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Liverpool City Council and two of its contractors have been prosecuted after a man died and another was seriously injured in roadworks taking place in a busy city centre road. The men were attempting to cross Queen’s Drive in Liverpool during major resurfacing works in July 2012. Liverpool Crown Court heard that a 74-year-old man […]

Jade Tolley, senior content editor at Safeaid explores fatigue; how it affects us all differently and the serious implications it can on a business. Earlier this year Andrew Mason, a lorry driver from Hull, was killed in a high impact crash on the A12, when he drove into a stationary HGV. He left behind two children and […]

Ian Johannessen, managing director of lone worker experts Peoplesafe, explains why education is vital if safety initiatives are to be successful.  We all love a groan and a moan. Generally, an invite to a training session can cause a collective groan and some attendees will arrive intent on a good moan. But for many the […]

Now, the ideal for a HS company such as ourselves, would being able to claim we had never ourselves had any sort of accident. I mean, we all have had the training, given the training, could recite the correct DSE positions in our sleep and for more than 30 years we had a completely clean […]

A worker at the Sainsbury’s Distribution Centre in Haydock was killed in an accident reportedly involving a fork lift truck. Police and ambulance crews went to the warehouse, on Hall Wood Avenue, after employees reported their colleague had been injured. The 30-year-old man was treated for serious head injuries by paramedics but died at the scene. A […]

Bob the Builder needs a makeover – and for once, you really can blame health and safety rules. The cartoon character’s traditional yellow hard hat – a symbol of building sites across the country – is being quietly dropped. According to news reports, BuildUK – an industry body that represents some of the biggest contractors and trade […]

A worker has been fatally injured on the M1 smart motorway site in Northamptonshire. The victim, who was killed at junction 16 on Monday morning, is understood to be a subcontractor on the site, which is run as a Costain/Galliford Try joint venture. The site is part of a £65m scheme to boost capacity along the […]

The makers of Star Wars: The Force Awakens have been sentenced after failing to protect the actors and workers while on set during filming, after actor Harrison Ford was struck by a heavy hydraulic metal door on the set of the Millennium Falcon at Pinewood Studios.   Mr Ford suffered a broken leg and deep lacerations when […]

London Zoo Gorilla Helped Himself To Blackcurrant Squash A gorilla that escaped from its enclosure at London Zoo drank five litres of undiluted blackcurrant squash before being returned to his den, a report has found. Kumbuka, a western lowland silverback, made an “opportunistic” exit through unlocked doors, London Zoo added. The zoo said the gorilla […]

A gorilla that escaped from its enclosure at London Zoo drank five litres of undiluted blackcurrant squash before being returned to his den, a report has found. Kumbuka, a western lowland silverback, made an “opportunistic” exit through unlocked doors, London Zoo added. The zoo said the gorilla got into a secure keepers’ area on discovery […]