Latest HSE Bulletins

• Waste and recycling company fined £400,000 after woman crushed 18 August,2026
  Clearaway Recycling Limited failed to properly manage the movement of pedestrians and vehicles at its site in Basildon A 22-year-old woman suffered life-changing crush injuries after being struck by a mobile shredder HSE statistics show that fatal incidents in the waste and recycling sector are ten times more likely than the all-industry average An Essex-based […]
• SENTENCED: Construction company and director fined for risking lives with unsafe roof work 18 August,2026
  Concerns raised by the public during extension work in Kings Cross area of London. Despite repeated warnings by HSE, unsafe work continued. Falls from height remain leading cause of workplace death and injury. A construction company and a director have been fined after workers lives were put at risk with unsafe roof work in central […]
• Telehandler driver sentenced over death of colleague 18 August,2026
  Lift supervisor struck and fatally injured by a telehandler on a construction site in Cheshire. HSE found the driver had chosen to reverse without a banksman despite a clear turning circle being available. Driver had also been using his mobile phone while in control of the vehicle, contrary to site rules. Telehandler operator given a […]
• Bricklayer hospitalised for a month after fall through collapsing roof 18 August,2026
  Bricklayer hospitalised for a month after fall through collapsing roof Oldham-based company fined £30,000 after Health & Safety Executive investigation found multiple failings 25-year-old bricklayer sustained serious injuries including fractures to his right leg, hip and left hand Latest HSE statistics show falls from height remain the leading cause of fatal injuries in the workplace […]
• Building company and director fined after botched extension put family’s lives at risk 17 August,2026
  Adam’s Building Construction Ltd built an extension over gas pipework and a boiler flue without relocating them, despite repeated warnings The gas installation was found to be immediately dangerous, forcing Northern Gas Networks to cut off the property’s gas supply The company failed to comply with an HSE Improvement Notice, and its director failed to […]
• Packaging manufacturer fined for second time in less than a year after worker’s hand crushed in laminator machine 12 August,2026
  Worker suffered a severe crush injury when their hand was drawn into the rollers of a laminating machine. Same company was fined £277,500 in November 2025 following a fatal incident at another of its sites. HSE found company had failed to provide a fixed guard to prevent access to the dangerous nip point during cleaning. […]