Two companies have been fined more than £265,000 after a sub-contractor was almost crushed to death. The worker was pinned to a conveyor belt after a piece of equipment he was helping to install be...
According to a new report, over 5,000 lives have been saved in the 32 years since the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 came into force. The estimate comes from a
The Northern Ireland Water Service has been held responsible for the death of a contractor killed in an explosion at a treatment works in 2005. The welder in question lost h...
Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) have released their figures for April to September 2006, which show the total third party damage faults on the high and low voltage network. This was accompanied...
Back pain is a major cause of work-related sickness absence in the UK, and one in five of those who suffer work-related ill health complain of back problems. Earlier in 2006, the
The Government have confirmed that the long awaited smoking ban will come into force on 30 April 2007. The issue of smoking in public places has been a topical subject in recent years, and it will...
December 2006 saw the publication of proposals for two new Regulations, the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 and the Carri...
Council leaders have warned that television "mountains" could build up next year in the same way that the high profile fridge mountain crisis hit in 2002. A pay dispute between local authorities an...
The 12th UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in the Kenyan capital Nairobi closed this month, with an "agreement" that greenhouse gas emissions must be halved in the coming years. However, th...
Publication of the revised English Waste Strategy has been delayed until early 2007, as the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) want to make sure...
The Scottish Executive has announced they are planning to carry out a public consultation on plans to create specialist environmental courts, with the aim of improving the enforcement of environmen...
A major kitchenware company that claimed to be unaware of their obligation to recover or recycle a percentage of their packaging waste have been prosecuted for ignoring legislation. Bodem (UK) Ltd,...
A recycling company in Hartlepool has been prosecuted for storing and shredding over 120,000 tyres at an unlicensed recycling depot, which sparked a local safety concern. Niramax Recycling and Manu...
It has been reported this month, that taxpayers have been left to foot a staggering bill to clean up household waste from the Republic which has been illegally dumped in Northern Ireland. Environme...
A quarry complex in Mallusk, County Antrim is currently being investigated following allegations that it has polluted a nearby river in Newtownabbey. The Environment and Heritag...
