Phoenix Blog

In response to ‘true patriots would voluntarily go deaf’ and ‘Churchill would be rolling in his grave’ article.

On the 30th January 1965, the bells were silenced during the funeral of statesman and former prime minister Winston Churchill as a sign of respect and indeed has been stopped many times over the past 150 years during maintenance to allow workers to repair the clock, bells and tower safely, continuing this sign of respect.

A chemicals company has been fined £1.2m following an explosion at its site at West Thurrock.

Many workers spend at least some of their work time working away from a main office or location. Leading the occupational safety and health (OSH) of these distributed workers is challenging, due to less opportunity for face-to-face contact and potential issues of access to OSH resources.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has released its annual figures for work-related fatalities.

Warburtons Ltd has been fined after a worker was injured when his arm got trapped against a running conveyor belt.

An engineering firm has been fined for failing to control the risk to employees using hand held power tools from Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS).

A North West manufacturing company has been fined after an employee was struck by a fork lift truck.

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been fined following the death of 53-year-old John Biggadike at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston.