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Pork factory fined after electrician burned
Prosecutions and Claims | 10.04.2008
Getting safety right on a multi-occupancy site
Lucie Ponting | Features | HSW | 07.03.2008
In a multi-occupancy site, individual employers need to work with each other, as well as with landlords and contractors, so that everyone knows exactly who is responsible for what and where. Without this, hazards can too easily slip through the net until something goes wrong or someone gets hurt. Where do your safety duties begin and end? Lucie Ponting finds out.
Staying in one piece: slips, trips and falls
Eddie Bailey | Features | HSW | 07.03.2008
Slips, trips and falls currently account for one fatality a week and 38% of all major workplace injuries. Last month the HSE launched a campaign, Shattered Lives, which is aimed at creating a step-change in the attitudes of both businesses and their workers in several sectors. The HSE's Eddie Bailey explains how it will help practitioners win hearts and minds.
Five-digit damages for amputated fingers
Prosecutions and Claims | 06.03.2008
Confectionery firm fined
Prosecutions and Claims | 05.03.2008
Updated: Corus fined £250,000 for fatality
Prosecutions and Claims | 28.02.2008
When things go wrong - health and safety sentencing
Howard Fidderman | Features | HSB | 27.02.2008
Nine years after the Court of Appeal concluded that fines for health and safety offences were too low, how have the courts been sentencing employers convicted of health and safety crimes? And what will be the impact of the new sentencing guidelines for manslaughter when they come into force later this year? Howard Fidderman believes that sentencing should not be left to the courts.
Arm crushed in dangerous machine
Prosecutions and Claims | 24.01.2008
50k penalty after Lithuanian worker loses finger
Prosecutions and Claims | 23.01.2008
Updated: £350,000 fine after worker engulfed in fireball
Prosecutions and Claims | 21.01.2008
Toyota pays £25,000 penalty for stepladder fall
Prosecutions and Claims | 14.01.2008
Indesit feels heat for falling cookers
Prosecutions and Claims | 10.01.2008
£20,000 finger fine
Prosecutions and Claims | 12.12.2007
Lighter regulation questions
News | HSW | 12.12.2007
PPE contributed to Pleasureland worker's death
Prosecutions and Claims | 08.12.2007
HSE's simple plan
News | HSW | 07.12.2007
Dealing with dust extraction
Andy Quail | Features | HSW | 01.12.2007
Andy Quail, commercial director at Carter-Thorne, explains why it is important to think ahead when dealing with dust extraction
Communication and consultation
Lawrence Waterman | Features | HSW | 01.12.2007
In the last of his Back to Basics series, Lawrence Waterman outlines best practice approaches to workforce engagement
Outrage at 'paltry' fatality fines
News | HSP | 30.11.2007
Safety campaigners have hit out at the scale of fines imposed on two firms after safety failings led to the death of a 40-year-old lorry driver.
£59,000 fines for fatal shock
Prosecutions and Claims | 12.11.2007
Marshalling expertise
Dave Lewis | Features | HSW | 09.11.2007
The actions of staff in the event of a fire are likely to be crucial to their safety and the safety of other people in the premises. Dave Lewis outlines the role and training needs of fire marshals.
Switchgear fine slashed
Prosecutions and Claims | 08.11.2007
Butcher?s amputation
Prosecutions and Claims | 08.11.2007
Head protection
Ian Browning | Features | HSW | 08.11.2007
Ian Browning of Arco puts the lid on head protection.
Glowing knits
News | HSW | 08.11.2007
University of Manchester researchers have developed a photoluminescent yarn that glows when electrically charged.
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