Councils in Great Britain are starting to join a campaign hoping to bust "myths" about Health and Safety. They have signed up to ten principles of sensible risk management outlining what is, and wh...
An investigation is currently underway after a farmer was killed on Monday 7 July 2008 when he was crushed between his tractor and a "link box" trailer. The father-of-four, believed to be in his 40...
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSE NI) is urging older farmers to take particular care when working with bulls.
It has issued the warning follo...
An assembly member has said that some Northern Ireland councils must drop their "softly, softly" approach to smoking in public places.
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Member of the Legislati...
It has been announced that the European Campaign for Safety and Health at Work for 2008/09 will focus on risk assessment. The two-year campaign is aimed at a wide range of stakeholders, including...
A company responsible for a fatal gas explosion has been fined a paltry £2 after being convicted of breaching health and safety law.
A factory worker was killed and three others received ser...
Environment Minister Phil Woolas has warned that many firms should be preparing for an important new stage in chemicals management, namely the pre-registration process under Regulation EC
The European Parliament has voted to approve the revised Waste Framework Directive, meaning it should soon become law. The revised Directive will require Member States to achieve a 50% re-use and...
South West Water have been fined a total of £11,250 for polluting a stream with sewage. A case was brought by the Environment Agency after a member of the public saw waste...
Two fly-tippers who ran a thriving business dumping more than 14,000 tonnes of waste at sites around London were jailed this month for a total of three years. Between 1 January 2003 and 6 June 2004...
Conservationists are calling for a ban on mass balloon releases because birds and mammals are dying from eating discarded balloons. The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) says organisers of balloon...
A dairy processor, Glanbia Cheese Ltd, has been fined £100,000 after pleading guilty to two health and safety breaches.
The company was charged by the Health and Safety E...
Former Environment Minister Arlene Foster has revealed that Northern Ireland Water (NIW) was responsible for 261 pollution incidents in the first nine months of its operatio...
A 100-metre exclusion zone was set up in the docks area of Belfast on 9 June 2008, after what police described as a "chemical reaction involving hazardous materials." The emergency services were a...
A County Armagh farmer claims that sewage from a Northern Ireland Water (NIW) treatment plant has killed two of his cows.
The beef farmer, Raymond Douglas, insists h...
