Seven people have been hurt after a safety bar apparently failed on a fairground ride. One woman was taken to hospital with back injuries and a man suffered a broken rib. In addition, four teenag...
A construction company has been fined £65,000 over the death of a worker. David Callaghan was fatally injured when he was hit by a passing vehicle while carrying out road works in Coleraine in May...
A County Down family which woke to find bulldozers demolishing the house next door will have to foot the bill for the damage caused to their Newcastle home because their insurance does not cover th...
The taxpayer will have to pay 20% of the costs (an estimated £600,000) involved in cleaning up thousands of tonnes of Ireland waste illegally dumped in the North.
The Nor...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a consultation on proposed Notification of Conventional Tower Cranes Regulations, which would require certain information...
A construction company is being prosecuted over the death of one its workmen in an incident involving a forklift truck in February 2008.
Graham Construction faces four charges connected to...
The TUC have revealed that safety concerns about computer screens and the physical strains of using a computer are among the most worried-about elements of working life. The union's safety represe...
A roadworker has died of his injuries after falling 12 metres while working over the M5 motorway near Cleveland. Cecil Grant was repairing CCTV cameras used to monitor one lane of the road during t...
The Sonae Industria factory in Kirkby is currently under a joint investigation from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Merseyside Police after James Kay died on their...
The Environment Minister for Northern Ireland, Alex Attwood, is reconsidering the decision taken by the previous Environment Minister to oppose the creation of an independent Environment Protection...
Satellite TV installation firm Foxtel Ltd has been prosecuted following the death of a worker who fell while carrying out work on a roof. Engineer Noel Corbin suffered fatal head injuries after fal...
The Environment Minister for Northern Ireland, Alex Attwood, has announced tough new sentences against those committing crimes against wildlife, which, for the first time, includes a jail sentence....
The leader of a London council who refused to wear a hard hat while visiting a re-development site in his borough has defended his decision, saying "people should have a choice whether to wear them...
In an attempt to address the cause of the riots that took over English cities this summer, David Cameron cited human rights and health and safety legislation as one of the main problems.
Spe...
Environment Agency proposals to tighten up the rules on how waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) compliance schemes operate have highlighted concerns over how la...
