IOSH News

Wed, 08 Feb 2012
Boat firm fine after worker injured
A boat building firm has been fined £26,666 after one of its employees suffered multiple fractures to his leg when he was knocked off some steps.

Wed, 08 Feb 2012
O2 test Olympic contingency plan
As London braces itself for the upcoming Olympics, O2 is holding a flexible work day as part of its preparations for potential disruption during the Games.

Wed, 08 Feb 2012
Lack of bathroom results in fine
A building company has been hit with a £2,000 fine due to not having adequate bathroom facilities for employees on one of its sites.

Wed, 08 Feb 2012
New Boeing planes have tail fault
American aerospace company Boeing has admitted that repairs are required to the tail sections of some of its new 787 aeroplanes.

Tue, 07 Feb 2012
Death toll rises at Pakistan site
Rescuers at a collapsed medicine factory in Pakistan have found 18 bodies so far.

Mon, 06 Feb 2012
Smartphones cause workplace worries
The use of smartphones and tablet computers has led businesses to worry that their ICT security may be more at risk, a recent poll has revealed.

Mon, 06 Feb 2012
Delivery driver crushed to death
A 27-year-old delivery driver was crushed to death after being trapped against his lorry by a one-tonne pallet of sheet steel, a court has heard.

Mon, 06 Feb 2012
Young workers stressed by downturn
The younger generation of workers feel isolated, anxious and are seeing their weight change as a result of the economic crisis.

Mon, 06 Feb 2012
40% of officers 'asleep on job'
Almost half the number of officers who work watchkeeping shifts on ships have fallen asleep during simulations to test their fatigue levels, according to research.

Mon, 06 Feb 2012
Workers 'could have died in blaze'
Tata Steel UK has admitted breaching safety regulations after a court heard two workers narrowly avoided death or serious injury in an incident during repair work at one of its steelworks.

Mon, 06 Feb 2012
Legionnaires' disease tourists die
Saga Holidays have confirmed that two elderly British tourists have died in Spain after contracting Legionnaires' disease.

Fri, 03 Feb 2012
Study explores neck pain therapies
A study has revealed that people living in richer countries are more likely to have neck pain than those in lower income nations.

Fri, 03 Feb 2012
Dundee firms breach safety laws
Three companies in Dundee have been fined a total of £336,000 for breaching workplace health and safety guidelines, following an accident which seriously injured an employee.

Fri, 03 Feb 2012
Jubilee report hails prosperity
A report marking the Queen's Diamond Jubilee says workers are more productive and prosperous than when she came to the throne 60 years ago.

Mon, 30 Jan 2012
Worker lost fingers in accident
A leading manufacturing company has been fined £7,000 after an employee suffered a serious hand injury in a factory accident.

Mon, 30 Jan 2012
Parents 'told of rail deaths plea'
The father of a teenager killed with her friend at a level crossing in Essex claims Network Rail (NR) will plead guilty to breaching health and safety laws.

Mon, 30 Jan 2012
Fine after excavator hits M1 bridge
A firm has been fined almost £13,000 after health and safety experts found that lack of training was a contributing factor in an accident involving an excavator hitting a bridge on the M1.

Mon, 30 Jan 2012
Experts back mediation pilot scheme
Employment experts have backed efforts to keep workplace rows out of the tribunal courts.

Fri, 27 Jan 2012
Oil rig firm protected from claims
Transocean Ltd, the rig owner involved in drilling the well which blew out in the Gulf of Mexico, was sheltered from having to pay many pollution claims due to its contract with BP, a US federal judge has ruled.

Fri, 27 Jan 2012
Chemical leak at Highland factory
A woman was sent to hospital after she was exposed to ammonia at a Scottish industrial factory, according to reports

Tue, 24 Jan 2012
Fuel pumped from Costa Concordia
As the search for guests on board the sunken Costa Concordia continues, experts are preparing to pump fuel from the cruise ship.

Mon, 23 Jan 2012
Infants 'left alone in classroom'
Young children were left alone in a classroom amid confusion over whether a supply teacher had turned up to work, it has emerged.

Mon, 23 Jan 2012
Airbus wing safety checks ordered
Airlines have been ordered to carry out safety checks after cracks were found in the wing brackets of an Airbus superjumbo jet.

Fri, 20 Jan 2012
HSE prosecutes social care group
Health and safety chiefs launched a prosecution against a social care group after one of its workers was kicked in the eye by a client.

Fri, 20 Jan 2012
Worker's finger severed by machine
The guard of a machine that caused an accident in which a plastics firm worker severed his finger had been removed, a court heard.