A recycling company has been fined after a teenager with a promising career in motocross had his foot broken by a 16-tonne machine.

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This consultative document seeks views on the Health and Safety Executive’s proposals to remove fourteen legislative measures (one Act, twelve Regulations and one Order and with a related provision in the Factories Act 1961) and to withdraw approval for an associated Approved Code of Practice.

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The director of a Cardiff construction firm has been fined for failing to take measures to ensure his workers’ safety while working at height.

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HSE’s chair Judith Hackitt looks at the some of the health and safety stories that didn’t hit the headlines – and the facts behind some that did.

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This research investigates the feasibility and challenges of developing quantitative evidence of links between ongoing activities and reductions in death, injury and causes of ill health caused by work.

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Nearly one in five construction sites failed safety checks during a national initiative to improve construction site safety – a slight improvement on previous years.

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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) have today published a working arrangements agreement. The aim of this agreement is to describe and promote effective working arrangements between HSE and MHRA.

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A West Midlands firm has been fined after a teenage worker’s arm was amputated after being crushed during the demolition of old Grand Cinema in Ramsey town centre in Cambridgeshire.

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Answers to some of your frequently asked questions about workers’ health and safety.

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A Cornish company has been prosecuted after using unqualified staff to screen the health of workers from dozens of other organisations.

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