All news on the topic: Health and Safety Executive

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Worker dies after being crushed by falling slabs as firm fined £18,000
Robert Czachracz was unpacking and moving slabs weighing 250kg onto storage racks at Graniteland Limited in Halesowen, West Midlands when he was crushed
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Retired nurse and mum both died after eating hospital sandwiches, inquest told
The deaths of retired Jamaican nurse Beverley Sowah, 57, and mum-of-five Enid Heap, 84, prompted a nationwide alert and listeria outbreak investigation. An inquest is ongoing
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Man dies in horror accident at Stilton cheese factory as police launch probe
A man has died at Long Clawson Dairy, near Melton, Leicestershire, with police finding him after being alerted to reports of a man injured and an investigation is now underway
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Two men found dead after being crushed by straw bales on farm
One man aged in his 70s and another in his 40s were killed at the Cross Bank Drove in Soham, Cambridgeshire on Saturday
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Little boy, 4, died first night he slept in new bed after head got stuck
The youngster who was non-verbal and had cerebral palsy was using a specialist Olaf bed for the first time. He was found unresponsive the next morning by his father
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Teenage labourer killed by falling concrete blocks at skip hire company
The 17 year old died at M60 Skip Hire in Bury town centre earlier this month when he was caught by the partial collapse of a wall. He had just started working there
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Dog walker attacked and trampled on by cows is left with life-changing injuries
Janicke Tvedt, 57, suffered broken ribs and a thumb, as well as life-changing injuries causing her mobility issues, when she was trampled by cows in Ripon, north Yorkshire
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Airport bag handler in critical condition after scarf catches on conveyor belt
An experienced baggage handler working at Heathrow Airport was rushed to hospital after her scarf got caught on a conveyor belt, dragging her along it earlier this week
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Boy, 17, dies after being 'hit in the head' in workplace accident as 2 arrested
Workers in Bury, Greater Manchester, said they had been informed someone "had been hit on the head" and police officers investigating the tragedy have made two arrests
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Scaffolder survived 48,000-volt surge - but came round with both hands on fire
WARNING: DISTRESSING IMAGES Scaffolder Steve Gilmore turned up for work as usual on a Monday morning in Crawley, Sussex – but moments later he was left with life-changing injuries
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Boy, 9, 'still recovering' after freak zorb ball accident swept him into the air
The boy is making a "gradual recovery" after an inflatable ball he was in was caught by a "freak gust of wind" and blew him into the sky during the Southport Food and Drink Festival last year
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Dad crushed to death when he repaired wrong lift at hospital, inquest hears
Dad Sandy Noble was working on a lift at Royal Oldham Hospital when he was crushed in an elevator shaft, with a coroner's court hearing he had been working on the wrong lift at the time
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Boy, 7, rushed to hospital after being crushed by interactive whiteboard
Elias, 7, was 'flattened' when a digital whiteboard suddenly became detached from a wall and fell on top of him at St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School in Tamworth
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Dad's eight haunting words before son, 5, died putting chocolate wrapper in bin
Benjamin Cullis had been out with his dad and brother crabbing and fishing in Paidstow in what the coroner called a typical family day out in a lovely location before tragedy struck
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Man dies of fatal injuries in tragic quad bike accident as police launch probe
A joint investigation between cops and the Health and Safety Executive is underway to examine the incident which saw a local business owner killed on Wednesday in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire
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Debris topples into restaurant as screaming diners 'thought we'd been bombed'
Customers enjoying a meal out at Ramona in Manchester were left shocked when falling debris pierced the restaurant's canopy, causing some to believe they were being bombed
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Pensioner, 86, killed while working at parcel depot in 'preventable' accident
86-year-old Verna Mae Jackson made the world a “brighter, better” place before her death while working in a FedEx Hub - allegedly due to a failure in health and safety operations
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Farmer admits blame after teacher killed by cows in front of her grandchildren
Marian Clode was flipped over a fence as she walked along a path during a family holiday in Northumberland with her young grandchildren and died two days later in hospital
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Police union boss calls for investigation after hundreds of officers take lives
'Enormous pressure' is being exerted on police officers across the country with more than three hundred taking their own lives in the last ten years, prompting union bosses to demand an investigation
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Investigators confirm cause of blast which killed pensioner and hospitalised two
The explosion on the residential street in Edinburgh completely destroyed the house and killed 84-year-old Jim Smith, as the Health and Safety Executive has now confirmed the cause
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Mum's heartbreak as lift engineer, 24, crushed to death at Müller factory
Lift engineer Lewis McFarlin, 24, was crushed to death while working to repair a lift at Müller's Market Drayton factory in Staffordshire - with mum Leah Salt speaking of her heartbreak
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Furious loved ones find 'unsafe memorial' stickers on 37 gravestones
Residents in a Norfolk village described the unexpected labels as a 'blatant misuse' of policies by the local council and said lots of the gravestones aren't even wobbly
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Woman took her own life in hospital as staff were distracted by another patient
Francesca Whyatt managed to make her way unnoticed to the lounge area at The Priory Hospital in Wandsworth, southwest London, while staff were distracted and was later found lifeless
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Classroom asbestos warning as ministers in the dark over risk at 1,000 schools
The Public Accounts Committee found 700,000 pupils are in schools that need major rebuilding or refurbishment as it warned the deterioration of classrooms is affecting learning
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Five hurt after 'temporary floor' collapses at Manchester Royal Infirmary
Five people were reportedly pouring concrete at Manchester Royal Infirmary when the structure beneath them gave way and they fell from the third floor to the second