36-year-old worker seriously injured by falling pillar drill weighing 500kg Health and Safety Executive inspectors found lifting operation involving a forklift was not properly planned or risk-assessed Redditch-based firm handed £40,000 fine following HSE prosecution A spring and stampings manufacturing company has been fined £40,000 after an employee fractured twelve ribs during a lifting operation

Five leaks of extremely flammable hydrocarbons occurred at Fife Ethylene Plant between February 2018 and September 2019 – including one which lasted four months The leaks were discovered after Health & Safety Executive inspectors detected strong smell of flammable gas on a routine inspection –  all five leaks were attributed to Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI)

Health and Safety Executive inspectors issued Truro Sawmills Ltd with Improvement Notices after finding it failed to protect workers from health risks of wood dust and safety risks from lift trucks. Inspectors found employees were not trained to use rider-operated lift trucks, and protective equipment wasn’t properly fitted, and employees weren’t screened for health risks

Company fined £300,000 after health and safety inspectors find failings when investigating incident Nightshift worker had been attempting to unblock machine when his arm was severed below elbow Victim had three major surgeries to restore the use of his hand but still suffers constant pain A clinical waste disposal company has been fined £300,000 after

Clearaway Recycling Limited failed to properly manage the movement of pedestrians and vehicles at its site in Basildon A 22-year-old woman suffered life-changing crush injuries after being struck by a mobile shredder HSE statistics show that fatal incidents in the waste and recycling sector are ten times more likely than the all-industry average An Essex-based

Concerns raised by the public during extension work in Kings Cross area of London. Despite repeated warnings by HSE, unsafe work continued. Falls from height remain leading cause of workplace death and injury. A construction company and a director have been fined after workers lives were put at risk with unsafe roof work in central

Lift supervisor struck and fatally injured by a telehandler on a construction site in Cheshire. HSE found the driver had chosen to reverse without a banksman despite a clear turning circle being available. Driver had also been using his mobile phone while in control of the vehicle, contrary to site rules. Telehandler operator given a

Bricklayer hospitalised for a month after fall through collapsing roof Oldham-based company fined £30,000 after Health & Safety Executive investigation found multiple failings 25-year-old bricklayer sustained serious injuries including fractures to his right leg, hip and left hand Latest HSE statistics show falls from height remain the leading cause of fatal injuries in the workplace

Adam’s Building Construction Ltd built an extension over gas pipework and a boiler flue without relocating them, despite repeated warnings The gas installation was found to be immediately dangerous, forcing Northern Gas Networks to cut off the property’s gas supply The company failed to comply with an HSE Improvement Notice, and its director failed to

Worker suffered a severe crush injury when their hand was drawn into the rollers of a laminating machine. Same company was fined £277,500 in November 2025 following a fatal incident at another of its sites. HSE found company had failed to provide a fixed guard to prevent access to the dangerous nip point during cleaning.