The scale of reported work-related stress across the UK economy has been increasing year on year, and Britain’s workplace regulator is campaigning for employers to take action. As the world acknowledges World Mental Health Day, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) welcomes three new partners to its Working Minds campaign, which urges workplaces to take … read more
A Lincolnshire-based sole trader has been fined after his employees were exposed to a hazardous substance. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Chris Buckley, trading as The Furniture Chest, after the workplace regulator inspected the firm’s site on Station Road, Heckington, Lincolnshire, on 7 April 2022. HSE inspectors found a significant build-up of wood … read more
A recycling company has been fined £40,000 after its failure to maintain the lifting equipment on a refuse vehicle caused the death of an employee. Henry Chambers had been working for Bin Busy Recycling Limited at an aggregates site run by another company in Charlton, London, when the incident occurred on 5 July 2019. The … read more
A West Midlands self-employed plumber has been jailed after carrying out further illegal and unsafe gas work. During 2020 and 2021, Daniel Kelly Mountain, installed and worked on gas boilers and performed gas work when he was not registered as an individual with the Gas Safe Register. He also falsely advertised himself as being Gas … read more
The director of a dog food company has been given a suspended prison sentence after a teenage boy severed and lost his finger on his first day working at the firm. Company director Gary Pitchford was given a six-month custodial sentence, which was suspended for a period of 12 months. The new starter, who was … read more