Health and Safety Executive

A 68-year-old man has died after what police described as an "industrial accident" at a work premises in Carr Wood Road, Castleford, on November 20. Photo: Google.

Tragedy as 68-year-old man dies after 'industrial accident'

Emergency services responded to an incident where a man was trapped following a wall collapse in Perseverance Terrace, Batley. Picture: Google

Horror as one dead and another seriously injured after wall collapses

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

The remains of the Pulverised Coal Injection plant at Redcar after its demolition in October 2022.

Teesworks: Seventeen safety incidents at Redcar site in three-month period

The HSE's announcement comes nearly four years to the day after the incident.

No corporate manslaughter charges after Teesworks explosion deaths

Councillors in Wakefield are to consider an application to build 30 homes, 19 business units and a nature reserve on scrub land between the river and the Calder and Hebble Navigation.

Plans to build new nature reserve and homes alongside river approved

A health worker has tragically ‘died during a training session designed to teach NHS staff how to safely restrain patients’, at the Longley Centre

NHS worker died while on training course about restraining patients in Yorkshire

Two people were injured in an 'industrial incident' at the Teesworks site in June.

HSE reveals extent of injuries suffered in Teesworks ‘industrial incident’

A demolition worker at Teesworks on the former Redcar steelworks site, in 2021.

Worker injured at Teesworks "industrial incident" remains in hospital

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

An agricultural expert is urging farmers across the region to safeguard lives – and livelihoods – when working with hay and straw bales.

Warnings over farm safety as hay bales cause accidents and fire risk

John Ibbotson, 57 died at a warehouse in the village of Gargrave, in September 2020, while working for Systagenix Wound Management Manufacturing.

John Ibbotson inquest: Worker suffocated during warehouse accident

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

Fracking poster. (Pic credit: Jason Chadwick)

What is fracking, is it safe and why is it used? Everything you need to know

A risk management specialist is urging the region’s farmers not to relax safety standards after official figures revealed a drop in the number of fatalities in the British agricultural industry – with one death in Yorkshire and the Humber.
This figure for 2021/22 is compared to seven fatalities the previous year.

Farm deaths drop but agricultural workers shouldn't get complacent, says insurer

A pupil raises their hand at school. (Pic credit: Matthew Horwood / Getty Images)

How hot does it have to be for schools to close in the UK? HSE explains

Herd of cattle.

Expert warns Yorkshire walkers and farmers to be alert of cattle danger

Todmorden Church of England Junior Infants and Nursery School

School fined after teaching assistant falls through roof and breaks her back

Bins in the city centre, where the homeless seeking refuge.

Sleeping homeless found in city centre bins 'almost killed' by refuse lorries
Homeless people found sleeping in industrial bins in Wakefield city centre “could have been killed” after they were almost tipped into refuse lorries, Wakefield Council has said.

Picture: James Hardisty.

Farmer mental health and safety a priority or region - The Yorkshire Post says

A new campaign has been launched to tackle work-related stress and poor mental health amid warnings they risk becoming a “health and safety crisis".

New health campaign aims to fight work-related stress

A man carrying containers at a Tesco petrol station

Fire service reveals top tips for storing petrol as people continue to panic buy

Angela MacDonald, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) deputy chief executive and Second Permanent Secretary at the base in Wellington Place in Leeds

An extra 1,000 civil servants to be based in Wellington Place, Leeds

Mark Horsley

'Yorkshire can be a national centre for excellence on hydrogen'

Left: The Albion Mills Nestlé factory in Halifax, where After Eight chocolates are made

Man dragged into After Eight machine sustains injuries at Yorkshire Nestlé

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

Lee Horton (photo: Ilkley Cycling Club)

Ilkley Cycling Club pay tribute to industrial accident victim Lee Horton

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

Hollinhirst Lane. Picture by Google

Man killed in Yorkshire field was trampled by cows, police confirm

Quarry House, Leeds.

Leeds DWP office not enforcing social distancing
A Government department says it has taken “urgent action” after inspectors found social distancing was not being enforced in one of its Leeds offices.

French and Lebanese firemen search in the rubble of a building after the Tuesday explosion at the seaport of Beirut, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, August 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar).

Hull and Goole’s ports to review ammonium nitrate storage after Beirut blast

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Everything we know as Flamingo Land worker airlifted to hospital with serious in...

Barnsley East MP Stephanie Peacock. Photo: PA

Yorkshire MP calls to for abolishment of 'appaling' health and safety watchdog

An outbreak has been found in High Grove Beds in Liversidge

Second Yorkshire bed factory closes due to coronavirus outbreak

Labour MP for Wentworth and Dearne John Healey. Photo: JPI Media

MP fears funding cuts led safety inspectors not visiting Yorkshire food factory

Dave Baxter, 55, died from Covid-19 and worked at a meat factory in Barnsley

Health and Safety Executive slammed after death of Barnsley meat factory worker ...

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

The incident happened on theM62 westbound slip road at Junction 37, near Howden (Photo: Google)

Truck driver killed by falling heavy metal on side of M62

A four-day work week would reduce stress, say campaigners

Four day week could tackle stress, depression and anxiety at work, campaigners s...

Many victims of modern slavery are being denied justice. Picture: PA

Greg Wright: Licensing scheme for car washes could liberate modern slavery victi...

Mental health is the biggest reason people take time off work

Mental health is the biggest reason people need a sick note from their doctor

New figures released today show farming has the worst rate of worker fatal injury of the main industrial sectors - 18 times as high as the average rate across all industries.

Farming the most dangerous job as number of fatalities in one year is revealed

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Major testing centre launched to determine if hydrogen could power millions of h...

Major testing centre launched to determine if hydrogen could power millions of h...

Former JLS star JB Gill has thrown his weight behind an initiative to improve farm safety.

Deaths of children spark JLS star turned pig farmer to back campaign to improve ...

Floral tributes left at Gorleston beach in Norfolk where a girl was fatally thrown from an inflatable. PIC: PA

Tributes left at beach where girl died in inflatable trampoline fall

The fracking debate has divided Kirby Misperton.

YP Letters: No excuse not to know about fracking row

Drax Power Station - how should Britian's energy security be safeguarded?

YP Letters: Shale gas and fracking could mean self-sufficiency of our energy nee...

Agriculture remains the most dangerous industry to work, according to the latest figures from the Health and Safety Executive.

Agriculture fails to shake off '˜most dangerous' tag

Seven arrests in York during crackdown on modern slavery and human trafficking

Gisburn Auction Marts Ltd (Google)

Man crushed to death by a bull at livestock mart

Emergency services at the scene of last night's tragedy.

BREAKING: Teenager dies after falling from Leeds building

Man hurt in incident at Selby chemical plant

Aerial view of the house in York which exploded in a gas blast. Picture: Ross Parry Agency

York blast victim '˜may not have smelled gas that filled his home'

Third Energy's fracking site at Kirby Misperton.

YP Letters: So where does fracking's waste water end up?

Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham, 35, who was killed after being ejected from his Hawk T1 while on the ground at RAF Scampton

Ejector seat maker faces charges over death of Red Arrows pilot