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The production company behind 'F9' pleaded guilty in a U.K. court to breaching health and safety legislation and were fined $1 million.

To continue my reminiscences of decades as a railway trackworker, the development of Health and Safety law on the railway has been a bit of a double-edged sword. It has generally been to the benefit of workers. Legislation has enabled us to stop the more egregious practices. But it has also made us a bit lazy, with workers looking to legislation rather than taking direct action and sometimes being fobbed off despite being in the right.

To continue my reminiscences of decades as a railway trackworker, the development of Health and Safety law on the railway has been a bit of a double-edged sword. It has generally been to the benefit of workers. Legislation has enabled us to stop the more egregious practices. But it has also made us a bit lazy, with workers looking to legislation rather than taking direct action and sometimes being fobbed off despite being in the right.

Tom Matthews, a 33 year-old father-of-two from Grantham, Lincolnshire, was cleaning batter machinery when his left hand was pulled into a rotary valve while working a night shift on 2 September 2019.

A food manufacturer has been fined £700,000 after a former employee lost two fingers while working a night shift.

Guilty pleas were entered on behalf of GP Wood Ltd of Main Street, Enniskeane, County Cork, to charges under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work ...

Prisoners have been killing themselves annually at a rate of around 1 per 1,000 over the past decade. Recent figures from the Ministry of Justice show a 26 per

The group is calling for the terms of reference of the planned tribunal of inquiry into the Defence Forces to be expanded.

Tánaiste Micheál Martin has agreed to re-engage with the Women of Honour group over its concerns about the proposed terms of reference at a tribunal of inquiry into the Defence Forces.

A spokeswoman said ‘serious issues’ remain in the negotiations.