The Health and Safety Executive news

Two people have been killed and 15 seriously injured in India, following an accident at the Kankaria Adventure Park in Ahmedabad. The accident occurred when ... More

The seven-year-old boy who fell from a rollercoaster at Lightwater Valley theme park in Yorkshire, UK, on 30 May has returned home from hospital. The ... More

The seven-year-old boy who fell from a rollercoaster at Lightwater Valley theme park in Yorkshire, UK, on Thursday is now in a critical condition. The ... More

M&D Leisure – the owner of M&D’s theme park in Motherwell, Scotland – has been fined over an incident that saw one of its roller ... More

A new guide document on swimming pool safety – which all UK pool operators will have to adhere to – has been unveiled during the ... More

A number of rides at theme parks in the UK have reopened after being shut down by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) following an ... More

Leisure Trust Active Newham has expressed sadness after the death of Para athlete Abdullah Hayayei following a training ground incident on Tuesday evening (11 July) ... More

Nuffield Health has launched a series of bespoke health assessments for UK businesses as it looks to help tackle work-related illness. Four personalised health assessment ... More

Guidance covering the construction of indoor trampoline parks, as well as operating and maintenance requirements, has been published by the British Standards Institution (BSI). The ... More

Two-thirds (65.6 per cent) of adults aged between 50 and 70 years old – known as Baby Boomers – have not done any moderate physical ... More

Merlin Entertainments has been fined £5m (US$6.5m, €5.7m) after last year’s horrific Smiler crash at Alton Towers, an accident which left five visitors with life-changing ... More

Merlin Entertainments has been to court today for health and safety breaches in relation to last year’s Smiler rollercoaster crash which left two people needing ... More

Alton Towers operator Merlin is due in court today for a verdict on the Smiler rollercoaster crash which left two people needing leg amputations and ... More

Nine children and two adults have been hospitalised after Scotland’s only inverted rollercoaster derailed and crashed at the M&D’s theme park in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. ... More

Following the guilty plea from Merlin Entertainments related to last year’s Smiler rollercoaster crash at Alton Towers, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has released ... More

A 17-year-old-girl – one of five hospitalised after the Smiler crash at Alton Towers – has had to have her leg amputated following the tragic ... More

Four people have been seriously injured in a collision between two carriages on Alton Towers’ Smiler rollercoaster. Sixteen people were on the carriage, the other, ... More

The bane of many experienced gym users and personal trainers alike, gym inductions are not necessarily required if a health club is taken over by ... More

Customers that undergo spa treatments using toothless Garra Rufa fish are at a 'very low' risk of catching an infection, according to new guidance on ... More

Castle Point Borough Council has been fined £18,000 and ordered to pay costs of £7,500 after pleading guilty to safety breaches at the Waterside Swimming ... More

Wiltshire Council has become the latest UK local authority to remove sunbeds from public leisure centres, following recent research by the International Agency for Research ... More

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is to launch an investigation into the cause of a crash between two cars on the Big Dipper rollercoaster ... More