Company fined £270K after MEWP fatality
A Lincolnshire-based company that specialises in lifting and handling equipment has been fined after an employee died after falling with a work platform onto...
Millcroft achieves top health and safety award from RoSPA
London based scaffolding firm Millcroft has achieved a RoSPA President’s Award for outstanding and consistent health and safety performance across all areas of the...
HSE Inspectors to visit sites in Birmingham
The HSE are sending inspectors out to sites to ensure firms are complying with health and safety regulations.
Four contractors sentenced over death of scaffolder
Four contractors have been given suspended prison sentences after a scaffolder was crushed to death when a church collapsed ahead of its demolition.
HSE to target South Yorkshire businesses
Britain’s workplace regulator is set to clamp down on businesses in Sheffield and Rotherham after a sharp increase in the number of serious and...
CHAS announces new RAMS software powered by HandsHQ
CHAS, the supply chain risk management expert, has announced the launch of a new software product, CHAS RAMS.
HSE calls for ‘culture change’ with campaign to tackle mental health
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned that work-related stress and poor mental health risks becoming a health and safety crisis in Great Britain.
Scaffolding boss recieves suspended jail term after forklift death
The Managing Director of a scaffolding company has been slammed with a suspended prison sentence and fine after an employee died when he was...
Safety warning issued after scaffolder falls from dropper
A warning has been issued by Network Rail after a scaffolder plunged into a river in Glasgow while dismantling a scaffold over water.
Scaffolding firm fined £200K over fatal electrocution
A scaffolding company has been fined nearly £200,000 after a worker was fatally electrocuted whilst operating a lorry mounted crane.