Electricity is a part of everyday life, but it can kill or severely injure people and cause damage to property. Our electrical safety at work webpages have guidance and resources on how to help reduce the risk of electrical injury. There are simple precautions when working with electricity to significantly reduce the risk of electrical injury to you and others around you. The website also has a range of helpful resources, including our guidance publication The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989: Guidance on Regulations. Our training course HSE Inspectors' Guide to Electrical Safety is being held live online over 2 half-days on 17 and 18 June. This paid-for course will give you a practical understanding of what our inspectors are looking for in the control of general electrical safety risks. The business owner has been jailed for 10 years and 6 months for gross negligence manslaughter. A joint investigation by Dyfed-Powys Police and HSE found that the business owner was not correctly qualified to lead a stand-up paddle board river tour. Despite severe weather warnings and flooding, the owner led the unqualified river tour without checking the hazardous weir or providing safety briefings. Although 8 participants were pulled over the weir, only 4 survived. Read more about the incident in our press release: Paddleboard tour leader jailed over deaths of 4 people. HSE's website also has guidance on: managing health and safety for leisure and sporting activities adventure activities licensing
You can visit our news centre for more on recent enforcement cases, which include:
Council fined £6 million for multiple failures on guided busway
HSE has produced a new webpage on domestic work, which includes information on: when you are a domestic servant and excluded from health and safety law when you are considered a domestic worker and covered by health and safety law where you can get other support including employment law and social protection measures Visit the new guidance page: Domestic work. The awards, sponsored by HSE and the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors, spotlight design changes that reduce MSD risks across industries. The 2025 winners are: MSD risk reduction through design award: Ainscough Crane Hire Limited Small to medium enterprise (SME) recognition award: UPM Raflatac
For more details about the winners and their design solutions, you can:
learn more about the 2025 MSD risk reduction award winners read our press release about the 2025 MSD awards
HSE's website also has a range of guidance and resources on managing the risks of MSDs in the workplace.
Come and join HSE, where you can develop your career and help protect people and places. We currently have a range of vacancies, which include: Head of Change
closes 15 May Senior Communication Manager
closes 16 May; 2 roles available Content Designer
closes 19 May
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