15th May 2020 The crash scene on the A1 near Newark. – Image credit: ORR A contractor has been ordered to pay £750,000 in fines and costs for failing to ensure two of…

7 January 2020 The former bosses of an Indian restaurant in the West Midlands have been handed suspended prison sentences and the company fined £175,000 after a chef suffered serious…

21 January 2020A fish and chip shop has been prosecuted after three staff members were burned by hot oil when they decided to change the fat during business hours.  Image credit…

12 February 2020 The director of a scrap tyre yard has been handed a suspended prison sentence for a series of fire safety offences after an emergency fire door was…

10 January 2020A roofing company has been convicted of safety breaches after a worker sustained serious back injuries when he fell from a ladder while holding a bucket of broken…

14 January 2020Almost three quarters of companies in the water sector routinely monitor their workforce's wellbeing, according to a new report.  Image credit | iStock The Benchmarking against the Thriving at Work standards…

17 January 2020The contracts manager of a roofing firm has been jailed after forging health and safety documents after a worker fell to his death.  Image credit | Greater Manchester Police On…

17 January 2020 A 33-year-old Lithuanian worker has been killed at a London construction site after a re-enforced concrete slab collapsed following an order from his supervisor to remove the…

Cardiff-based steelmaker Celsa Manufacturing has been prosecuted for failing to carry out a risk assessment before an explosion at its city centre plant left two workers dead and five more…

The UK division of building products manufacturer Cemex has been convicted of safety failings after a worker was killed at its concrete block and paving factory in West Lothian.  …