Latest HSE Bulletins

• Company fined £350,000 after chemical tank collapse left worker with life-changing injuries 14 May,2026
  700-tonne tank containing calcium chloride was more than 30 years old and corrosion was first identified a decade before incident. 62-year-old left with life-changing injuries and not been able to work since. Peterhead base handles thousands of ship movements each year. A company has been fined £350,000 after the catastrophic collapse of a storage tank […]
• Road planing company fined after worker maimed by milling machine 14 May,2026
  Worker, who was 32 at the time, suffered life-changing injuries after leg became entangled in road milling machine. HSE investigation found company routinely operated machinery without manufacturer’s safety guard fitted. Employee’s leg had to be amputated at the scene by emergency services. A road planing contractor in Leicestershire has been fined £92,450 after an employee’s […]
• Egg farm fined after worker trapped in running conveyor machinery 13 May,2026
  Worker’s clothing was trapped in machinery. HSE investigation found no fixed or interlocking guarding had been installed. HSE guidance on safeguarding machinery is available on its website A poultry and egg production company has been convicted after a worker suffered serious nerve damage when his clothing became entangled in conveyor belt machinery at a farm […]
• Health and Safety Executive authorises Crown Censure of His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service following radon exposure at HMP Dartmoor 13 May,2026
  The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has today notified His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) of its intention to issue a Crown Censure following an investigation into radon exposure at HMP Dartmoor in Devon. The investigation found that HMPPS failed to adequately manage radon exposure at the prison. The Health and Safety Executive was […]
• Fine for waste company that stockpiled skips and put workers at risk 12 May,2026
  Company had skips piled three-high in places. Risk of collapse described as ‘potentially catastrophic’. HSE guidance on the clear segregation between vehicles and pedestrians. A waste and recycling company in South East London has been fined after Britain’s workplace regulator found multiple failures, including skips being dangerously stockpiled. Inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive […]
• HSE says no dry cutting of engineered stone ahead of inspection crackdown  11 May,2026
  Landmark guidance issued for first time as regulator responds to silicosis deaths of young workers  Dry cutting declared unacceptable and water suppression confirmed as legal requirement.   Enforcement measures ramped up with the first of over 1,000 inspections already underway    The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has today announced a major package of measures to protect workers from the dangers of […]