The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published updated guidance for building control bodies (BCBs) in England and Wales, setting out the requirements and assessment criteria for registration as a building control approver, providing templates for the submission of operational standards rules data to the Building Safety Regulator (BSR), and detailing the BSR’s inspection selection and prioritisation criteria. The guidance forms part of the regulatory framework that now applies to both private-sector and local authority building control functions.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has updated its guidance on preparing safety case reports for high-rise residential buildings (HRRBs). The update provides clearer information on what principal accountable persons must include in these reports.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has relaunched its 'Your Farm, Your Future' campaign on the dangers of livestock. The relaunch of the campaign follows HSE's finding that the number one cause of work-related deaths on British farms in 2022–23 were incidents involving livestock. HSE's statistics show that livestock and farm vehicle incidents accounted for approximately half of all work-related deaths on British farms, with incidents involving motor vehicles remaining the leading cause of work-related deaths in the last five years. HSE has noted that hundreds of people have been injured in incidents involving moving vehicles and cattle on farms. The campaign focuses on work with livestock and is aimed at stressing the importance of taking measures to keep animals and people apart. The campaign highlights key aspects of using farm vehicles safely in and around the yard and sheds as well as in the fields when checking, feeding, moving and caring for a herd. HSE's 'Your Farm, Your Future' website offers advice and a checklist for working safely with livestock.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a reminder to construction companies of their legal obligations to prevent unauthorised access to sites ahead of the school holiday period. Under Regulations 13(4), 15(10) and 4(6) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, SI 2015/51, those in control of sites must erect and maintain perimeter fencing, secure sites outside working hours, cover excavations, immobilise plant and vehicles and lock away hazardous substances. The HSE has directed firms to guidance documents HSG 151 and CIS72 for further detail on managing risks and protecting the public.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has reminded farmers to ensure that those visiting their farms this summer, as part of ‘Open Farm Sunday’ are kept safe. Access to Farms group has also published an Industry Code of Practice and a useful checklist for farmers to use.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has reported on the results of inspections carried out under its campaign highlighting the dangers of metalworking fluids. HSE has said that the specialist field can cause harm to the lungs and skin and more needs to be done to keep workers safe. Through inspections, HSE found that there are too many businesses that do not have appropriate key control measures or health surveillance and is taking action against these manufacturers. Additionally, HSE found poor performance around metalworking fluids in businesses that use computer numerical control (CNC) machines and suggested that local exhaust ventilation be fitted on CNC machines to carry metalworking fluid mist away. HSE has created an online quiz to test knowledge on how best to protect workers.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has reported that two offshore commercial divers and the director of a diving company have received police cautions for fraud by false representation under the Fraud Act 2006. The HSE collaborated with the Fraud Investigation Team of Hampshire Police to investigate the divers and the company director. The divers worked as saturation divers, for which one requires an approved qualification. The HSE has asserted that this requires a certain level of diving experience. Only two schools in the world offer the relevant qualification and following communication with these schools the HSE investigated the claimed experience. The HSE uncovered that the divers had significantly less experience than was required and that the director of the diving company was unable to produce records of the claimed dives despite having signed and stamped the diver’s logbooks personally. An officer from Hampshire Police has commented that if offending continues, these individuals will face ‘severe consequences.’

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced it will lead the criminal investigation into the death of 40-year-old George Gilbey, who died on 27 March 2024, after a fall while working in Shoeburyness, Essex. With Essex Police's involvement now concluded, HSE will serve as the lead investigative body. The investigation will determine whether any breaches of health and safety law occurred.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has reported that it will now be leading the investigation into the death of a slinger signaller who died during a lifting operation at the Gatwick Railway Redevelopment Project at Gatwick Airport. The investigation was launched with and previously led by the British Transport Police. The HSE has said its criminal inquiry will consider if any breaches under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HSWA 1974) have occurred.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has updated its Product Safety Report following an industrial explosion involving a Diferro sublimation calender machine at Swindon's Groundwell Industrial Estate on 24 September 2025. Acting as market surveillance authority, HSE has directly contacted all known users of similar machinery, instructing them to consult the updated guidance and cease operations if in doubt. The revised guidance mandates that operators cease using these machines until a second independent Safety-Related Control System (SRCS) has been installed by a competent person and validated to appropriate standards. HSE is coordinating with UK border officials to prevent additional Diferro machines entering the country and is investigating possible links between the Swindon incident and a 2023 explosion at Treforest Industrial Estate, South Wales, which resulted in one fatality. The original Product Safety Report was first published in April 2024 following the South Wales incident.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has updated the Report of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) guidance and forms. The HSE has said that the changes relate to how and when to submit a report under RIDDOR and there are no changes to legal requirements. The main changes to the guidance are: more direct links to guidance on types of reportable incidents to help you decide whether a report is required; improved guidance on who should and should not report under RIDDOR; improved guidance on what is meant by a ‘work-related’ accident; information on when an occupational disease is not reportable; and increased clarity on when an ‘over-7-day’ absence should be reported. The main changes to the forms are: questions about severity of injuries have been frontloaded to help you quickly decide if your incident is reportable; pop-up messages now redirect you if the incident is not reportable; and, guidance has been improved to make the forms easier to use.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has updated its guidance on registered building inspectors, adding information to building categories and registered building inspector classes that include permissible work.