Health and Safety

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO) are working together, along with government and industry, to support the safe and responsible adoption of robotics in the workplace. The project, launched today, 10 June 2026, at London Tech Week, has been co-designed with industry to give companies clarity on regulatory requirements, […] read more

Scaffolder suffered a broken arm, leg and head injury after falling through skylight  Principal contractor failed to properly plan, manage and monitor the roof work  Skylight was ‘almost invisible’ to workers   Two construction companies have been fined £79,300 after a scaffolder broke his arm, leg and suffered head lacerations after falling through a roof skylight while installing temporary scaffolding edge protection at a warehouse in Yorkshire.  James Cranswick, 26, was installing temporary scaffolding edge protection for Clover Access Systems Limited at […] read more

Worker suffered life-changing crush injuries to arm after being pulled into a conveyor belt. Contact with moving machinery is one of the most common causes of workplace fatalities in Great Britain. HSE investigation found that the business had failed to prevent access to dangerous parts of machinery. A Bristol-based waste and recycling business has been […] read more

Mykhalio Hustei, 35, had been working and living on the site. He fell down an exposed excavation hole after returning from a night out. Company only made site safe after his tragic death. A construction company has been fined after a man drowned  when hefell into an exposed excavation hole described as a ‘death trap’, […] read more

Britain’s health and safety regulator is part of a landmark project that could transform air travel, and shows how safety expertise drives innovation, not holds it back. Scientists at the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have helped deliver a major milestone in hydrogen-powered flight, in partnership with Rolls-Royce – after the successful test of the […] read more