Major players including Network Rail, Vodafone and Southern Water pledge support to initiative. SHP’s campaign to make PPE inclusive for all workers has been given a major boost after a swathe of big businesses backed its initiative by signing a pledge and agreeing to a charter of action points. The …
New research reveals UK fire services attended 46% more fires linked to Lithium-ion batteries in 2023 compared to the previous year. Data collected by the business insurer, QBE, suggests the batteries that power electric vehicles such as bikes, scooters and cars, were involved in almost three fires a day last year, …
A drinks company has been fined £14,000 after a man’s finger was amputated after being caught in bottling machinery. Daniel Richardson was helping a colleague who was encountering problems with a bottle capping machine at the plant in Leicestershire on 17 January 2022. The then 32-year-old reached into the machine …
How can OSH professionals manage conflict in the workplace to ensure a harmonious and safe environment for all? Unaddressed tensions at work can incur big costs, whether you’re concerned for your people, your reputation or your bottom line. Analysis by Acas, the UK’s Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (2021), estimated …
A food manufacturer has been ordered to pay fines of more than £800,000 for safety failings after two separate incidents led to two workers having their fingers amputated. On 16 November 2022, a 22-year-old worker at Pork Farms’ bakery in Nottingham had one of his fingers amputated after his hand …
A building firm has been fined £133,000 and ordered to pay £8,500 in prosecution costs after a 22-year-old worker was crushed to death by an excavator. James Rourke had only been working for Materials Movement for a few months when the vehicle struck him, causing catastrophic injuries. The firm had …
A company has been fined £380,000 after a delivery driver fell and suffered a traumatic brain injury while working at its site in Walsall. Timothy Bates was delivering fuel for a temporary diesel generator at Haldane Fisher Limited’s timber processing site on Long Street when he fell from a trailer …
An investigation into the death of a 26-year-old who died while working on Everton Football Club’s new stadium has been launched by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Construction worker Michael was killed on 14 August 2023 at Bramley-Moore Dock in Liverpool, where the Premier League club’s new ground is …
The French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) has fined Amazon France Logistique €32m over its ‘excessively intrusive’ system for monitoring employee activity and performance. According to Euronews, the fine is the equivalent of about 3% of the company’s annual revenue, which reached €1.1bn in 2021. The watchdog also fined the business, which …
A garden landscaper has been handed a suspended prison sentence after a worker was killed when a moving circular saw kicked back into his groin. The labourer, who had been working for Watford-based gardener Mr Fernando Araujo for just two days, was killed in the incident at a house on …
