A workman who was crushed to death when a dumper truck overturned at a building site has been named by police.

In an effort to raise their energy levels, more than half (51%) of Britons would favour a daily siesta - a culture followed by the Spanish for centuries, research has shown.

A Yorkshire-based haulage company whose employee was left brain damaged after being hit on the head with a panel saw has been fined £5,000 for unsafe working practices.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is considering prosecuting a car parts company after a maintenance engineer was killed in a workplace accident.

Mechanics and body shop workers are still not doing enough to protect themselves when respraying vehicles, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned.

Fears that workers at a manufacturing plant in Scotland are at a greater risk of developing cancer are "unfounded", according to new research.

A construction company has been fined after a tower crane's four-tonne load crashed 36 metres to the ground, narrowly missing a footpath, when its hook broke off.

An explosion at a fireworks factory in north-east of China killed at least two people, it has been reported.

A quarrying company in Aberdeen has been fined £96,000 over an incident in which a man was crushed to death by a mechanical digger.

A third of roofers do not wear a high enough sun cream factor, if any, when the sun is at its hottest - according to a leading provider of roofing and cladding materials.

A Japanese oil tanker has been damaged in an incident in the Strait of Hormuz near Oman, according to shipping firm Mitsui O S K Lines.

A new study carried out in the US has found that sleeping for four hours a night for five consecutive days is as bad for the brain as acute total sleep deprivation.

A Staffordshire car parts manufacturer is facing a bill of almost £10,000 after an employee was left with serious back injuries in a workplace fall.

A worker's fatal fall at a Somerset building site has resulted in the prosecution of an architect and a construction company.

Health officials have launched an investigation into why 15 guests at a wedding reception in Staffordshire were all taken ill at the same time.

Around 125 North Sea oil rigs and platforms will be checked from September, under a new inspection regime run by the Health and Safety Executive.

A quarry operator has been fined £30,000 over an incident involving an overturned wheel loader vehicle.

More than half of bosses believe socialising at work means going down the pub, according to an insurance company report.

A member of staff at a school in Cheshire is facing the sack after one of its pupils died from an asthma attack.

A company which did not protect its workers from falling at a building site in Caerphilly has been fined £10,000.

A surveillance video has revealed that a missing caretaker was crushed to death in a rubbish compactor.

Investigators have said that one of the Indian trains involved in a crash around 125 miles from Calcutta ,which killed more than 60 people, had ignored station signals to slow down and stop.

A West Midlands building firm has been fined after one of its workers lost part of a finger during an incident involving a rubber conveying machine last year.

Five companies responsible for the Buncefield oil depot explosion have been sentenced to pay a total of more than £9 million at St Albans Crown Court.

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has been fined £25,000 following the spillage of up to a billion doses of the lethal bug E.coli during an accident at its north London laboratory.

A radio system used by London ambulance worker can fail during heavy rain, according to a report, with crews also telling Health and Safety Executive inspectors that it was not uncommon for them to go out with no radio at all.

A worker had his fingers chopped off while using an unguarded machine at a business in Caerphilly, a court has been told.

A teenager's death at a water park came just days after a council had warned about safety concerns, it has emerged.

The Government is being urged to crack down on companies failing to purchase Employers' Liability insurance to protect staff.

Commuters at Liverpool Street station in London were evacuated on Thursday night following a fire.

A survey has revealed that workplace attitudes towards health are reviving Britain's former reputation as the "sick man of Europe".

Staff and members of the public have been evacuated from a leisure centre after reports of a chlorine gas leak, police said.

Workers at the site of a North Lincolnshire oil refinery where a man died in an explosion last week have been told to stay away as investigators continue to probe the incident.

A man who was trapped between a lorry and a forklift truck in the West Midlands has died, it has been revealed.

Two companies have been found guilty of breaching safety regulations over the death of a man who was crushed by a rolling lorry at work.

The owner of a firework company has pleaded guilty to health and safety offences which resulted in an employee being blinded in one eye at a firework display.

The number of people killed at work dropped to a five-year low last year, according to the safety watchdog.

British Airways pilots have been praised for preventing a "serious incident" and protecting the lives of 283 passengers on board a jumbo jet.

Fire crews in South Wales have freed dozens of tourists from a fairytale castle after the drawbridge collapsed during planned maintenance work.

A man working at an oil refinery which exploded on Tuesday has been found dead, it has been confirmed.

A Wolverhampton building firm has been fined for failing to protect workers during a room demolition despite two company directors actively taking part in the work.

A study conducted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has revealed as many as 62% of Scottish farms are not using All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) safely.

The driver of a gritter was left shaken and bruised after his vehicle overturned on an icy road in Mid Wales, a council has confirmed.

Firms have been asked to ensure that their employees are kept warm following a spate of calls to a leading union regarding the legal temperature for working.

A haulage company which risked a massive fire by illegally storing huge amounts of highly flammable aerosols has been fined a total of £5,000.

Around 35% of people think they work in an unsafe environment, a new survey has revealed. The Resource GB survey of a 1,000 UK office workers also found that 20% of those questioned would describe their co-workers as 'dangerous'.

In a bid to make employees "happy, healthy and stress-free", psychologists have urged businesses to allow staff to rate their managers' ability.

Defence company BAE has been fined £80,000 over the death of a worker in an explosion at its Lancashire site.

