2010 News Archive

Here are some news stories that we published in 2010 - click on the link for details

Consultation opens in January on RIDDOR changes

Print firm fined after worker hurt in lorry incident

Company fined after man crushed by truck

Kent-wide inspection campaign highlights safety concerns in motor vehicle repair premises

Homebuilder fined after forklift crush death

Employers warned about explosion risks from cutting of drums and containers

London waste company fined after worker's legs crushed

Black Country firm fined after worker crushed

Tyre firm fined after worker suffers head injury

Work Well Dorset team target motor trade

Luton companies ignored warnings on electrical equipment

Man is left brain damaged by falling panel saw

Motor vehicle repair bodyshop workers still at risk of asthma

Crane firm fined after four tonne weight crashed to ground near college students

Quarry company fined after digger death

Distribution company's failures led to Cornish vineyard owner's death

Quarry fined £30k for vehicle plunge

European campaign on hazardous substances in MVR

Tyre manufacturer fined after worker injured by forklift truck

Isocyanate paints can take your breath away poster

Company fined after worker hit by forklift truck

Company ordered to pay £75,000 after farm worker is crushed to death

Worker deaths in Britain fall to record low

Global logistics and tobacco firms fined after worker is crushed to death

Recycling firm in court after worker loses leg under truck

Lack of traffic control leaves worker injured

HSE has issued a new free publication -
HSE INDG 434 'Working safely under vehicles being repaired'

Waste Management firm fined after driver killed at Northamptonshire landfill site

Burning waste results in £500 fine

Council prosecuted after dumper truck overturned

Workshop guilty of continuing to use dangerous gas heater

Multinational steelmaker fined £240,000 after lorry driver crushed by three tonnes of steel

Unsecured forklift load crushed worker

Scissor lift failure in motor vehicle repair facility

Rotherham council and contractor fined after employee killed by reversing truck

Council worker given suspended sentence for safety failings

Major company fined £185,000 after truck runs over worker

Crane manufacturer fined following near-miss in Sheffield

HSE calls for careful driving in depots

Farm worker fined for running over his employer

Leicester company fined for huge fire risk

Company fined £90,000 after man dies at Heathrow airport

Violence towards people at work rises by almost 12 per cent

MP seeks positive H&S duties for Directors

Load safety campaign to spot-check vehicles

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