Isolation failures are one of the main causes of hydrocarbon releases on offshore installations on the UK Continental Shelf. These are not minor incidents – many have the potential to cause serious injury, fatalities or major accidents if ignited. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) continues to find serious failings during inspections and investigations, which […] read more
Worker critically injured after wall collapsed into excavation. Temporary works were not designed, planned or managed. HSE guidance on temporary works is available. A construction company has been fined £100,000 after a steel-fixer was seriously injured when a newly built blockwork wall collapsed at a site in Poole. Matrod Frampton Limited pleaded guilty at Bristol […] read more
Company fined for serious health and safety failures at a Manchester construction site The company repeatedly failed to improve standards or fulfil principal contractor duties. Free guidance on managing health and safety in construction is available A Cheshire property developer has been fined £45,000 after the Health and Safety Executive found multiple failures at a […] read more
Worker had one leg amputated below the knee and sustained significant injuries to the other Major injury rate for sawmilling is over two and a half times that of general manufacturing Free guidance is available, developed in collaboration with HSE and the sawmill industry. A large wood manufacturer in Shropshire has been fined £160,000 after […] read more
Two decades after one of Europe’s largest industrial incidents, the legacy of Buncefield continues to shape safety standards across the UK’s major hazards sector This week marks 20 years since the Buncefield explosion in Hertfordshire – one of the largest industrial incidents in Europe and the UK’s largest peacetime explosion. The incident In the early […] read more