To coincide with National Feet Week, Alex Minett looks at some factors to consider to keep feet healthy at work.

Timber will be important as the construction sector strives to meet zero carbon targets, but how can it address concerns about safety?

Four men have received suspended prison sentences after a worker was killed when the former Citadel Church in Splott, Cardiff, collapsed during demolition work.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is to target Birmingham construction sites, as development in the city has increased in the run-up to the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

A contractor has been sentenced for two separate safety breachers, after a worker was struck by a falling excavator and another sustained severe crush injuries when he was dragged under an excavator.

Study shows that giving all personnel a full weekend benefits workers and their families.

There were 309 fires in buildings undergoing construction work last year, with 16% of them caused by hot works.

Tips on what more construction workers can do to protect their hearing.

The time limit to bring proceedings under the Defective Premises Act is set to double. Could it lead to a flood of cladding claims?

The Construction Industry Advisory Committee (CONIAC) has produced a series of new guides to promote safe working at height.

A new app that offers construction workers and the supply chain mental health training and monitoring has been launched.

Analysis of the Health and Safety Executive’s figures on work-related ill-health, non-fatal, and fatal workplace injuries in construction in 2020/21.

Trevor Hall explains the main regulations that need to be observed to protect workers from cold conditions on site.

A new, one-page asbestos risk guide aimed at small construction businesses and tradespeople who work with or disturb building fabric has been launched.

Brick manufacturer Ibstock Brick has been fined £530,000 after a worker’s hand became entangled and wrapped around the rotating shaft on a lathe.

As the party season draws closer, Suzannah Robin, a drug safety expert at AlcoDigital, offers a guide for workplace testing.

The CIOB has published a technical information sheet entitled Smoke Control Management to support the construction industry’s drive towards increased health and safety in buildings.

Two companies have been fined nearly £900,000 after a 74-year-old security guard at a remote wind farm in Ayrshire died of hyperthermia.