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South East firms reminded – secure your site before wrapping up for Christmas
December 17, 2009

Construction managers in the South East area are being reminded to secure their sites to reduce the risks of accidents during the Christmas shut-down.

Vizard Wyeth Solicitors - Health & Safety Monthly Update
December 11, 2009

Vizards Wyeth produce a range of newsletters and topical articles covering different business areas and issues.

London accident
December 10, 2009

A man was seriously injured yesterday on a scissor lift on the Westfield Shopping centre project in Stratford East London.

North London company fined £150,000 over major chemical fire
December 09, 2009

A North London-based international waste management company has been fined £150,000 for health and safety breaches following a major chemical fire in Preston which closed two motorways.

Company fined following death of worker
December 08, 2009

A company has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive after an employee was hit and killed by a reversing telehandler at a construction site in Aylesbury.

Boat safety campaign holds water across the South East
December 01, 2009

Boat yard owners use the cold weather and darker evenings as the main opportunity to carry out annual maintenance checks of vessels onshore, and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is urging them to take care.

£50,000 fine after man crushed to death by scrapyard claw
November 30, 2009

The death of a man crushed by a scrapyard grab claw has prompted a prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and a £50,000 fine.

Hazards special report - HSE knows the UK lead exposure standard can kill but refuses to act
November 17, 2009

Thousands of UK workers are being exposed to levels of lead that can cause serious chronic health problems. Hazards editor Rory O’Neill says the Health and Safety Executive knows it, but admits it has “no intention” of doing anything about it.

Hazards special report - Conservatives promise to use inspection opt-outs to ‘tame’ HSE
November 17, 2009

Fewer than 1 in every 15 major injuries at work now result in a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation. Justice suffers too, with absolutely no HSE enforcement action in almost 98 per cent of cases. But Tory plans to give firms a get-out-of-jail card could make a bad situation much, much worse, Hazards editor Rory O’Neill warns.

HSE - Employer without compulsory insurance fined
November 13, 2009

A Cambridgeshire retailer has been fined £1,000 for failing to have compulsory insurance to protect his employees.

London property developer fined £10k for safety breaches
November 13, 2009

A London property developer and landlord has been fined £10,000 at City of London Magistrates Court after workers on two of his developments were put at risk.

Vizard Wyeth Solicitors - Health & Safety Monthly Update
November 12, 2009

Vizards Wyeth produce a range of newsletters and topical articles covering different business areas and issues.

Fine after driver’s arm amputated during Kent delivery
November 5, 2009

A stone company has been fined after a delivery driver had to have his left arm amputated when slabs, weighing 220 kilograms each, fell on him.

Lucky escape
November 5, 2009

A man appears to have had a miraculous escape after a four metre fall from a van mounted aerial lift today in Worthing England.

Hidden Killer warning for tradesmen in East Sussex
November 2, 2009

Tradesmen across East Sussex are the target of a new campaign warning them to beware a hidden killer − asbestos.

Not so seasonal lights
October 29, 2009

Caught in the act in Wrexham, UK, two men using a truck mounted lift to put up lights in a less than ideal manner.

New statistics see fall in South East fatalities but major injuries on the rise
October 28, 2009

Statistics released today by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reveal that fewer people died from workplace injuries in 2008/09 in the South East compared with the previous year.

Not enough equipment
October 26, 2009

Spotted by a German visitor to the UK, one man using a platform another having to make do on the same site.