Health and Safety Executive

Police continue investigation into factory death of Slovenian worker

Police report that the 22-year-old Slovenian man who died after an industrial accident at the Interfish factory in Wallsend Industrial Estate, Plymouth has yet to be formally identified, although officers have met with his family.

The man was working in the freezer area shortly after 7pm on Friday 18 October 2013 when he was struck by a falling pallet and sustained fatal injuries....

Slovakian worker killed in industrial accident in Plymouth factory

Police have launched a joint investigation with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) into the death of a 22-year-old Slovakian man who was killed following an industrial incident at the Interfish factory at Wallsend Industrial Estate in Plymouth.

The man was working in the freezer area shortly after 7pm on Friday 18 October 2013 when he was struck by a falling pallet and sustained...

Over 2,000 unannounced health and safety inspections this month

Over 2,000 building sites across the UK will be visited by Government health and safety inspectors this month.

Local inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Britain’s national regulator for workplace safety will be making unannounced visits to target poor safety standards in Devon, Cornwall and Dorset.

HSE inspectors will be checking high-risk activities such as...