A group of MPs is encouraging construction and other industries to adopt digital technologies that can prevent falls from height, including virtual and augmented reality and wearable devices.

A company and its director have been sentenced after an employee fell from height and suffered serious injuries.

A roofing firm has been fined a total of £881,000 after two workers were seriously injured in separate incidents.

A further two companies have been fined after a man died following a fall from the roof of a building site.

Osprey has been fined £24,000 after two men fell from height during the assembly of a crane at the Port of Blyth, Northumberland.

For Safe Working at Height Week, the daughter of a fall from height survivor shared with CM the impact the accident had on her life – and her campaign to improve workplace safety.

Two construction companies have been fined a total of £46,000 after a labourer from Runcorn fractured his skull when he fell through a stairwell on 3 March 2021.

A construction business has been fined £16,000 after a worker suffered critical injuries when he fell 10m through the roof of an industrial unit.

Henry Construction Projects Limited has been fined after a demolition worker suffered serious injuries after falling from a platform in the London neighbourhood of Kensington.

Harrow Crown Court has given a roofer a custodial sentence after a worker fell to his death from the roof of a commercial property in North London.

The sole director of a Wakefield roofing company has received a suspended prison sentence, after a subcontractor died when he fell 12m through a skylight.

A Hertfordshire construction company has received a £96,000 fine after a worker fell through a skylight while working on a six-storey house.

Falls from an elevated platform are almost always fatal, as new analysis of accident data by the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) illustrates.