Firm fined over £400K after worker suffered life-changing head injuries

A packaging company has been prosecuted and fined over £400,000 after an employee suffered life-changing head injuries in an “entirely preventable” incident. Multi Packaging Solutions UK Limited manufactures paper packaging and Matthew King was working at their East Kilbride site when a 4.5-ton machine fell on him on 31st October 2023. The 39-year-old had...

HSE publishes latest workplace health and safety statistics

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published it’s latest workplace health and safety statistics.  The annual statistics reveal the number of workers affected by work-related ill-health and workplace injuries in Great Britain from 1st April 2023 until 31st March 2024. Britain’s health and safety watchdog has revealed that the number of workers who...

HSE statistics reveal 2 million cases of work-related ill-health

Annual work-related ill-health and workplace injury statistics published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) this week show that almost 2 million British workers are suffering from work-related illnesses. The HSE’s annual statistics for 2022-23 also reveal that around half of reported cases of work-related ill-health are still due to mental health problems. The...

More than half of lost working days due to mental ill health, HSE says

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has released its annual workplace injuries and ill-health statistics for Great Britain. The statistics, compiled from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and additional sources, revealed that more than half of the working days that were lost as a result of work-related ill-health in 2019-20 were due to mental...