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British Airways has been fined £3.2 million after two of its employees suffered serious injuries

British Airways fined after workers seriously injured at work

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The UK has been heating up this week

Can pupils be sent home if it's too hot? Temperature rules explained

Paul Oakley and his family. A devastated widow has paid tribute to her "amazing" bricklayer husband who died when a wall collapsed while working with his son. Paul Oakley was fatally injured when he was crushed at a site in Bristol. The 64-year-old, who was working alongside his son, Sam, had been tasked with dismantling and rebuilding a stone wall on September 4 2024. His widow Betty Oakley, who was married to Paul for 16 years, has instructed lawyers Irwin Mitchell to help them obtain answers.

Bricklayer crushed to death under wall while working with son

The human health and social work sector ranks as the most stressful industry in the UK

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A car dealer must pay more than £9,000 in fines and costs after a visitor to his premises was seriously injured when he fell down an unprotected drop.

Man falls down 6ft drop and gets 'seriously' injured at car dealership

David Vinsome crushed between an excavation bucket and a fabrication table at Pallion Shipyard in Sunderland

CCTV captures horrific moment welder crushed while working at shipyard

Joshua Hardman and his daughter Bonneigh

Loving dad killed by exploding tractor tyre

The analysis found that 7,475,603 workers in the UK suffer with their mental health every day at work.

7.5 million UK workers suffer in silence with mental health

Welcombe Hills School in Stratford-upon-Avon

School fined £300,000 after student dies choking on paper towel

Connor Borthwick - brother of Team GB high jumper Emily Borthwick - crushed to death aged 22

Brother of Team GB high jumper crushed to death

Experts commented that it was 'remarkable' that neither of them had died in the powerful explosion.

Footage shows moment gas tank explodes and is catapulted into the air

Think your job is hard? These are most stressful jobs in the country

A workman has tragically died after a wall collapsed on him in Bristol.

Workman dies after wall collapses on him

Charlotte Lawrence, 33, was killed in a tragic quad bike accident while working on a mountain near Pitlochry.

'Forever cherished' forest worker killed in quad bike accident

Flip Out has venues across the UK

Child dies after becoming ill at Flip Out play centre

Tributes have been paid to a six-year-old boy who was killed in a quad bike accident. (Photo: Naomh Padraig - North Antrim/Facebook)

Boy killed in quad bike accident
Tributes have been paid to a six-year-old boy who was killed in a quad bike accident.
Isabella Boneham

The tragedy happened in the Lake District on a school trip

Tragedy as boy, 16, drowns on school trip to Lake District

A 60-year-old man died after being pulled from the water at Cairnryan terminal, near Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway.

Port worker dies after being pulled from water

The collision between the HGV and two stationary vehicles which killed Tony Skerratt.

Video showing crash which killed man in his forties released by police

A worker has died after carrying out maintenance work at Atlantic Recycling in Rumney, Cardiff.

Worker dies at recycling site

Schools are not legally required to let children have water bottles during class, nor to bring sunscreen to school (Photo: NationalWorld/Getty Images/Adobe Stock)

Rules schools must follow during a heatwave, and what parents can do

People at the Lambeth Country Show after four people were taken to hospital after a funfair ride malfunctioned at Lambeth Country Show at Brockwell Park in south London Picture: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

Woman 'critical' after fair accident

Niall McCormack dead when he was hit on the head by falling material at work

'£8,000 fine is no punishment for firm after my son died at work'

CCTV captures the electrical explosion at New Earth Solutions, a waste company that has been fined over £200,000 after a worker suffered burns to his body and face.

Electrical explosion: Shocking moment worker gets injured in blast

A man has died after being crushed by a tree in the Scottish Borders

Man crushed by tree

Man chokes to death on sandwich

Former Gogglebox star George Gilbey died falling through a skylight, a friend has claimed. Picture: Getty Images

Gogglebox star died falling through skylight
A friend has spoken out about the circumstances of Gogglebox star George Gilbey's death
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Llŷr Davies, 16, died following a crash involving a dumper track

Boy killed in dumper crash

Two men have been arrested after a teenager died in a 'workplace accident' on an industrial estate on Tile Street, Bury.

Boy, 17, dies in 'workplace accident'

A 81-year-old man has died after falling from a special assistance lift he requested to get him off a plane at Edinburgh Airport. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Pensioner dies after fall from plane

The scene of a gas explosion, nearly one year on in Hemmingway in Evesham, Worcestershire Picture: Emma Trimble / SWNS

Watch: Drone footage shows devastation from gas explosion - a year on

The man sadly died after falling from roof in Leeds

Man dies after falling from roof

Frozen potato company, McCain Foods has been fined £700,000 after a worker lost two fingers while cleaning a machine.

Frozen potato firm fined after worker loses two fingers at work

Dublin Airport has removed 150,000 tonnes of soil after harmful 'forever chemicals' were detected. (Photo: Sophie James - stock.adobe.com)

Why airports are contaminated with harmful 'forever chemicals'

Three-year-old Ava-May Littleboy died of a head injury after being thrown from a bouncy castle on a beach in Gorleston, Norfolk, on July 1, 2018. (Photo: PA)

Owner of inflatable that killed three-year-old girl is jailed

Horror as one dead and another seriously injured after wall collapses

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

Kellie Poole died on April 25 in 2022, during a therapy session in the River Goyt. (Picture: Facebook)

Woman died of "sudden cardiac arrest" in cold water therapy session

File photo dated 23/09/21 of construction work on the circular reinforced concrete and steel home of a reactor at Nuclear Island 1, at Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant near Bridgwater in Somerse. A worker at Hinkley Point C construction site in Somerset has died after a "construction traffic incident" on Sunday morning, EDF Energy has said. Issue date: Sunday November 13, 2022.

Worker dies in traffic incident at Hinkley Point C power station

If you did a rapid lateral flow test at home, you should report your result as soon as possible

Can you test negative and still have Covid?

Can I fill a jerry can with fuel? The law on storing petrol and diesel

Common Covid health problems may affect how well you can exercise (Photo: Shutterstock)

Can I exercise with Covid?

Fuel pumps are marked ‘Sorry out of use’ as a Shell petrol station waits for a delivery (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Does petrol and diesel have an expiry date - how to store fuel safely

Legionella bacteria can become a health concern when they grow and spread in human-made building water systems (Photo: Shutterstock)

Rail union threatens strike over legionella bacteria - but what is it?

Year five pupils, with their own individual stationery and books in plastic folders, work at their desks at Willowpark Primary Academy in Oldham (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Air purifiers ‘set to be installed in schools to combat spread of Covid'