The Latest Breaking News from HSE

McCain Foods fined £700,000 after worker needs fingers amputated after accident

The frozen potato company admitted contravening two health and safety regulations.

The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2023

Owner of inflatable trampoline that exploded and killed girl, 3, is jailed

Ava-May Littleboy was thrown into the air when the equipment failed on Gorleston beach in Norfolk.

Evening Standard · Nov 10, 2023

Owner of inflatable that exploded and killed girl, 3, is jailed

Ava-May Littleboy was thrown into the air when the equipment failed on Gorleston beach in Norfolk.

The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2023

Woman trampled to death by stampeding cows while walking her dogs through farmland

Police confirm woman killed while walking past field of 40 cows in Welsh countryside

Evening Standard · Sep 13, 2023

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 · Sep 5, 2023

How asbestos could slow efforts to fix crumbling concrete in English schools

Work to tackle Raac could expose asbestos that remains in buildings despite being banned in the 1990s

The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2023

Private school fined £80,000 over classroom ceiling collapse

Fifteen children and a teacher were injured in the 2021 incident at Rosemead preparatory in south London

The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2023

Prep school trust fined £80,000 after pupils hurt in classroom ceiling collapse

Children in Year 3 at Rosemead Preparatory School in south London were in a lesson when tables and chairs fell from the attic above.

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2023

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 · Aug 29, 2023

Oil and gas firm fined £535k after crane collapsed on two men

AN Aberdeen oil and gas firm has been fined £535,000 after a worker sustained life-changing injuries following the uncontrolled collapse of a crane.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 25, 2023