Nationwide has been fined £900,000 after a man was crushed to death while attempting to move a scissor lift at the company’s workshop in Liskeard, Cornwall, on 4 November 2021.

A company and its director have been sentenced after an employee fell from height and suffered serious injuries.

Shell and Ampelmann Operations have been fined a combined total of more than £1.2m after a worker’s feet were crushed while walking along a gangway over the North Sea.

Newport City Council has been fined £2m after a man was killed while carrying out road repair works on 18 July 2019.

A roofing firm has been fined a total of £881,000 after two workers were seriously injured in separate incidents.

The Access Industry Forum is calling for clearer reporting of workplace accidents to reduce accidents and save lives. By Peter Bennett.

A further two companies have been fined after a man died following a fall from the roof of a building site.

Inquiries are ongoing following the collapse of a crane in Edinburgh on Tuesday where two people were injured.

HSE has confirmed Philip White’s appointment as director of building safety on a permanent basis.

A Manchester rendering company has been fined £3,000 after an HSE inspector noticed unsafe scaffolding on a house renovation as he was driving past.

HSE has launched an investigation into the fire of a high-rise under construction in Reading on Thursday.

The number of fatalities in construction has risen by 55% since last year and is the highest of any industry according to HSE data.

Two access equipment firms have been fined a total of £240,000 after two men working on a construction site were involved in an incident that “could have ended in a double tragedy”.

Osprey has been fined £24,000 after two men fell from height during the assembly of a crane at the Port of Blyth, Northumberland.

A Middlesex demolition company has been fined £60,000 after part of a building fell on a labourer during demolition work.

Three companies have been fined £420,000 after a three-year-old girl was struck on the head by a falling roof tile.

Two construction companies have been fined a total of £46,000 after a labourer from Runcorn fractured his skull when he fell through a stairwell on 3 March 2021.

A New Forest construction firm has been fined £50,000 after a 16-year-old boy suffered serious injuries when he became trapped under a tractor while on paid work experience.