Latest HSE Bulletins

• Buncefield 20 years on: Turning lessons into safer industry practices 11 December,2025
  Two decades after one of Europe’s largest industrial incidents, the legacy of Buncefield continues to shape safety standards across the UK’s major hazards sector This week marks 20 years since the Buncefield explosion in Hertfordshire – one of the largest industrial incidents in Europe and the UK’s largest peacetime explosion. The incident In the early […]
• Tree specialists fined after worker falls from height 9 December,2025
  Worker suffered life-altering back injuries after falling from a MEWP basket. HSE found the company failed to plan, supervise or safely carry out work at height. AP Tree Specialists Ltd fined £20,000; director fined £1,000. An arboriculture company based in Derby has been fined £20,000 after an employee suffered life-altering back injuries when he fell […]
• Manufacturing firm fined after apprentice suffers serious injuries 9 December,2025
  18-year-old was still learning how to operate machinery when incident occurred Harry now has to live with permanent scarring and a loss of feeling on the side of his chest. HSE guidance on preventing access to dangerous parts of machinery is available. A manufacturing company in Newbury has been fined £187,600 after the shirt of […]
• A matter of life and death: why businesses must check their bins 9 December,2025
  Every winter, as temperatures drop, some of Britain’s most vulnerable citizens seek shelter wherever they can find it. For rough sleepers, a large commercial waste bin might seem like temporary refuge from the cold. But this desperate act of survival can quickly become a death trap. In May 2024, Vitalij Maceljuch, 36, climbed into a […]
• Metal polishing company fined after employee’s hand crushed in machinery 8 December,2025
  A metal polishing company in Oldbury has been fined following an incident in which an employee’s hand became entangled in an unguarded tube polishing machine, resulting in the amputation of one finger and severe crushing injuries to two others. Nathan Watkins was working for FMP West Midlands Limited in Oldbury, West Midlands, on 8 July […]
• Company and director sentenced after worker fell 15 feet 8 December,2025
  Company cut corners to speed up roof repair work. Man fell through fragile skylight. Despite incident, company carried on with the job the day after. A construction company in Hampshire has been fined £80,000 after a man fell more than 15 feet through a fragile skylight during roof repair work. The 29-year-old sub-contractor sustained multiple […]