Dallas McMillan's Glasgow Lawyers' Blog

A self-employed contractor has been found guilty of health and safety offences after an employee died when the trench he was working in collapsed on him.

An Arbroath quarry operator has been fined for serious safety failings after a dumper truck driver died when his vehicle reversed over a stop block to the quarry floor below.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is urging businesses to focus on their legal responsibility to ensure lives are not put at risk and make the safety of workers their top priority for 2014.