Health and safety at work

The student who was forced onto a military plane and deported to Pakistan more than a week ago ‘has not been heard from since and his phone hasn’t been ringing out’, say his friends, leading to fears he may have been killed upon arrival.

A building worker was seriously injured when he fell 60 feet down a lift shaft in a building under construction in the city centre. He suffered a number of injuries to his limbs and was airlifted to...

The victim got caught inside a bailing machine that sorts cardboard at the recycling centre in Florida, police say.

A second man has died following a workplace accident in Portmarnock, Co Dublin on Wednesday.

Injured workers like me don’t ask for much of the billions these companies make off of our work. We just want enough to take care of our families

Thirteen workers a day die on the job in the U.S. One of them was my co-worker: a veteran electrician crushed to death at 5 a.m. on April 24 at the Oklahoma City Quad/Graphics plant. He was servicing equipment on a maintenance call when he was pinned under a crane.

Just four months after banning builders from working with asbestos, the ACT Government has reinstated their right to deal with the material.

That's the conclusion of a group of scientists convened by the World Health Organization.

A five-storey cement factory has collapsed in Bangladesh, killing at least four people and trapping around 100 construction workers.

A scandal is gathering pace after a Norwegian airliner lifted off despite the crew bickering about weather conditions with the captain and co-pilots, which resulted in the walkout of almost half of the cabin staff.

The Government must "tackle the scourge of asbestos in schools" to prevent the "unnecessary deaths" of teachers and former pupils exposed to the substance, a teachers' union has warned.

Roofing contractor fined over risk management failure A London roofing firm boss has been fined for safety failings after four workers were put at risk of

Brexit could imperil the UK's growth prospects and damage its high sovereign debt rating

Court hears Scott Cain, 23, and Ashley Clarke, 24, climbed into an oxygen-deprived storage unit without breathing apparatus to pick the best apples

Woman horribly injured in baking machine got no reparation for more than a year.

In the face of public anger, the judge agrees to bereaved relatives' demands that the main suspects appear before the court.

• Agencies cleared of breaking existing surveillance rules and invading privacy• New act of parliament needed to improve transparency• ISC report follows 18-month inquiry prompted by Snowden revelations

Britain’s nuclear weapons base has suffered from a dozen serious nuclear safety failures in recent years, according to official records.