Safety inspectors target South Yorkshire building sites

MORE than 100 South Yorkshire building sites will be scrutinised by the Health and Safety Executive as part of an intensive new campaign.

Safety inspectors target South Yorkshire building sites

Coventry scrap yard hit by £200,000 fine

Scrap yards are being urged to do more to prevent people from being struck by moving vehicles after a Coventry recycling firm was hit with a huge fine last week.
Coventry scrap yard hit by £200,000 fine

Council fined in bin lorry probe

A council has been fined £125,000 and will pay costs after an investigation prompted by the death of an 11-year-old girl killed by a bin lorry.
Council fined in bin lorry probe

Recruiters told: check health and safety

Employers have been urged to make sure that they are complying with health and safety laws by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).
Recruiters told: check health and safety

Safety wake up for asbestos removal industry

Asbestos-related disease accounts for over 3,500 deaths each year, creating what is the UK’s biggest single cause of work related deaths. Nationally approximately 600 of these deaths each year arise from work with asbestos in the construction industry and allied trades.
Safety wake up for asbestos removal industry

Safety experts chasing rogues

SPOT safety checks are to be carried out in a bid to cut the death toll among building workers. Up to 100 are due to take place in West Yorkshire this month.
Safety experts chasing rogues

Manslaughter charge for artist whose sculpture killed two people

The creator of an inflatable sculpture that killed two people after breaking free of its moorings was charged with manslaughter yesterday.
Manslaughter charge for artist whose sculpture killed two people