Health and Safety Executive

Mining company fined after experienced electrician killed by mine fan

Colin Thwaites died in October 2024 while working at Lochaline Quartz Sand Limited’s underground mine in the Highlands.

Evening Standard 3 min read

‘My son vanished while out on a run. I discovered him dead using a phone tracker app’

Harry Oates was electrocuted by a low-hanging electricity line as he ran along a footpath in Cumbria

The Independent UK 6 min read

Engineer falls 20ft from British Airways jet at Heathrow airport

The Health and Safety Executive is making enquiries into the incident

The Independent UK 3 min read

Company fined following factory explosion in Scottish Borders

A SOLVENTS manufacturer in the Scottish Borders has been fined following an explosion at its factory ...

The National (Scotland) 2 min read

Manufacturing company forced to pay out £200,000 after workers injured in explosion

Weir Minerals, Halifax, West Yorkshire did not have the correct safety procedures in place, the Health and Safety Executive found

The Independent UK 2 min read

Trust fined £80k after teacher and 15 children injured as classroom ceiling collapses

The teacher and several pupils were taken to hospital where they were treated for fractures, cuts and concussion

The Independent UK 4 min read

Man, 35, dies after 'large branch' falls from tree and hits him

The Health and Safety Executive has been informed

Manchester Evening News 2 min read

Croydon primary school fined £35,000 after boy severely burnt at carol concert

St Thomas Becket Catholic Primary School was found guilty of health and safety failings by a jury after nativity costume caught fire

Evening Standard 5 min read

Primary school fined £35,000 after boy severely burnt at carol concert

St Thomas Becket Catholic Primary School was found guilty of health and safety failings by a jury at Southwark Crown Court earlier in June.

The Independent UK 5 min read

Dad has two fingers and thumb sliced off in Vape packaging machine

The man says he no longer has a day without pain and cannot even prepare eggs for his children

Wales Online 3 min read