£187,000 Fine in First Corporate Manslaughter Case in Northern Ireland

Two companies have been fined after a worker at Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire suffered a broken foot when a 13kg weight dropped nearly four metres from an overhead crane.

A construction company and director have been fined following the death of a worker at a site in Hampstead.

Two Norfolk companies have been fined after a cleaner’s hand was crushed in machinery

A scaffolder from Manchester will never walk again after being crushed by metal tubes which fell from a crane

A Dartford firm has been fined after an employee was seriously injured when he was crushed by a reversing lorry at the KBC Logistics depot in Askews Farm Road, Grays in Essex.

The incident took place on 20th Novemeber 2009.
A factory worker, who was working as a team leader, was operating a core-treater line, which coats paper with resin so that it can be cut into blocks and used for the back of laminated products when his hand was drawn inbetween 2no rotating metal rollers on the [...]

Avoiding trapping/crushing injuries to people in the platform of Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWPs)
The HSE have recently issued a Safety Bulletin in relation to the prevention of entrapment of operators using MEWPs adjacent to obstructions. 
The use of MEWPs has contributed to the reduction of falls from heights since their introduction, and they are often [...]