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One ambulance worker is assaulted nearly every day, figures show

A Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) worker is verbally or physically assaulted almost every day, according to figures. The service released figures showing 346 staff experienced abuse in 2023/24 – an increase of 11% on the previous year. Incidents ...

06 Jan 2025 at 12:48

Shocks

Dad paralysed after ladder fall in his 20s who turned to drugs says ‘it’s not about the fall, it’s about the bounce’

A father-of-two left paralysed from the waist down in his mid-20s after falling 10ft from a ladder at a construction site, who then turned to alcohol and drugs as a coping mechanism, has said he is “celebrating rather than commiserating” the ...

22 May 2023 at 07:00

World

Fears at isolated Antarctica base as man is accused of attacking a colleague

A member of a South African research team that is confined for more than a year at an isolated Antarctica base was put under psychological evaluation after he allegedly assaulted and sexually harassed colleagues, government officials said. ...

18 Mar 2025 at 11:47

Scotland

Inquiry to investigate deaths after falls from height at farms

A fatal accident inquiry is to be held into the deaths of six men who fell from height while working at farms around Scotland. The Crown Office said it is hoped the inquiry will raise awareness about safe practices when working at height. ...

03 Oct 2025 at 09:25

Scotland

Construction company fined £160,000 after man crushed to death on site

A house-building company has been fined £160,000 after a man was crushed by a telehandler at a building site. Scott Bradley, 44, had been using the telehandler to move scaffolding behind houses that had been partially built when it slid ...

12 Nov 2024 at 14:42

Scotland

Haulage firm fined £150,000 after driver killed by overhead power lines

A haulage company has been fined £150,000 after a driver was electrocuted by overhead power lines. Grant Borton, 25, an employee with Andrew Black Ltd, died while using the wash bay to clean his truck at the firm’s Drem Airfield base ...

04 Jul 2023 at 14:03

Home

No workplace fatalities recorded in Leitrim in 2022

Provisional data from the HSA shows that 26 people lost their lives in work-related incidents in 2022 compared to 38 in 2021, representing the lowest figure recorded since the Authority was established over thirty years ago. There ...

30 Dec 2022 at 14:33

Starmer finds alleged spiking on parliamentary estate ‘incredibly concerning’

The Prime Minister finds an alleged incident of spiking in a bar on the UK parliamentary estate “incredibly concerning”, Downing Street has said. Police are investigating after Scotland Yard received reports of an incident on ...

16 Jan 2025 at 12:57

Scotland

Almost 40% of female Scottish survey respondents report inappropriate touching

Almost 40% of Scottish respondents to a survey on workplace sexual harassment have reported inappropriate touching. The survey, run by trade union Unite, polled more than 6,000 women across the UK – 1,143 of whom were in ...

08 Jul 2025 at 12:45

Tata Steel fined £1.5m following death of contractor at Welsh steelworks

Tata Steel has been fined more than £1.5m following the death of a contractor at the Port Talbot steelworks in 2019. Justin Day, 44, from Llansamlet, Swansea, died from injuries he sustained while working at the South ...

31 Jul 2025 at 18:41

Scale of workplace violence and abuse ‘shocking and unacceptable’, says charity

The father of a woman killed by a former colleague who stalked her has called for employers to do more to ensure workplace safety after a survey suggested almost a third of workers experienced violence, aggression or ...

04 Nov 2025 at 00:01

British Airways fined £3.2m after luggage handlers hurt in similar accidents

British Airways has been fined more than £3.2 million after a luggage handler suffered a bleed on the brain and another broke his back when they fell from height while working at Heathrow Airport. Two employees were ...

15 May 2025 at 17:28

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