A manufacturer of agricultural equipment has been fined after a worker suffered two broken legs when a stack of metal sheets fell onto his ankles.

With the thirtieth anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster approaching, HSE’s Director of Energy Division has recently written to all offshore oil and gas production operators regarding gas releases in the North Sea.

A Maidstone company has been sentenced after a maintenance worker fell five metres through a roof and died.

Design and Supply Limited has today been fined after a worker was exposed to Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS).

Quainton Logistics & Storage Ltd has today been fined after both putting workers at risk and allowing conditions on site to fall well below the expected standard.

Mr Cody Stevens, an unregistered gas fitter operating as a director of Master Plumbing Contractors Limited, has today been fined for carrying out gas work without being registered with Gas Safe Register.

A worker has been sentenced after breaching a prohibition notice for gas work and for leaving gas appliances in a dangerous state.

A roofing company has been fined after roof work at height was undertaken unsafely.

A metal finishing company has been fined after a worker suffered multiple fractures to her leg when a components trolley overturned.

A care provider has been fined following the death of a resident at an Essex nursing home after he contracted Legionnaires’ disease.

An Inverurie company has been fined after a teenage worker was seriously injured.

Contractor Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions Ltd. has been sentenced today after exposing workers to a debilitating health condition over a nine-year period.

A company which manufactures freshly prepared meals was fined £176,000 when an employee was killed after being struck by empty food trays.

A Devon based construction company has been fined after placing employees and members of the public at risk of serious injury by failing to suitably maintain their fleet of lorry mounted elevated work platforms (MEWP).

A timber yard has been fined after two workers were seriously injured when they were struck by a side loader lift truck.

An East Lothian-based sole trader was today fined after a self-employed furniture maker was injured on their premises.

A care home was sentenced after an employee suffered significant injuries after falling around 1.5 metres down a lift shaft.

A Kent-based scaffolder has been sentenced after unsafe working practices were observed during the erection of scaffolding.

An engineering company was sentenced today after two employees were seriously injured during work to dispose of old gas cylinders at the company’s site in Hull.

A Manchester-based roofer has today been sentenced after breaching health and safety laws.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has today released its annual figures for work-related fatal injuries for 2017/18, as well as the number of people known to have died from the asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma, in 2016.

A company which manufactures wooden trusses has been fined after a worker sustained crush injuries.

A Speciality Gas Company from the Midlands has been fined after an employee was overcome by vapour whilst disposing of redundant gas bottles.

Simon Thomerson has been sentenced to 8 months in custody after pleading guilty to a health and safety breach that resulted in the death of two brothers.

A security fencing manufacturing company has been fined after a worker sustained significant injuries on site.

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust has been fined £2m after a series of management failings led to the deaths of two vulnerable patients at different facilities owned by the Trust.

There have been several recent catastrophic failures of aluminium cylinders used primarily to contain gases for underwater breathing apparatus and manufactured from aluminium alloys HE30/AA6082 and AA6351. These cylinders should only be used if they have undergone thorough visual inspection and testing with an eddy-current device by a competent inspector. Failure to conduct such inspection […]

DVIS Number 5, 7, 9, have been significantly updated in consultation with industry.  DVIS 12, 13, 14, incorporate minor updates to align with the current version of the ACoPs.