Mr Iftikhar Ahmed Mughal, 64, died four days after falling from unguarded platform. Fall of just six feet proved fatal due to serious head injuries. Inspector highlights work at height as leading cause of workplace deaths. HSE guidance on tower scaffold protection readily available. A shop sign making and fitting company and its director have […] read more
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched 1,000 targeted inspections of motor vehicle repair businesses across Great Britain to tackle occupational asthma. Many skilled vehicle paint sprayers develop this life-changing and debilitating disease each year, forcing them to leave their profession permanently. This inspection campaign will focus on workplaces that use isocyanate-containing paints and […] read more
Gary Anstey, 57, had just become a grandad Inspector slams lack of planning that is “all too common” HSE guidance on temporary structures is available A building company has been fined after an employee was crushed to death when a 1.8m high retaining wall collapsed onto him. Gary Anstey, 57, from Bristol, was working for […] read more
A construction company and its director have been fined after being found guilty of safety breaches that resulted in a five-year-old child being injured by a falling cast iron pipe. Sage Homes Limited and its director were convicted on Monday 4 August 2025, at Southampton Crown Court, for failing to properly assess a foreseeable risk. […] read more
Qube Containers Limited, which operates on Ipswich docks, has been fined £30,000 after an employee was run over and dragged by a forklift causing serious injuries to his ankle. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) brought the prosecution following its investigation of the incident involving Harvey Addison, from Ipswich, on 11 December 2023. Mr Addison […] read more