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Man dies after falling while working on dough machine at bread factory

A toddler died after being hit by a tractor in Devon

Toddler dies following incident involving tractor

UK theme parks and fairgrounds face major health and safety checks after high speed incidents - list of rides

Extra safety checks on 100 fairground and theme park rides across UK

Prospect members on a picket line (Photo: Prospect)

Civil servants union strikes: Two strike days announced

Mullberry Homes received a series of Improvement and Prohibition Notices because of their unsafe work standards, but repeatedly failed to comply.

House builder fined £117,000 for multiple safety failings

An explosion at a water treatment works in Bristol has killed four people - here...

Halfords offers free car check and discounts for teachers, emergency workers and...

These driving test centres are reopening their waiting rooms as DVSA eases restr...

Burbage Primary School in Buxton, Derbyshire closed earlier this week - and schools across the UK could close for over two months in the event of a global pandemic (Getty Images)

UK schools could close for two months in the event of coronavirus pandemic

Amazon has opened its first ever supermarket - and you don’t have to go through ...

More than 600 workers have been seriously injured in Amazon UK warehouses

Court news

Plasterboard firm fined £60k for health and safety breaches

Court

Company fined £25k for '˜blindingly obvious' safety failings

Luton Airport worker suffers heart attack after being ‘crushed’ by hangar door

Luton Airport

Luton Airport worker suffers heart attack after being ‘crushed’ by hangar door

Jobs: Unemployed women ‘addicted to web’

Health and safety warning

Safety: Use the lull to run a pre-Christmas check

Safety: Firms get online advice from the experts