Lincoln Magistrates' Court has heard how a worker fractured his wrist, heel, ankle and elbow when he fell five metres off a wooden crate fixed to a forklift truck.

A worker at a plastics company in Burnley came close to cutting off his fingers when his hand touched a spinning blade, a court was told.

The Royal Mail has announced it is to take more action against owners of dogs that attack postal workers and is threatening to suspend deliveries to addresses where attacks take place.

A 23-year-old commercial laundry worker had to have two fingers amputated after his arm was pulled into an industrial ironing machine, a court has heard.

A building company in the East Midlands has been prosecuted after a worker fell five metres when a partially-built floor collapsed.