The Channel Tunnel Group Limited (CTGL, also known as Eurotunnel) has been fined £2.25M after pleading guilty to an offence under the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974), which followed an investigation and prosecution by industry regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).  The incident involving an engineering surveyor, happened on 5 April 2018 at Eurotunnel’s UK terminal of the Channel Tunnel, in Folkestone. The surveyor stood at the bottom of one of the lighting masts with the Eurotunnel maintenance team that was assisting with their inspection.

A vehicle maintenance company in Worcestershire has been fined after one of its workers was crushed under a one-tonne concrete block.  The father -of-two, 35, had been working for Redditch-based BA Mobile Fleet Services Limited when the incident happened on 14 December 2023.

A manufacturing company has been fined £340,000 after an employee was seriously injured while cleaning machinery at its site in Swindon.  The 42-year-old man had been working a night shift for Tyco Electronics UK Limited at its premises on Faraday Road on 7 March 2023. He had been tasked with cleaning a machine used to manufacture pellets made from a mixture of raw materials. During the cleaning process, the worker manually raised the hydraulic ram inside the machine and opened the door. He then used his left hand to reach into the open space to clean the machine.

A waste management company in Hampshire has been prosecuted by Britain’s workplace regulator after a man had both legs amputated when he was crushed by a 15-tonne excavator.  The 24-year-old man was working for R W Waste Limited at its yard in Shedfield on 7 November 2023. The excavator, operating in the same yard, reversed over him as he was sorting waste. Both of his lower legs were later amputated and he has been unable to return to work since.

Workplace accidents remain one of the most persistent challenges facing UK businesses today. Despite advances in health and safety regulations, thousands of workers are injured every year, impacting not only individual livelihoods but also organisational productivity, reputation, and bottom lines.

An engineering firm in East Cambridgeshire 'failed to ensure the health and safety' of its employees, a government body has said.    R Palmer and Sons Limited, in Fordham, was hit with an improvement notice by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

Two companies have been fined a combined £2.4 million following the deaths of two sub-contractors at a poultry processing plant, in a case that has raised serious concerns over industrial safety standards.  Jonathan Collins, 34, and Neil Moon, 49, arrived at a Norfolk chicken factory for routine pest control work. Both were found dead inside a refrigerated unit, killed by a oxygen-depleted atmosphere in a narrow passageway on the site.

HSE has reviewed the hourly rates it charges for full cost recovery regimes and increased those rates from 1 April 2026. These increases apply to all of HSE's main cost recovery regimes including fee for intervention (FFI), COMAH and offshore safety.  The rates have been set to ensure full cost recovery for the relevant regulatory activity, in line with government policy and the principles which can be found at GOV.UK: Managing Public Money.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a consultation on proposed changes to the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR).  The move is aimed at improving clarity, modernising reporting requirements and reducing administrative burdens on businesses.

A Staffordshire-based construction company and its director have been sentenced after a worker sustained serious injuries when he fell through a stairwell opening during the construction of an apartment block in Staffordshire.  The injured worker, who was 26 at the time of the incident, had been appointed by BHG (Stone) Limited, the principal contractor, as a labourer. On 5 December 2023, he was assisting with the installation of wall insulation on the first floor of the building.