An electrical and refrigeration services company has been prosecuted after one of its employees fell from a scaffolding tower. Scottish firm Spark's Mechanical Services was fined £10,000 after Charles Howie fell 2.6 metres while trying to remove two re

An investigation will be launched after a man died in the second mining tragedy to hit the UK in a fortnight.

UK Coal, which runs the North Yorkshire pit where a miner died this week, is due in court in connection with the death of another worker at the same colliery.

A worker was seriously injured while dismantling a radar mast in the Shetlands, an incident which saw the engineering firm fined.

The UK's road freight industry has seen a 237% increase in lift truck-related injuries to workers in the last decade, giving it the worst fork lift safety record of all sectors of the economy, figures show.

The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) has criticised Network Rail (NR) for failing to carry out enough work to prevent a train hitting a footbridge in Leicestershire, which resulted in injuries to seven people, including the driver.

More than 100,000 Co-operative Group workers are to be provided with free jabs by Europe's biggest private sector flu vaccination programme.

Leading figures in fashionable society who hosted Elizabeth Hurley's wedding have been hit with a fine of £10,000 following the electrocution of a worker four years ago at the castle they own.

The captain of a cargo ship leaking oil off New Zealand has been arrested and charged, as the condition of the stricken vessel worsens. He could face a year in jail if convicted, after being charged under New Zealand's Maritime Act.

A farmer has been fined £14,000 after a worker's hand was disfigured in an agricultural accident.

Workers are getting more and more unhappy as jobs continue to be lost and pay rises are "few and far between", a report concludes.

A £19,300 fine has been imposed on a London builder who admitted breaching rules on asbestos.

In light of an investigation into the death of a student, a Northampton nightclub has had its licence suspended, a newspaper report indicates.

A firm has been fined after workers were exposed to hazardous fumes at a plant in the North East.

A manufacturing worker died instantly when a 1.5 tonne structure became dislodged and fell on his head, a court has heard.

An animal feed producer has been fined £7,000 after a worker lost two fingers on his left hand in machinery at a plant in Clitheroe, Lancashire.

An inquest into the fatal Grayrigg express train derailment has been told a backlog of maintenance work piled up due to safety management shortcomings.

Police in Australia are investigating the suspected sabotage of a Qantas passenger jet amid a bitter industrial dispute.

Recent research has shown that yoga can often prove more effective in treating chronic back problems than more traditional methods.

University lecturers are becoming more stressed due to heavy workloads, research has revealed.

The daughter of a woman killed in the Grayrigg train crash has blamed Network Rail for her death.

The director of a roofing company has pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety regulations after a man fell to his death at a premises in Leicester.

The dangers facing fishermen were highlighted in a report which said lone fishermen need credible advice on safe working, after two skippers were killed in separate accidents.

Helping employees to tackle their health concerns and stress levels can slash absentee rates and boost productivity, as one company recently discovered.

A roof worker was fined after he and a colleague were caught on camera working on a part of a roof where there was no scaffolding.

New Zealand's Labour Department has filed 25 criminal charges relating to the Pike River coal mine explosion that killed 29 miners last year.

Over 30,000 items including birthday cards, Christmas presents and medical results were not delivered by a postman because he did not have enough time to post them on his round, he told a court.

Criminal charges have been brought against the ex chief executive of a New Zealand coal firm after an explosion killed 29 miners at a site last year.

A chicken processing firm has been prosecuted after one of its employees broke his back in a fall from a ladder.

Oil giant BP has repeatedly broken environmental laws on the North Slope of Alaska, federal prosecutors in the US have suggested.

A passenger train shot nearly two-and-a-half miles past its scheduled stop on slippery rails because of a lack of sand to deposit on the track on braking.

Fourteen people have died and five more have been hurt in a blast at a Chinese chemical factory.

The collapse of scaffolding in strong winds, which badly damaging parked cars, has resulted in a total fine of £13,000 for partners in an Exeter-based company.

Three fire service managers have been bailed until next year after appearing in court charged in connection with the deaths of four colleagues in a Warwickshire blaze.

Two contractors have been injured after a gangway collapsed at HMS Belfast in London.

People were asked to stay indoors as a huge fire swept through an industrial estate in Basingstoke, it has been revealed.

Fines have been handed to a contractor and a North Yorkshire building firm after an employee was injured during a fall at work.

A survey has found that just over four in 10 UK businesses were unsure when their disaster recovery strategies were last tested or simply had none in place.

Fines totalling £60,000 have been issued after a worker using a cherry picker on a busy Liverpool road fell to his death.

Blackburn magistrates have fined a waste collection company £15,000 after a worker fell from a collection vehicle.

The average full-time worker in the UK will work more hours per week than most of their European neighbours.

A young boy was seriously injured when timber trusses fell on him on a building site in Scotland, a court has heard.

The traditional office Christmas party could be a thing of the past within the next 25 years, a quarter of jobseekers have told a survey.

New research saying only 40% of workers would feel confident telling their boss about a mental health problem comes as a guide is launched to help more employers manage mental health at work.

Rescuers are continuing their search for 46 men who are still unaccounted for following the sinking of a floating oil rig in the Sea of Okhotsk off the eastern coast of Russia.

More people will be able to apply for apprenticeships in the new year as health and safety requirements are reduced to legal minimums.

A tractor with a faulty handbrake ended up running over the farmworker who was driving it, leaving him seriously injured. Colin Jenkin, 55, had stepped out of the vehicle to open a gate in a field when the tractor rolled forward and over him.

An expert has called for "ancient Land Rovers" used by the police to be scrapped as they are not safe for officers.

A staff member at a butcher's shop in Derbyshire has accidentally shot himself in the stomach while cleaning a bolt gun used on animals. His injury is reportedly not a threat to his life.

Two schools are among the locations of health and safety breaches committed by a local authority.

A plumber has pleaded guilty to installing and working on a gas boiler despite not being legally able to do so.

A roofer who was photographed by a health and safety inspector working with nothing to stop him falling has been fined.

A businessman has been fined a six-figure sum after a labourer died in a fall at an industrial unit - just months after another worker was hurt in a fall at the same site.

The death of a worker killed when a 1.4 tonne beam struck him has resulted in a £180,000 fine for a crane supplier.

Costa Cruises' parent company has announced plans to review safety and response procedures at all of its cruise lines after the Costa Concordia capsized last week.

The guard of a machine that caused an accident in which a plastics firm worker severed his finger had been removed, a court heard.

Airlines have been ordered to carry out safety checks after cracks were found in the wing brackets of an Airbus superjumbo jet.

As the search for guests on board the sunken Costa Concordia continues, experts are preparing to pump fuel from the cruise ship.

Transocean Ltd, the rig owner involved in drilling the well which blew out in the Gulf of Mexico, was sheltered from having to pay many pollution claims due to its contract with BP, a US federal judge has ruled.

A firm has been fined almost £13,000 after health and safety experts found that lack of training was a contributing factor in an accident involving an excavator hitting a bridge on the M1.

A leading manufacturing company has been fined £7,000 after an employee suffered a serious hand injury in a factory accident.