New regulations giving workers more protection from the dangers of artificial light came into force on Tuesday 27 April.
The Control of Artificial Optical Radiation at Work Regulations meet a European Union directive to protect workers from harm arising from exposure to hazardous sources of artificial light. Some such sources, particularly UV radiation and light from [...]

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Marble City Ltd and directors Gavin and Jamie Waldron have been prosecuted following a fatal incident in March 2008 when granite and marble slabs were being unloaded from a vehicle.
Judge Taylor at Southwark Crown Court heard that director Gavin Waldron was supervising the unloading operation at the time of the death.
Six tonnes of stone slab [...]

New regulations came into force on 6th April requiring the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to be notified of conventional tower cranes installed on construction sites.
The new regulations:
place the duty to notify on the employer
require notification of the relevant information within 14 days of thorough examination of the crane
require cranes already erected when the Regulations [...]

A building firm has been fined after refurbishment work triggered the temporary closure of country club near Darlington over fears of exposure to asbestos.
Nationwide Building Contractors Limited – which is registered at 1640 Parkway, Solent Business Park, Whiteley, Fareham, Hampshire – was today fined a total of £4.500 at Darlington Magistrates’ Court over the incident. [...]

A high voltage shock that endangered the life of a lorry driver and exploded the tyres of a tipper truck has today resulted in a £10,500 fine for Leeds City Council.
The council pleaded guilty to two breaches of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 following the incident on 19 June 2008 at [...]

A plant hire company has been fined £200,000 for health and safety failings that lead to an employee falling five metres to his death.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) showed that the company failed to follow its own health and safety guidelines for work at height.
HSE prosecuted Ashtead Plant Hire Co Ltd [...]