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North Wales waste and recycling company fined over welfare facilities and repeated site failures

The company had received previous enforcement notices on several occasions over an 11-year period Employees had no access to running water or soap after sorting waste materials that could be contaminated with asbestos by hand HSE guidance states employers must provide employees who are liable to interact with asbestos containing materials with suitable training A waste and recycling company has been fined £36,000 for repeatedly failing to […] read more

July 9, 2026 HSEHealth and Safety • HSEHSE

Worker killed after wall panels collapsed during cleanroom dismantling

Steven Tervit, 32, was working in a scissor lift when he was ejected out of it He had worked for company for 15 years Company failed to suitably and sufficiently risk assess the work A Hamilton-based company has been fined after a worker died when a series of wall panels collapsed and ejected him from […] read more

July 8, 2026 HSEHSEHSE

Emma Bridgewater fined £266,666 after falling shard of glass injures child

A 12-year-old girl was injured by falling glass at Christmas lights event in Hanley in 2024. A snow machine fell from a window above the gift shop where members of the public were gathered. Emma Bridgewater Ltd was found to have failed to secure snow machine installed above public area. Ceramics manufacturer Emma Bridgewater has […] read more

July 7, 2026 HSEHSEHSE

HSE takes landmark enforcement action against occupational health service provider

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued its first ever Prohibition Notice against an occupational health service provider, following findings that inadequate health surveillance was putting workers at risk of serious and irreversible harm. The action marks a significant milestone in HSE’s regulation of occupational health provision and is evidence of the regulator’s focus […] read more

July 3, 2026 HSEHSEHSE

HSE authorises Crown Censure of MoD and prosecution of defence contractor over fatal tank explosion

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has authorised a Crown Censure of the Ministry of Defence, and the prosecution of defence contractor Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land Ltd. This action follows an investigation into a fatal tank explosion in Pembrokeshire in 2017 which killed two soldiers and left a third seriously injured. Corporal Darren Neilson, 31, […] read more

July 1, 2026 HSEHSEHSE

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