Falling tyres injure worker
A teenager was seriously injured when a stack of tyres at a Burton-on-Trent tyre collection and recycling company fell on to him. Lewis Peach, 19, had to be airlifted to hospital…
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Paper Mill in Court
A Swanley paper firm has been prosecuted by the HSE after a worker was crushed between a forklift truck and a pallet of paper goods. Feature image shows the aisle at Swan…
Five key factors in road deaths
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has identified that 7% of the world’s population are not protected by adequate road safety legislation. A new report indicates that only one in seven…
Don’t relax port safety rules
The House of Commons Transport Committee has in a report on marine pilotage published today questioned whether the Department for Transport is striking the appropriate balance between its role as a…
Lorry driver’s death
A logistics company from the West Midlands has been fined £300,000 after a runaway lorry killed one of its drivers in Northamptonshire. The incident occurred on 7 December 2010 at…
