Two companies have been fined after a teenage worker was exposed to asbestos.  The 16-year-old had been working for P Turnbull Joinery and Building Services Ltd on an outbuilding of a domestic property after the firm had been hired by Alt Berg Holding Limited to refurbish the property in Richmond, North Yorkshire.

A charitable trust has been fined after a volunteer lost his life during restoration work on the Wilts and Berks Canal.  Peter Konitzer was fatally crushed when a section of a wall collapsed onto him in an excavation at Pewsham locks on 24 August 2016.

A company in Berkshire has been fined £30,000 after a father-of-four was electrocuted.  Levi Alleyne (known as ‘Chunky’) lost his life while delivering crushed concrete at a construction site on Swallowfield Road, Reading, on 16 November 2020.

Prosecutors and police in Milan have been investigating whether workers have been exploited in supply chains linked to a dozen fashion brands as an extension of a long-standing probe into workers allegedly operating under illegal conditions.   A court in the Italian fashion capital appointed a special commissioner last week (10 June) to judicially administer an Italian-based subsidiary of French fashion giant Christian Dior, which is owned by French luxury giant LVMH, for a year.

A man has been given a suspended sentence after he carried out unsafe work on an extension to his own home in Manchester.  Abdul Rehman engaged operatives to help him build an extension to the property on Kings Crescent in Old Trafford – which was in addition to replacing the roof on the existing semi-detached house.

The flats near Cardinal Park were found to be unsafe and in breach of fire safety regulations.  Fire service bosses say they have sent a “clear message” to those who put “lives at risk” after a property firm was found to have endangered residents of flats.

Continuing our series of blogs in the run-up to the General Election, health and safety consultant Carly Hughes CMIOSH looks at some of the key areas she believes the next Government needs to invest in.  

A construction company has been fined following the death of a worker.  Gary Webster lost his life two days after drowning in the River Aire on 30 October 2017.  Mr Webster and another worker had been on a boat removing debris at the bottom of the weir gates at Knostrop Weir when their boat capsized. The boat had been pulled into turbulent water, caused by the considerable flow of water flowing over the top of the weir.

A car wash firm in Devon has been fined £40,000 after it repeatedly failed to protect workers and members of the public from electrical safety risks.  Investigators from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) carried out multiple visits to Best Car Wash Ltd in Tavistock between July 2021 and November 2022. They found employees were carrying out car washing outdoors, using electrical appliances such as pressure washers and vacuum cleaners.

A Wirral hospital trust's 'world-class health and safety practice' has been recognised with a top achievement award for the fifth year running.  By attaining five consecutive Gold Awards, Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) Trust has received a Gold Medal Award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) at the 2024 Health and Safety Awards.