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Cold pressed juice company fined after worker traps arm in machine
Company that makes cold press juices fined £100,000 25-year-old worker had arm trapped in machinery while clearing food blockage Daily Dose Ltd had failed to carry out a suitable risk assessment A cold pressed juice manufacturer in Northamptonshire has been fined £100,000 after a worker’s arm was c…
Food manufacturing giant fined £594,000 after two workers scalded at Melton Mowbray site
Samworth Brothers Ltd, which owns Ginsters, Soreen and West Cornwall Pasty Co. brands, handed six-figure fine over failings. An employee and a contractor suffered scald injuries after being splashed with hot water while carrying out maintenance of steam pipework at the manufacturer’s Kettleby Foods…
Barratt Redrow hit by fresh £97m legacy building defects bill
Fresh fire safety and structural defects add to £1bn repair burden as house builder reports 48% profit rise
Update – Health and Safety Executive investigation into Taff’s Well Quarry incident
Following the incident which took place on July 30, 2026, at Taff’s Well Quarry, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is continuing its investigation into the cause. The incident followed a planned blast in a separate development area of the quarry to the quarry production operations. The incident…
Crate falls from forklift truck and seriously injures worker
Worker sustained life-changing injuries after a 1.2-tonne crate fell from a forklift truck. HSE investigation found unloading operation was poorly planned, not assessed and unsupervised. Case highlights the importance of properly managing non-standard lifting operations. A Hull business has been se…
Families warned of risk to life from unregistered gas work amid surge in prosecutions of illegal traders
Public urged to check Gas Safe Register as new HSE figures released show seventeen people convicted for illegal gas work in the past 18 months alone They include a fraudster who faked the Gas Safe logo to exploit a new homeowner, and a rogue trader whose faulty gas work put a 90-year-old man in dan…
Gateway 2 approval for £32m Leeds development
Hyve Living's The One Residence in Leeds, a £32m development with Elite Realty Invest, has received Gateway 2 approval from the Building Safety Regulator.
Boardroom fixer Alan Lovell called in to rescue British Steel
Costain, Carillion and Interserve veteran takes chair as Government plots steelmaker’s future
Worker died under two tonnes of soil in trench collapse
Two firms fined £1.1m and contracts manager given suspended jail sentence
Manufacturer fined after worker suffers life-changing injuries in conveyor incident
Maintenance engineer suffered catastrophic, life-changing injuries after his arm was pulled into an unguarded conveyor Working alone, he waved at a CCTV camera for help after becoming trapped in the machinery Factory Services UK Limited fined £160,000 after pleading guilty to health and safety brea…
Two companies and an individual sentenced after worker crushed by two tonnes of soil in trench collapse
Gheorghita Arsene, 33, died after being buried under around two tonnes of soil when the trench collapsed at a site in Banstead on 24 June 2020. A joint investigation found that the trench had no supports to prevent it from collapsing and soil had been piled right next to the edge. The collapse happ…
Building safety Gateway 2 applications soar as levy looms
Building Safety Regulator workload jumps by more than 100 live cases ahead of October levy
Farmer fined after ATV overturn kills employee
Colin Williams died at the scene after being crushed under an All Terrian Vehicle (ATV) Neither of the men in the ATV were wearing seatbelts or had received adequate training to safely use the vehicle Following the death of a farm employee in Monmouthshire after an ATV he was a passenger in overtur…
Baked goods company fined £333,333 after worker suffers broken arm
Worker suffered multiple fractures after arm was caught in unguarded conveyor machinery. HSE investigation found the company failed to prevent access to dangerous parts of machinery. HSE guidance explains employers must take effective measures to prevent access to dangerous machinery. A baked goods…
Creditors back Ardmore CVA rescue plan
CVAs protect seven group companies ahead of key Building Liability Order appeal
Pick Everard adds high risk building expertise
Pick Everard has appointed Aditya Sardesai to its Building Safety Act team, adding to the consultancy's expertise in high risk buildings.
Acorn adds commercial manager
Asbestos management consultancy Acorn Analytical Services has appointed Ben James commercial manager.
CITB announces support for new deaf awareness training programme in construction
Scrap yard fined after father and son injured by collapsing metal pile
Father and son were injured when a large pile of scrap metal collapsed onto them. HSE found members of the public were not adequately segregated from workplace transport and machinery. Incident followed an earlier near miss involving the same excavator. A scrap metal recycling company has been fine…
Six-figure fine for fish processing company after supervisor suffered life-threatening injuries
Pelagia Shetland Limited fined after man was injured in machinery 41-year-old was clearing a blockage when the machine restarted He was airlifted to hospital after suffering multiple broken bones A fish processing company has been fined £451,500 after a supervisor suffered multiple fractures and tw…
Envirocall decontaminates with sunlight
Asbestos removal specialist Envirocall will power its 19 decontamination units with solar power, supplied by D G Electrical Services.
Wates to finish Ardmore’s £200m Britannia resi towers job
London's Hackney council targets autumn deal to rescue 371-home Shoreditch project
Fire safety costs see Durkan record another loss
Exceptional items drag down numbers after operating profits increase
Over 2,000 unsafe cladding blocks still waiting for work to start
Government figures show 46% of identified buildings have yet to start remediation
Manufacturing company fined after worker fractures twelve ribs in pillar drill incident
36-year-old worker seriously injured by falling pillar drill weighing 500kg Health and Safety Executive inspectors found lifting operation involving a forklift was not properly planned or risk-assessed Redditch-based firm handed £40,000 fine following HSE prosecution A spring and stampings manufact…
Six-figure fine for ExxonMobil after five leaks of extremely flammable hydrocarbons at Fife chemical plant
Five leaks of extremely flammable hydrocarbons occurred at Fife Ethylene Plant between February 2018 and September 2019 – including one which lasted four months The leaks were discovered after Health & Safety Executive inspectors detected strong smell of flammable gas on a routine inspection – all…
House builder went down owing subcontractors £35m
Trade debts revealed following collapse of Devonshire Homes
Prolec joins Trimble ecosystem
UK excavator safety specialist Prolec's virtual barrier system SiteGuard Pro will be available as part of Trimble Earthworks' grade control platform.