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Poor Construction Site Security Led to Child’s Death

Latest case from the HSE is heartbreaking; A civil engineering firm has been fined £600K for safety breaches after a seven-year-old child became trapped and suffocated on a construction site. Seven-year-old Conley Thompson went missing […]

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18% of Fatal Workplace Incidents Occur in Farm Sector

FARMERS need to make health and safety more of a priority to prevent serious accidents and injuries as the industry continues to have the highest rate of work-related deaths. This was the message from the […]

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Fatal Accident Involving Mobile Elevating Platform

The latest case from the HSE; A Lincolnshire based manufacturing company that specialises in lifting and handling equipment has been fined after an employee died after falling with a work platform onto the M25 motorway. […]

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Directors Sentenced After Asbestos Breaches

Latest from the HSE; Two former company directors have been sentenced and fined after a refurbishment project at a former department store was found to have disturbed asbestos containing materials (ACMs) while demolition work was […]

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Unsafe Loft Conversion Work Led To House Collapse

Latest case report from the HSE; A Manchester construction company was fined after much of a three-bedroom domestic property in Stretford collapsed during a loft conversion and ground floor extension work. Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard […]