Two Bromsgrove firms have been fined after an employee had a thumb, index finger and most of his middle finger severed in machinery.

Redditch Magistrates’ Court heard how on 29 October 2008, an employee of Non-Flam (Sawdust) Co Ltd was instructed to work for KSR (UK) Ltd. Both companies manufacture products for absorbing chemical and [...]

A specialist plastering contractor has been fined after two workers were seriously injured during construction of Derby’s Westfield shopping centre.

The workers, who have asked not to be named, fell around seven metres when the scissor lift they were using to transport plasterboards between floor levels overturned. The incident happened on 16 August 2007.A 22-year-old from [...]

A paper firm has been fined after a Derbyshire worker suffered severe and permanent hand injuries.

The Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register (OSHCR) is being set up in response to recommendations in the Government-commissioned report on the UK health and safety system − “Common Sense Common Safety”.

This incident took place July 2008.
A young construction worker suffered life-changing injuries after falling six metres through the roof of a farm building a court has heard.

This incident took place 3 February 2009.
A health and safety manager who suffered serious burns when a can of solvent exploded has received a suspended prison sentence for putting other workers at risk.

A shopfitting contractor has been fined in the last week following the exposure of five workers to Asbestos fibres.
The contractor in question have been prosecuted by the HSE for ignoring the asbestos report for the unit within the Arndale Centre they were working on, which stated that there was asbestos present.  In October 2009 two workers [...]

Following at fatality on a site in Somerset an architectural practice and a construction company have been fined a total of £195,000.
The project was to build a new conference centre, which was completed and in use when a fault was reported with the air-conditioning.  On 26 January 2005, the contractor in question contracted an air conditioning [...]

We are in the middle of the school summer holidays and the message the HSE are sending out during this time is that ‘Building sites are not adventure playgrounds…’.
The HSE aim to encourage parents to ensure their children know that construction sites are dangerous places and not to play on them due to the [...]

We are holding an Open Day, at our new facilities at Turnberry Park on the 30th July 2010. 
The Open Day is an opportunity for those who wish to attend to view our recently completed office, training and meeting rooms, meet the Aversion team and raise some funds for our chosen charity “Help for Heroes”. 
During the day [...]