HSE publishes annual work-related ill-health, injury and enforcement statistics for 2020/21
Today, Thursday 16 December 2021, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published statistics that cover work-related ill health, non-fatal workplace injuries and enforcement action taken by HSE, in the 2020/21 period.
- 1.7 million workers suffering from a work-related illness, around half of which were stress, depression or anxiety
Two new estimates...Read More »
Foundry sentenced after worker suffers life-changing burns
A foundry has been sentenced for safety breaches after an employee suffered life-changing burns following an eruption of molten slag during a slag tipping procedure.
Telford Magistrates’ Court heard how on 21 February 2020, the slag was being poured into a container at Goodwin Steel Castings in Stoke-on-Trent. The container had...Read More »
Company prosecuted after worker loses hand in lathe
A UK manufacturer of brick products, Ibstock Brick Ltd, has been fined for safety breaches after a worker’s hand was entangled and wrapped around the rotating shaft on a lathe.
North Staffordshire Justice Centre heard how, on 28 February 2020, a maintenance engineer was in the process of polishing a metal...Read More »
Company and care home owner admit criminal liability after care home resident dies following lift fall
A lift maintenance company has been sentenced and a care home owner cautioned after a resident and care worker plunged four metres to the basement in a faulty lift at a residential care home.
Damage to the lift had been reported only a week before the incident, which resulted in the...Read More »
Sawmill fined after worker’s finger is severed in machinery
A sawmill has been fined after a worker injured his finger when his hand came into contact with the moving parts of a machine.
Plymouth Magistrates’ court heard how, on 20 March 2018, an employee of Truro Sawmills was examining the moving parts at the rear of a saw to check...Read More »