Health and Safety Executive

The real costs of poor health and safety

Chris’s story

“All because I didn't take asbestos seriously and just saw it as a little bit of dust.”

Chris had mesothelioma. 

Christopher Morgan

More about Chris's story

Stephen’s story

A container weighing more than 500 kg fell 30 feet and landed on Stephen - leaving him paralysed from the waist down.

Stephen tells his story

Andrew’s story

I said “We’ll have a chat about it at tea time - but he never came home ….”

21-year-old Andrew was crushed to death between two tractors.

Andrew Pursey's family

Andrew's family tell his tragic story

Art student - only 16

“ … The chemical reaction between the substance and the girl’s hands meant that her fingers were so severely burned that they required amputation."

The art student's story


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Updated: 17.01.11