Eight people were killed after an Indonesian search and rescue helicopter deployed to survey a volcanic eruption crashed. The Indonesian Search and Rescue Agency’s helicopter was carrying four rescuers and…
Read articleThe driver of a front loader vehicle that accidentally hit and killed a baby boy did not know the tragedy had happened until after leaving the farm. Bill Bennett, who…
Read articleTwo construction companies have been fined after a woman was struck by scaffolding fittings dropped from a crane. Weymouth Magistrates’ Court heard how employees of Carter Training Ltd were using…
Read articleA London roofing company has been fined £160,000 plus costs after a worker fell two storeys onto a concrete floor. Southwark Crown Court heard how 56-year old Ali Mucoj had…
Read articleSeparate investigations are underway after a man was crushed by an articulated trailer at Dublin Port. The man, aged in his 60s, was helping to load the trailer onto a…
Read articleTWO men have been killed after a crane collapsed at a building site in Crewe, police have revealed. Air ambulance leaves site of crane incident in Crewe Emergency services raced…
Read articleUK Safety professionals are urging the government to end its obsession with deregulating health and safety in the wake of the Grenfell Tower blaze. More than 70 organisations and figures…
Read articleThe English government has directed local authorities and social housing landlords to run tests on any cladding on their tower blocks that has a composite core. Tower block landlords have…
Read articleHospitalisation of 11 workers adds to the pressure on the Dublin plant The hospitalisation of 11 workers following a major incident at Dublin’s new waste incinerator at Poolbeg forced the…
Read articleA Scottish groundworks contractor company has been fined after a worker fell more than seven metres through a fragile roof. Stranraer Sheriff Court heard how a 42-year-old man had been…
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