HSE publishes annual workplace health and safety statistics

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has today (Thursday 20 November) published its annual statistics on work-related ill health and workplace injuries for 2024/25. The figures show that an estimated 1.9 million workers suffered from work-related ill health during...
Manufacturing company fined £600k after fatal workplace incident

Manufacturing company fined £600k after fatal workplace incident

Employee died after being trapped under fallen pallet Company failed to undertake a suitable and sufficient risk assessment Systagenix Wound Management Manufacturing Limited t/a Scapa Healthcare Limited fined £600,000 A global manufacturing company has been fined...

Haulage company fined £250,000 following death of employee

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...

Protecting workers from workplace transport: getting the basics right

Every year, families across Great Britain face the devastating loss of a loved one killed by a reversing vehicle at work. These are not just statistics. They are family members, friends and colleagues whose lives were cut short by entirely preventable accidents. The...

Stress Awareness Week 2025: Time to act on work-related stress

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...