Man Dies Following Sewage Plant Accident
A man has died after he suffered severe burns following an industrial accident at a sewage treatment works. The incident which occurred in Yorkshire highlights the dangers of working in such an environment, with industrial accidents in areas such as waste management and other types of work increasing according to provisional figures from the Health and Safety […]
Rise in work related deaths in Scotland
The serious risks to health faced by many workers in Scotland have been highlighted by recent Health and Safety Executive (HSE) figures showing that 22 workers were killed while at work in 2012/13. This figure represents an alarming rise over the 19 deaths that took place over the previous year. A further 1,914 workers sustained a major […]
Company fined for three Clyde tug boat deaths
A Danish company, Svitzer Marine, has been fined £1.7 million at the High Court in Edinburgh for safety failings that led to the death of three crewmen on a tugboat owned by the company, reports the BBC. The judge hearing the case commented that the fine would have been higher had the company not pleaded guilty to health […]
