted after worker loses movement in hands
20/01/11: Grimsby firm fined after worker's fall
19/01/11: Steel firm fined after cherry picker plunge
19/01/11: £9,400 fines over asbestos at hospital
19/01/11: Care home company fined after pensioner dies
18/01/11: Walsall firm prosecuted after worker seriously injured on first day
17/01/11: Property company ignored order to keep workers safe
17/01/11: Liverpool nursing home fined £18k after 81-year-old woman falls from sling
17/01/11: Free safety advice for Cumbrian farmers
14/01/11: Window manufacturer fined for neglecting workers' welfare
14/01/11: Gloucestershire quarry fined after stone crushes worker's leg
14/01/11: Spot checks of waste sites to start across Derbyshire
14/01/11: Leicestershire construction firm put lives in danger
14/01/11: Chorlton construction safety event aims to save lives
13/01/11: Egg packing business fined for exposing workers to danger
12/01/11: Halifax firm in court for series of asbestos charges
12/01/11: Council-owned housing company fined for asbestos exposure
12/01/11: Litterpicker injured falling into well
11/01/11: Burnham furniture firm fined after worker injured
11/01/11: Chester construction safety event aims to save lives
10/01/11: Gainsborough firm fined after worker hit by three-tonne steel tank
07/01/11: Building contractor fined after serious failings found
07/01/11: Warrington worker paralysed in roof fall
07/01/11: Cardiff company fined over worker fall
07/01/11: Food packaging firm in court over Rochdale worker's injuries
06/01/11: Firm fined after worker's thumb and finger sawn off
06/01/11: Plumber jailed after 'Rogue Traders' exposes illegal gas work
05/01/11: Four workers fall suffering serious injuries
05/01/11: Scissor lift safety warning following fatal overturns
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