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Up to four-fifths of fleets are ‘breaking the law’

A large proportion of companies are unintentionally breaking the law, because they are unaware of their legal obligations, especially with regards to grey fleet management.

26 Sep

Construction company fined £100,000 after worker run-over

A major construction company has been fined for safety failings after a worker was critically injured when he was run over by a nine-tonne dumper truck.

22 Sep

Company fined £12,000 after reversing vehicle crushes employee

A pharmaceutical company has pled guilty at Edinburgh Sheriff Court for failing to ensure the health and safety of an employee when a reversing lorry crushed an employee's head and chest resulting in severe injury.

22 Aug

Firm fined £240,000 after driver crushed to death

A Stonehaven animal feed company has been fined £240,000 after a lorry driver was crushed to death when a two-tonne, fully-loaded grain bin fell onto him from a forklift truck.

18 Aug

Fleets review risk management policies after new HSE guidance

A renewed level of interest in risk management is being shown by fleets following the publication of revised Health and Safety Executive (HSE) guidance, reports GE Capital, Fleet Services.

7 Aug

Haulage companies in court after driver paralysed

Two haulage companies have been sentenced for safety failings after an HGV driver was left paralysed from the chest down following an incident at a transport yard in Sandy, Bedfordshire.

1 Aug

Costain sentenced for Parkway telehandler death

Global engineering specialist Costain has been ordered to pay more than £615,000 in fines and costs after a worker was killed when a telehandler overturned during the construction of the Parkway development in Newbury.

25 Jul

HSE updates guidance on work-related road safety

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has updated its 'Driving at work: managing work-related road safety' guide, which is essential reading for any organisation with employees who drive for work, and self-employed drivers.

28 Apr