Oil giants Shell have been fined a total of £266,681 after admitting blame for an accident in which 20 tonnes of explosive gas was released into the air. Isobutane was mixed with toxic hydrogen flu...
Alfred McAlpine Capital Projects have been fined a total of £255,859 this month following the death of a motorcyclist at one of its roadworks sites in 2005.
The man died when he collided wit...
Fire extinguishers may be removed from blocks of flats across Britain after they were this month deemed dangerous by buildings risk assessors at two apartment blocks on the South Coast. A review o...
With the latest health and safety figures showing that 77 workers were fatally injured in the UK construction industry during 2006/07, the sector should be more aware than most of the upcoming
Health and safety experts have begun their inspection of a building in Belfast which collapsed this month, injuring six people. Eyewitnesses said a floor gave way under the weight of concrete whic...
An investigation has been launched this month following the death of a 52 year-old construction worker on a building site in Belfast. The man is understood to have died after he was struck by a rev...
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSE NI) have alerted companies of a health and safety campaign which began on 3 March 2008. The campaign focuses on wo...
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSE NI) have agreed that the suspension of imports of breeding cattle and sheep from Bluetongue restricted zones will c...
Steelmaker Corus has been fined £250,000 and told to pay costs of £43,000 after the death of a worker at its Trostre plant in Llanelli. The company pleaded guilty to two breaches of health and safe...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has this month warned employers to make sure that they have suitable controls in place to prevent people being struck by moving vehicle...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have reminded employers of their legal duties relating to manual handling after an employee was injured when a 50kg sack of rice fell o...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have stressed the importance to employers of the need to regularly inspect and maintain their equipment to protect their workforce. Th...
A traditional pancake race was scrapped this month, apparently as a result of health and safety regulations. Every year, children and choristers take part in the Shrove Tuesday race in Ripon, Nort...
Building firm McAloon Construction Ltd, have been fined a total of £4,426 at Enniskillen Magistrates Court this month for failing to provide a safe system of work for their employees. The company,...
Omagh Leisure Complex had to close on Tuesday 19 February 2008, and a workman was taken to hospital following an accident while installing a new biomass boiler on the Old Mountfield Road Site. The...
