Health and Safety Executive press releases 2010

February

• 09/02/10: Stockport company fined after worker's legs set alight
• 09/02/10: Buckinghamshire company pleads guilty following death
• 09/02/10: Keeping Alive - Borders church minister backs safety message for Scotland's farmers
• 08/02/10: HSE calls for careful driving in depots
• 08/02/10: Prosecution follows worker's life-changing injuries
• 08/02/10: Crane manufacturer fined following near-miss in Sheffield
• 05/02/10: Surrey company convicted after worker severely injured by falling MDF
• 05/02/10: Stonemasons fined after workers suffer long-term lung damage
• 05/02/10: Company and director prosecuted for mercury exposure
• 05/02/10: HSE welcomes IAEA report
• 04/02/10: Director fined for neglecting legionella risk
• 03/02/10: Construction firm fined after worker injures skull
• 03/02/10: Bottle company fined over worker plunge
• 02/02/10: Firm fined £2400 after factory worker injured
• 02/02/10: Joint marine industry inspections mark new partnership
• 01/02/10: Advice to pregnant women during the lambing season
• 01/02/10: Slips, trips & falls cost the UK around £800M per year
• 01/02/10: Slips, trips & falls caused 1,400 major injuries to workers in the West Midlands
• 01/02/10: Mental health charity fined after death of support worker
• 01/02/10: Unregistered gas fitter fined after 700 lives put at risk
• 01/02/10: Didcot landlord fined for ignoring gas safety
• 01/02/10: Slips, trips & falls cost three London workers their lives
• 01/02/10: Slips, trips & falls caused more than 350 major injuries to workers in Sussex
• 01/02/10: Slips, trips & falls cause 251 major injuries to workers in Surrey
• 01/02/10: Slips, trips & falls cause 453 major injuries to workers in Kent
• 01/02/10: Slips, trips & falls caused 457 major injuries to workers in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
• 01/02/10: Slips, trips & falls caused over 175 major injuries to workers in Buckinghamshire
• 01/02/10: Slips, trips & falls caused over 180 major injuries to workers in Berkshire
• 01/02/10: Slips, trips & falls leaves 180 Oxfordshire workers with major injuries
• 01/02/10: Southport farm safety event follows death and injuries
• 01/02/10: Preston farm safety event follows deaths and injuries
• 01/02/10: Slips, trips & falls cost two East of England workers their lives
• 01/02/10: Slips, trips & falls cost three North West workers their lives
• 01/02/10: Slips, trips & falls cost two South West workers their lives
• 01/02/10: Slips, trips & falls caused 1,117 injuries to workers in the East Midlands

January

• 29/01/10: Updated guidance on managing asbestos risks
• 29/01/10: Injured Lancashire farmer backs safety campaign
• 29/01/10: Bolton company fined after builder falls to death
• 27/01/10: Bristol landlord fined for asbestos exposure
• 26/01/10: Carbon monoxide - will you wake up?
• 26/01/10: Company fined £90,000 after man dies at Heathrow airport
• 25/01/10: Edinburgh construction firm fined
• 25/01/10: Keeping alive - a new year's resolution for farmers in Wales
• 22/01/10: £100,000 fine after disabled teenager fatally scalded
• 20/01/10: Aviation company fined £2,400 after painter fall
• 19/01/10: New guidance for local authorities to help improve health and safety in the waste and recycling sector
• 19/01/10: Vehicle spot checks drive new load safety campaign
• 18/01/10: Plough Sunday worshippers make the promise
• 18/01/10: Caravan safety awareness days for SW tourist industry
• 15/01/10: Keeping alive − a new year's resolution for farmers in the East of England
• 15/01/10: £80,000 fine following young man's crush death
• 14/01/10: BAE systems fined after explosion kills Lancashire worker
• 12/01/10: Prosecution launched against a high street retailer and four contractors for exposing people to asbestos during refurbishment
• 12/01/10: Collapse of East London building leads to £10,000 fine
• 11/01/10: Leicester company fined for huge fire risk
• 11/01/10: Plastics firm fined after Liverpool worker loses four fingers
• 11/01/10: Keeping alive - a new year's resolution for farmers
• 07/01/10: Company fined £4,500 after telehandler overturns injuring worker
• 07/01/10: New health and safety boss for Cumbria
• 07/01/10: Builder fined for using dangerous scaffolding
• 06/01/10: Firm fined £16,000 after worker's 5-metre plunge
• 04/01/10: £280k fine after Cheshire oil worker is paralysed