Latest HSE Bulletins

• Social housing management firm fined for failing to protect workers 4 November,2025
  Multiple workers exposed to vibration-related ill-health. Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome can make everyday tasks impossible. HSE guidance is available. An East Midlands social housing provider has been fined £32,000 after multiple workers were diagnosed with vibration related ill-health conditions such as Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS). The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) launched an investigation after it […]
• Haulage company fined £250,000 following death of employee 3 November,2025
  Man died due to company’s failures Company had never carried out the tasked before. HSE guidance is available. A Middlesbrough road haulage company has been fined £250,000 after a man died while working inside a shipping container. Gary Lee James, 30 was working for Ward Bros (Malton) Ltd at its yard at South Bank, in […]
• Stress Awareness Week 2025: Time to act on work-related stress 3 November,2025
  As Stress Awareness Week 2025 begins, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is reminding employers that work-related stress is one of the leading causes of ill health at work – and that preventing it is a legal duty, not just a ‘nice-to-have’. In 2023/24, HSE statistics show that 776,000 workers reported suffering from work-related stress, […]
• Construction firm fined after worker fell from barn roof 31 October,2025
  ·       Man fell from height while installing roof sheeting to barn. ·       Work at height was not properly planned. ·       HSE has guidance on working at height. A construction company has been fined after a worker fell from the roof of a partially constructed barn in Shropshire. The man had been appointed by Dewi Williams […]
• Transport company fined £133,000 after employee fell from sugar beet conveyor 30 October,2025
  A Cambridgeshire logistics business has been fined £133,000 after an employee suffered multiple injuries after falling from a sugar beet conveyor. The employee was loading sugar beet for transport using a conveyor at Knowles Logistics Limited, on 28 November 2023, when the system became blocked with waste product. They fell after climbing the side of […]
• Fine for care home company after failures resulted in resident’s death 30 October,2025
  Resident, 96, choked on food after being left on her own. Care workers did not know about her care plan. Company only made improvements following her death. A care home company has been fined over £1.8 million after a resident choked on a piece of food while consuming her evening meal alone in her room. […]