Safety Smart Update Spring 2026
7th June 2026 Posted in Blogs
Welcome to Safety Smart’s Spring Update!
In this edition, we’re looking at the latest HSE consultation on workplace injury and illness reporting (RIDDOR) plus what to do if you find or disturb asbestos during the course of your work.
We’ve also got industry case studies, including a £2m fine for a builders merchant after the death of a worker and two firms who faced sentencing and fines after failings which led to serious injuries.
HSE launches consultation on workplace injury and illness reporting
Great Britain’s national regulator for workplace health and safety is inviting businesses, employers, health practitioners and industry stakeholders to help shape the future of workplace incident reporting in Great Britain.
What to do if you find or disturb asbestos
If your work is likely to involve asbestos, you and your employer must take action to make sure you and others are not exposed to it.
There are serious risks to your health if asbestos is disturbed or damaged and harmful fibres are released into the air.
Staffordshire construction firm and director sentenced after worker seriously injured falling through stairwel
A Staffordshire-based construction company and its director have been sentenced after a worker sustained serious injuries when he fell through a stairwell opening during the construction of an apartment block in Staffordshire.
Rotherham metal fabrication company sentenced after young apprentice injured during apprenticeship training
A Rotherham-based metal fabrication company has been sentenced after pleading guilty to health and safety failings that led to a young apprentice being injured by dangerous parts of a metal cutting guillotine during training.
Major builders merchant fined £2.2 million after worker killed in conveyor crush
One of the country’s largest building merchants has been fined more than £2 million after one of its workers was crushed to death by a pallet of timber that weighed around three tonnes.
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