World Mental Health Day: Listen, identify and act on work-related stress HSE urges employers to listen to workers, identify stress risks and take action this World Mental Health Day. An estimated 964,000 workers are suffering from work-related stress, depression or anxiety, resulting in 22.1 million working days lost. HSE’s Working Minds campaign offers free tools, […] read more
Employee lost part of his right thumb and suffered a crush injury to his hand during a manual handling task, just days after a near-identical incident HSE investigation found employee had not been given clear instructions on how to carry out task safely Worker was amateur boxer before hand injury – describing hobby as his […] read more
Connor Lambert, a trainee painter, was electrocuted while working in Chester The 24-year-old and his partner were expecting their first child His step dad has been sentenced for failing to properly plan for the work A sole trader has been sentenced after his stepson was fatally electrocuted while working on a domestic property in Chester. […] read more
Woman suffered burns to hands, face and legs when disposing of pyrotechnic waste at site in Lincolnshire GMK Limited had not risk assessed the work or provided her with suitable PPE HSE investigation also found company was in breach of its explosive licence One of the country’s leading distributors of firearms for sports shooting and […] read more
25-year-old man crushed while repairing excavator bucket HSE investigation of incident also uncovered failure to control exposure to welding fume A company in Northumberland that manufactures earth moving attachments, such as excavator buckets, has been fined a six-figure sum after a man was crushed during repair works. The 25-year-old suffered multiple fractures when he was […] read more