Landowners in Northumberland have been sentenced after one of their employees suffered leg injuries while working on their farm.
UK’s travel industry told to improve health and safety standards
The recent court case for the deaths of Bobby and Christi Shepherd, who died from carbon monoxide poisoning in their Thomas Cook holiday accommodation in Corfu, has prompted calls for more to be done to protect holidaymakers abroad.
Work injuries and poor health cost the UK £14 billion each year
According to the latest statistics released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), over a million people are suffering from an illness as a direct result of their work, costing the UK economy an estimated £14.3 billion every year.
Companies sentenced after a worker dies from electric shock
Two companies have been served with significant fines after a 27-year-old man was electrocuted while carrying out his duties at Morgan Stanley’s Heathrow data centre.
Family exposed to dangerous asbestos due to farming company’s safety failings
Blankney Estates Ltd – a farming company – has been fined after its health and safety failings were responsible for a family being exposed to dangerous levels of deadly asbestos dust.