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A Man Drowned in a Flooded Excavation. HSE Called the Site a 'Death Trap.' The Company Is Now in Liquidation.
Mykhalio Hustei was 35 years old. He worked as a labourer on a construction site in Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, building flats for a family-run property development business. He also lived there — in a property adjoining the site. On the night of 22 October 2021, he went out with friends. On the way back to his flat, he walked across the construction site and fell into one of the open excavation holes. The hole was filled with rainwater. His body was found at around 2pm the following day. He drowned.
HSE's Engineered Stone Crackdown
In May 2026, HSE did something it has never done before. It published COSHH guidance specifically for engineered stone fabrication — guidance that makes one thing absolutely clear: dry cutting of engineered stone is unacceptable. Not inadvisable. Not discouraged. Unacceptable. At the same time, it launched a programme of over 1,000 inspections of stone fabricators across Great Britain, and those inspections are already underway.
A £600,000 Lesson in Safe Systems of Work: The Siemens Gamesa Case
On 22 May 2026, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Ltd was fined £600,000 at Grimsby Magistrates' Court after one of its employees was left permanently paralysed from the waist down at the company's wind turbine blade manufacturing facility in Hull. The employee, a 37-year-old woman, was left paraplegic when an 800kg pre-cast blade structure collapsed on her while she and a colleague were preparing it for the next stage of construction. She had worked for the company. She was left unable to walk. And it was entirely preventable.
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Why these cases matter
Many small businesses struggle to get basic health and safety documentation in place.
Whether it’s a request from a client, a contractor requirement, or simply meeting legal duties, knowing where to start can be difficult—particularly when time is limited and expectations are unclear.