More than half of British workers are struggling to balance work and family life amid the recession, a study has revealed.

The Health and Safety Executive is to prosecute an Essex hospital over the death of a severely disabled patient, it has been announced.

US airline Continental will present an alternative cause of the 2000 Concorde crash when the carrier faces manslaughter charges in a French court next month, it has been revealed.

The family of a 52-year-old woman killed after a passenger train hit two cars on a level crossing at the weekend has received a "full and complete" apology from Network Rail.

A care home firm has been fined £100,000 after a disabled teenager was fatally scalded in what a judge called an "easily avoidable" accident.

People have grown increasingly complacent over the threat of swine flu, especially in the workplace, according to a health employment specialist.

A train derailed as it approached a station, but there were no serious injuries to the 60 passengers on board.

A company has been fined £90,000 over the death of a worker who was crushed by an electric vehicle. Airport maintenance engineer Mohammed Taj, of west London, died when the 'tug' used for pulling baggage to planes fell on his head while working at Heat

Visitors who feel under the weather have been asked to stay away from hospitals in South Wales after an outbreak of the winter vomiting bug, norovirus.

A contractor has died after falling 150 feet from a ladder while working on the Forth Rail Bridge.

Injuries caused by slips and falls at workplace may be costing the economy £800 million every year, according to the Health and Safety Executive which has launched a campaign to tackle the problem.

The killing of a graduate worker stabbed 39 times by a paranoid schizophrenic has resulted in the employing mental health charity facing trial.

The body of a fisherman has been recovered by coastguards in the Highlands.

Employers have been warned of the dangers of workplace stress with one in five UK workers suffering from broken sleep as a result of work worries.

Budget clothes retailer Primark has launched an investigation after a customer from Folkestone found an inch-long blade in a pair of its baby shoes.

Thieves stole Lego and beauty products from a lorry after gagging and tying up the vehicle's driver, who had been asleep in his cabin before the raid, police revealed.

Passengers were evacuated from a ferry after it crashed into a pier, it has been revealed. The Caledonian MacBrayne ferry, the MV Isle of Arran, was reversing into the harbour at Kennacraig on the Kintyre peninsula at 9.30am on Saturday, the Maritime a

A stonemasons has been fined £30,000 after employees working around silica-based materials fell ill with lung diseases.

Investigators looking into a British Airways (BA) plane crash two years ago have said the problem was probably caused by ice, but could not fault safety requirements because the risk was "unrecognised at that time".

An investigation has been launched into the death of a construction worker at a Hampshire cricket ground.

A Government department has announced plans to help the thousands of people who have struggled to get compensation after developing serious industrial diseases.

A food manufacturing company has been fined £35,000 after an employee's arm was crushed in an industrial conveyor in Lincolnshire.

Eurostar has been heavily criticised in an independent report revealing multiple failings over the breakdown of five trains in the Channel Tunnel just before Christmas.

Authorities are investigating after a massive section of the roof at a US skating rink collapsed during a youth hockey tournament.

A supermarket has been fined £17,000 after customers spotted mice running between the aisles at a branch in Suffolk.

Construction site safety must be put at the top of the industry's agenda, according to the Health and Safety Executive.

A man has had a lucky escape after falling between two rail carriages as a train pulled into a Birmingham station.

The trial of the first British company charged under the landmark Corporate Manslaughter Act has been delayed because its director is unwell.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced a crackdown on unsafe working practices on the UK's construction sites.

A Royal Mail driver who fatally injured a colleague by reversing a vehicle into him has been cleared of violations of the Health and Safety at Work Act.

The owner of a holiday park convicted of failing to ensure the safety of a seven-year-old boy who nearly drowned in one of its pools has lost its appeal against the conviction.

A Staffordshire University employee has been awarded £110,000 in compensation after claiming an alleged 65-hour working week exposed him to high levels of stress and damaged his health.

The owner of a US crane company has been indicted on manslaughter after one of his rigs collapsed, killing two employees.

Manufacturers and businesses are being urged to consider the noise levels of their machinery and the effect on workers' hearing.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned firms of their legal responsibilities regarding vehicle safety following the death of a Royal Mail worker, who was crushed between a lorry cab and its trailer.

Rescuers made ill by dust after the September 11 attacks have agreed to a settlement of up to £433 million after a lengthy court battle.

Every outside panel on Alexandra Tower in Liverpool is to be checked after one of its 100-kilo glass windows fell 21 metres to the ground.

British Transport Police (BTP) officers are to hold a five-day counter-terrorism training exercise in north-west London, it has been announced.

Temporary restrictions on the movement of planes in the skies in northern England and Scotland have been lifted.

Conservative plans to privatise construction site safety inspectors could lead to more deaths and injuries, a leading union has warned.

Blue Chip Hotels has been fined £5,000 after failing to make improvements to a construction site in Newquay.

Waste companies have been warned not to become relaxed about safety after a Cheshire firm was fined over an incident in which an employee lost part of his leg.

An oil spill on the south coast of England that has threatened a wildlife reserve is being investigated by the Environment Agency.

A man has been crushed to death at a steelworks in Sheffield, it has been confirmed.

A local authority that pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety legislation after an electrician working in a school gym died in an accident has been fined £56,000.

A new report has highlighted the restrictions some workers face when it comes to toilet break rules.