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A teenage boy has died at a fair on the Kent coast. Emergency services were called to Pencester Gardens in Dover in the early hours of Wednesday. The site was hosting the Family Funfair run by Kent-based Forrest Amusements which, according to a ...

03 Aug 2022 at 14:35

Teenagers rescued after ride malfunction at Winter Wonderland

Two teenage boys had to be rescued after a Winter Wonderland fairground ride failed. The elastic and gearbox on one side of the Slingshot failed, with the pod holding the pair slamming into a metal support. In a video shared on social media, ...

15 Dec 2022 at 15:22

Council charged after six-year-old killed by falling tree at school

A council is facing a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecution after a six-year-old girl was killed by a falling tree at school. Ella Henderson suffered serious injuries at Gosforth Park First School, Newcastle, in September 2020, and ...

15 Nov 2022 at 18:59

McCain Foods fined £700,000 over worker who had fingers amputated after accident

McCain Foods fined £700,000 after worker needs fingers amputated after accident

Frozen potato company McCain Foods has been fined £700,000 after an employee needed to have parts of two fingers amputated following an accident at a factory in Lincolnshire. Tom Matthews, from Grantham, had part of his left index and ...

24 Nov 2023 at 15:17

Scotland

Corroded pipe led to gas explosion which destroyed house, report finds

A corroded gas pipe was the main cause of an explosion which left a family of four in hospital, a report has confirmed. The blast completely destroyed one home in Gorse Park, Kincaidston, Ayr, on October 18 last year. A gas main ...

14 Sept 2022 at 17:47

Council fined £500,000 after dog walker killed by falling tree limb

A council has been fined £500,000 after a tree limb fell and killed a man walking his dog in a public park. Father-of-one Chris Hall was out with his cocker spaniel Benson on a path in The Carrs, a woodland area in Wilmslow, ...

08 Nov 2024 at 17:06

MoD sanctioned after death of Army reservist during off-road training

The Ministry of Defence has been handed the maximum sanction by the Health and Safety Executive after a reservist died following the overturning of a military vehicle. Staff Sergeant John McKelvie, 51, died in hospital ...

03 Oct 2024 at 17:39

Local News

Campaign launched to help reduce workplace transport deaths

PICTURED ABOVE: Wesley Semple, Derryduff Farms, John Ahern, HSE NI, Hugh Moss, HSE NI, Bernadette Nugent, Kier, Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council Cllr Patricia Logue, Ian Beggs, Henry Brothers, HSE, ...

20 Sept 2023 at 18:33

Local News

CROWN COURT: Health Trust prosecuted over death of patient at Mid Ulster Hospital

Following a joint investigation by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) and Police Service for Northern Ireland into the death of a patient at Mid Ulster Hospital in 2014, the Northern ...

27 Apr 2023 at 15:33

MoD censured over soldier’s death on training exercise in 2016

The Ministry of Defence has been censured with the maximum sanction from the Health and Safety Executive following the death of a soldier who was accidentally shot during a night-time training exercise. ...

08 May 2024 at 16:48

School fined £300,000 after ‘management failures’ led to death of student

A school academy for children with special needs has been fined £300,000 after a “series of management failures” led to the accidental death of a student. Owen Garnett, 19, died two days after choking ...

19 Dec 2024 at 22:16

Scotland

Man, 66, dies after suffering injuries at recycling centre

A man has died after being injured at a recycling centre. The 66-year-old died at Dunfermline Recycling Centre in Fife at around 4.30pm on Wednesday. Emergency services attended but he was pronounced ...

31 Oct 2024 at 15:29

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