This month more people have died as a result of what they do at work, more people have been made ill, more companies have been punished for failing to carry out their work in a sensible way. 1 senseless death, is too many whether it is on a battlefield in Iraq or on a building site in Birmingham. Here's a round up of the latest news to fail to make a ripple in the popular press but which affects the lives of so many people across the country, lets learn from these mistakes and prevent them from happening again!
1. Demands for HSE to increase inspections given short shrift
2. Lorry chocked on bricks collapsed on Driver
4. £130k fine for 2 companies after a worker falls to his death5. Roofer falls from a Halifax Mill
6. Second site death this month for Laing O’Rourke
7. Finger injury prompts a safety warning after a £3,000 fine
8. Oxfordshire man dies in a building site accident in Gloucestershire
9. Illegal London Renovation causes a worker to sue after loosing a leg whilst on site
10. HSE cracks down on contractors in London borough
11. Call for action to reverse occupational-cancers death toll
12. Company fined for causing exposure to asbestos