A leading health and safety organisation has joined a campaign tackling work-related stress. The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has become the latest partner on the Working Minds campaign launched a year ago today by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The workplace regulator’s figures show of the 1.7 million workers suffering from … read more
A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecution is being brought against Newcastle City Council following the death of six-year-old Ella Henderson. Ella was hit by a falling tree at Gosforth Park First School on Friday, 25 September 2020. She died at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle the following morning. Newcastle City Council will face a … read more
New guidance will help employers support disabled people and those with long-term health conditions thrive at work Firms will be given advice on retaining staff as many businesses face recruitment difficulties Disabled people and those with long-term health conditions will get more support from employers to help them succeed in the workplace thanks to new … read more
A Hertfordshire construction company has been fined after a worker fell through a skylight while working on a six-storey house. The man fell over three metres and received serious head injuries that led to him being in a coma for six weeks. MH Costa Construction Limited had been completely renovating the property at Moore Park … read more
A transport company has been fined £400,000 after one of its drivers was killed after being knocked off his trailer while loading and unloading it. On 16 November 2020, Robert Gifkins, who worked for Arnold Laver & Company Ltd, was delivering timber to a company in Whaddon near Salisbury. He had climbed onto the bed … read more