News Roofer jailed after worker’s fatal fall 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.
News F1 giant McLaren fined after fall-from-height death Racing car group McLaren has been fined £650,000 after a man fell to his death during an inspection at one of the company’s facilities.
People Stress Awareness Month: HSE campaign urges employers to take action The HSE is calling for employers to take urgent action as part of their legal duty to protect workers from work-related stress
News Company fined £600,000 after worker dies loading a lorry A garden landscaping company has been fined £600,000 after an employee died while loading a lorry.
News Property owner sentenced after worker’s life-changing injuries A property owner has been given a 12-month community order and told to do 80 hours of unpaid work after a worker sustained life changing injuries when a wall collapsed on top of him during a barn conversion.
Digital Construction Arup’s visualisation tool bridges communities in Rwanda Arup in partnership with Bridges to Prosperity (B2P) has designed a bridge visualisation tool to support bridge construction in East Africa and Central America.
News Subcontractor fined £175,000 after worker suffers serious head injuries 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.
Legal How ready are we for the building safety regime? The Health and Safety Executive recently announced a campaign to help the owners of an estimated 12,500 existing higher-risk buildings to be ready for their obligations under the Building Safety act, some of which are due to commence from April. But with just a couple of weeks to go, how ready are we? And is the government itself even ready?
News £42m government package for new building safety inspectors DLUHC has announced a £42.5m grant to support the delivery of the Building Safety Act 2022 over the next three years.
People New health and safety resource launched for construction The Construction Industry Advisory Committee (CONIAC) has launched a new website which aims to share free expert support, tools and guidance for the construction industry
News HSE warns young construction workers about asbestos risk The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a campaign to raise awareness about the risks associated with asbestos exposure among young workers.
News Contractor fined £120,000 after fall from roof fatality An electrical contractor has been fined £120,000 after a worker fell from the roof of a building site and died.
News Company fined £20,000 for H&S failures A Cheshire building company and director have been fined under the Health and Safety at Work Act following repeated H&S failures.
Digital Construction Hinkley Point C improves collaboration with GIS portal EDF has used enterprise GIS from Esri UK to create a geospatial portal for Hinkley Point C nuclear power station.
News Firm that allowed ‘lift’ on a digger fined £120k 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.
News Company fined £146k after worker crushed to death Birch Brothers (Kidderminster) has been fined £146,000 after a joiner was crushed to death by a 20-tonne excavator.
News Scottish firm fined £80k after fatal electrical explosion A Scottish firm has been fined £80,000 after a man died following an electrical explosion due to poorly maintained apparatus.
News Kier fined £4.4m after knocking power lines onto motorway Kier has been fined £4.4m after workers hit overhead powerlines, twice causing cables to land in the path of passing vehicles while it carried out work on the M6 motorway.
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