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 […]

UK Farmers Urged to Review Health & Safety Measures

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the National Farmers Union Scotland (NFUS) have together urged farmers to review their safety measures and take extra care following an inquiry into the death of Lauder farmer, Jim Sharp. Mr Sharp, who was 66, was tragically killed earlier this year in an accident at Newbigging Walls Farm, after he […]

Tougher penalties for health and safety breaches

A new approach to health and safety prosecutions has meant that employers who commit serious breaches of health and safety are now receiving much tougher penalties, according to a recent Government report. Impact of Health and Safety Offences Act The report covers the five years following the introduction of the Health and Safety Offences Act in 2009, which increased the maximum […]

Call centre workers suffer

One in four call centre agents suffer voice problems because managers are failing to properly protect their health, a health and safety body has said. A new study, commissioned by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) found that call handlers had suffered one or more of a range of ill-effects because of their […]