Chris Tidy explains what is involved in Hard Hat Awareness Week 2022 (14-June) as a week of activities highlighting hard hat safety begin.

A court has handed suspended prison sentences to two former construction company directors for asbestos failings.

A court has handed jail terms to two construction company bosses after a worker fell to his death.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will target construction sites during a month-long respiratory health campaign in June.

Two men have received suspended sentences and fines after a worker fell over five metres through fragile roof panels and died.

Tony Abbott explains why contractors need to plan ahead when digging in busy towns and cities.

Surveying construction sites with a drone operated 50 miles away or more can bring a host of benefits, according to Skanska’s Peter Cater, who has been involved on the first construction trial. Denise Chevin finds out more.

Railway contractor VolkerRail has been fined £550,000 after a worker suffered a broken pelvis and several broken ribs when he was buried after the wall of a trench collapsed.

Three quarters of fire doors failed inspections in the UK prompting a warning of a “tragedy waiting to happen”.

The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) is co-ordinating the response to the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) safety alert over mast climbing work platforms (MCWPs).

A court has fined Lancashire County Council £50,000 after several of its employees developed hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS).

The Mental Health Foundation has announced ‘loneliness’ as the key theme for Mental Health Awareness Week, which starts on 9 May. So, how should construction employers address loneliness?

The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has served improvement notices to contractors Bouygues and Laing O’Rourke after a scaffold worker fell from height.

A director and a contracts manager of an asbestos management company have been jailed, and their company fined £100,000, after failing to protect workers from exposure.

Contractors and developers were responsible for more than a quarter (26%) of all incidents where workers were digging too close to high-pressure pipelines.

An influential group of MPs has called on the government to commit to removing all asbestos from public and commercial buildings within 40 years.

Much of a three-storey home collapsed during loft conversion works, causing workers to flee the site, because it had insufficient temporary supports, a court has heard.

Two construction company owners have been convicted of health and safety offences, including one conviction of manslaughter by gross negligence, after a worker fell to his death on a building site in Hove.