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2026
A plastic packaging company has been prosecuted by HSE after…
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A worker at a chemical manufacturing company suffered hand injuries…
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Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has prosecuted Network Rail…
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A construction company has been convicted of breaching Regulation 6(3)…
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Environment Agency (EA) has completed two Enforcement Undertakings (EU) against…
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The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has issued an improvement…
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The employee was dismantling an internal steel frame when she…
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On 28 July 2026, the HSE held its Annual General…
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A construction company has been fined after a worker fell…
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The worker was killed after he was found crushed by…
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An increasing number of product recalls highlights a rising (and…
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A water company has been fined £7.1 million following several…
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A major property developer has been fined £300,000 after it…
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A property management company has been fined, and its director…
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PackUK will introduce a resubmission deadline of 1 September 2026…
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A 12-year-old girl was injured after she was hit by…
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The Environment Agency’s powers will continue to be strengthened as…
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued its first…
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HSE has published its annual work-related fatal injuries statistics for…
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While replacing steps at a residential property, the worker fell…
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A driver was injured when his 20-tonne tipper truck fell…
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The Environment Agency has secured an Enforcement Undertaking from Anglian…
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The employee was working as a labourer on site when…
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The new Principles of Workplace Health and Wellbeing Leadership has launched…
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The RAIB (Rail Accident Investigation Branch) has released a publication…
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A landscaping and civil engineering company has been fined £125,000…
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The maintenance worker suffered fatal injuries whilst trying to repair…
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A business owner who was uninsured has been given a…
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The company was fined £30,000 after failing to protect its…
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The self-employed handyman claiming to be on the Gas Safe…
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The company was fined £150,000 after the employee was struck…
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The teenager was working for a clinical waste management company…
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The contractor was working on a refurbishment project that involved cutting…
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The gas leak was caused when a large steel tower partially…
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Two construction companies have been fined £79,300 after a scaffolder fell…
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A waste and recycling company has been fined £64,666 after a…
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A construction company has been fined after a man drowned after falling…
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South West Water has been issued with a record fine for supplying water…
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has fined a company after a subcontractor fell through…
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A company has been fined £146,700 after an employee was hit…
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A ship engineer suffered serious cold burns as a result of unplanned liquid propane…
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A company has been fined after an employee’s hand was trapped…
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has fined a company…
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A biomass company has been fined £129,000 after a worker lost…
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) undertook the review in…
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A company has been fined £350,000 following the collapse of a…
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced their intention…
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A waste and recycling company has been fined for multiple health…
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued new guidance banning dry cutting…
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A company has been fined £20,000 after pleading guilty to breaching Regulation…
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