National Apprenticeship Week 2024: Skills for Life
For National Apprenticeship Week this year, we are shining a light on the talented apprentices within the Health and Safety Executive and showing the positive impact they have, for both the individual and the organisation.
The theme for National Apprenticeship Week 2024 is “Skills for Life”; reflecting on how apprenticeships can...Read More »
Remembering the Morecambe Bay cockling disaster – 20 Years On
HSE inspector Peter Lennon, a member of the investigation team that investigated the incident, has reflected on the Morecambe Bay cockling disaster in a blog
On the evening of 5 February 2004 over 30 young men and women were trapped by rising tides in Morecambe Bay as they harvested cockles –...Read More »
Farming company fined £320,000 after death of “much loved” family man
A company involved in fruit and vegetable production has been fined £320,000 after a man “who always put family first” was killed at a site in Burscough.
Francis Schlachter, known as Frank, suffered severe head injuries when he fell from a skip at a farm operated by M.A.Forshaw Limited on 3...Read More »
Worktops firm fined after repeated failures to protect employees
A Stockport-based stone worktop manufacturer has been fined £26,000 for repeatedly putting its workers at risk.
Granite & Marble Shop Ltd failed to implement safe working practices despite warnings from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
The company consistently put their employees at risk from serious injury by failing to adequately guard...Read More »
Textiles firm fined £60,000 after worker’s arm dragged into machine
A textiles company has been fined £60,000 after a man broke his arm when it was dragged into machinery at a site near Chorley.
The employee, a man from Blackrod in Greater Manchester, suffered serious injuries to his right arm in the incident at the factory operated by Pin Croft Dyeing...Read More »