The accident happened at a domestic property in North London in March 2019. It involved a man in his thirties who sustained head injuries while working on concrete pumping operations carried out by London-based company Singh Will Mix It Ltd.

As chair of the working group that created the framework, Dame Judith Hackitt tells Will Mann how it will plug gaps in the current regulatory system.

Chartered Building Company Majestic Site Management is offering a suite of site safety courses, with discounts for CIOB members.

Sellafield Ltd has been fined £400,000 after admitting a health and safety breach that resulted in a worker sustaining serious back injuries when he fell from a scaffolding ladder at the nuclear site.

Those responsible for safety in high-rise residential blocks in England have six months from April to register with the new Building Safety Regulator (BSR).

A new safety system for lifting materials by tower cranes has been developed by BAM and Related Argent.

The British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF) has found availability of non-compliant safety products is high.

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents has spearheaded a coalition of safety groups and charities concerned about government plans to remove EU legislation from the statute book. Head of policy Nathan Davies explains why.

The Construction Industry Plant Safety Group (CIPSG) has published free updated safety guidance for mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs).

Tinnitus is a serious condition affecting many in the construction industry, including Kingsley Clarke. Ahead of Tinnitus Awareness Week on 6 February, he explains how to take preventive measures.

A building firm that allowed a digger to be used to lift a pair of workers to fit a stone on a new home has been fined £120,000.

A coalition of safety groups has urged the government to reconsider sunsetting EU safety laws protecting workers.

Government plans to ‘sunset’ EU derived legislation could result in construction safety standards sliding back to the levels of the 1970s.

MPs want to see silica dust monitoring introduced and reclassification of chronic occupational lung disease silicosis as a notifiable disease.

Birch Brothers (Kidderminster) has been fined £146,000 after a joiner was crushed to death by a 20-tonne excavator.

The new Building Safety Regulator is consulting on two documents laying out professional ethics. The BSR was set up following the Grenfell tragedy and will be operating as part of…

A Scottish firm has been fined £80,000 after a man died following an electrical explosion due to poorly maintained apparatus.

A win for leaseholders on overcharging could bring relief to high-rise home owners caught up in the building safety crisis following the Grenfell tragedy.