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This section offers news briefs on occupational safety in Great Britain. Corus UK has been fined £15,000 following an accident that left its crane operator with back injuries and a broken leg. Halcrow Group has won Scotland's premier award for the prevention of accidents and ill health at work. The British Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has reminded employers that they face prosecution if they fail to ensure the safety of people working at height.

The article reports on issues and events related to occupational health and safety in Great Britain as of March 2006. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will be holding a conference on best practice in rehabilitation and sickness absence management in manufacturing on March 9 in Stoke-on-Trent, England. HSE has launched its Watch your Step accident prevention campaign. Egg carton manufacturer Omni-Pac has been fined for failure to maintain asbestos-made materials on its site.

Presents news briefs on industrial health and safety in Great Britain as of November 2005. Launch of national ladder safety campaign by the Health and Safety Executive; Agreement between the Health and Safety Executive and local authorities coordinators of Regulatory Services to develop ties on health and safety; Fines received by MB Mills General Contractors of Cambridge for safety breach.

Presents news briefs related to occupational health and safety in Great Britain as of July 2005. Fine imposed against World's End Waste following an investigation into the death of a worker in June 2004; Publication of a revised guidance for caterers on preventing slips and trips by the British Health & Safety Executive; Amount of fine imposed against Colas Ltd. after a worker was burned to death while cleaning a tanker.

Presents an update related to occupational health and safety in Great Britain as of June 2005. Total amount of fine imposed on Shell for the death of two workers on its Brent Bravo offshore production platform; Revision of the guidance on the correct and safe use of respiratory protective equipment by the Health & Safety Executive; Property developers who were fined for the death of a worker in London, England.

Presents news briefs on occupational health and safety in Great Britain as of January 2005. Information on a book produced by the British Health & Safety Executive for firms working with steel and other metal stock; Fine imposed on Savill Fabrications for breaching health and safety laws; Launch of the Worker Safety Adviser Challenge Fund by the British Health and Safety Commission.

The article explains the Fee for Intervention (FFI) cost recovery scheme of the British Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The author explains that the FFI is the HSE's way of minimizing work-related occupational health and safety risks. Under the FFI, he states that companies may be charged if an HSE inspector finds any material breach during a site inspection. Material breach is defined as a contravention of health and safety law as determined by the HSE inspector.