Skipper Sentenced Following Diver Death in the Forth
The skipper of a shellfish fishing boat has been sentenced for serious safety failings after the death of a diver in the River Forth Estuary. Graeme Mackie was working as a scuba diver to collect shellfish from Ronald John MacNeil’s boat the “Rob Roy” when the incident occurred in June 2011. Dunfermline Sheriff Court heard that Mr […]
Glasgow Firm Fined Following Death of a Worker
A Glasgow-based construction firm has been fined following the death of a worker after he was crushed when a 1.6-tonne frame fell on him. Daniel Hurley had been working with machinery near an area where the structural steelwork for a stair tower was being erected on the site. The Court heard that not long after the steel […]
Midfielder Takes Legal Action Against Club Following Training Ground Injury
St Mirren midfielder John McGinn is taking legal action against his former club following a training ground prank that saw him seriously injured. The 20-year-old midfielder was spiked in the leg by a training pole after it was thrown at him at a training session at club’s training ground in April. McGinn fell over a training pole before […]
Property Company Fined for Dangerous Procedures At Heights
A property company based in Lancashire has been found guilty of exposing workers to dangerous conditions when working at heights. Responding to complaints about the working conditions and the safety conditions for workers, the Health and Safety Executive sent officials to investigate the claims. The inspectors found workers stripping slates from a fragile roof without […]
Focusing on Health & Safety in the UK Aviation Sector
Health and safety in the UK Aviation industry is to be the focus of a conference hosted by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health’s (IOSH) later this month (2 July, Imperial War Museum, Duxford). Following a number of major aviation incidents, such as the recent Germanwings plane crash, IOSH’s Aviation and Aerospace Group plan to illustrate […]
Scottish Firm fined after Employee is Burned
A Scottish Firm located in Moray, Scotland has been fined £6,666 following one of its employees being burned in a flash fire. The employee who was aged 49 at the time of the incident, was burned as he opened the door to a shed where a pressure washer was kept. Upon opening the door, the smoke inside […]
How Safe Are Workplaces in the UK?
Figures published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in 2014 showed that Britain is one of the safest places to work in the EU, however with 133 deaths and over 78,000 people injured in the last year alone, just how good are the health and safety standards in the UK? Recent statistics show that as well […]
Company Directors May Become Criminally Liable for Workplace Deaths
Labour Party MSP Richard Baker (North East Scotland region) has called for changes to the existing laws governing corporate homicide, saying they are “not able to cope with modern times and, in particular, modern business and other relationships”. In Scotland, there are on average 20 workplace fatalities per year, and in 2012/13 22 people died. The MSP […]
Bang! New Health & Safety Regulations for Explosives in Scotland, England & Wales
New health and safety regulations regarding explosives are set to come into force next month – October 2014. The Explosives Regulations 2014 (ER 2014) and the Acetylene Safety (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2014 (ASR 2014) come as a result of the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) reviewing the existing health and safety explosive […]
Employer Prosecuted After Worker Severs Thumb
The owner of a Derbyshire firm that specialises in refurbishing precision machining tools has been fined for safety breaches after a worker severed a thumb while lifting a heavy component. Mark Evans, who was 45, was working on rebuilding a rotary table device when the incident happened. As he worked on the tool, which is used for […]
