News Collapsed Cleveland Bridge fined £1.5m after 2016 death Cleveland Bridge, which collapsed into administration last year, has been fined £1.5m after an electrician died in an 8m fall from a crane.
News HSE creates new toolkit for high-rise building safety cases The Health and Safety Executive has created a new toolkit to help inform owners and managers of high-rise buildings about the new safety case regime.
News What were the main causes of construction accidents in 2020/2021? 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.
News Ibstock brick fined £530,000 after worker loses hand 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.
News Builder jailed after worker killed in wall collapse A builder has been jailed for three years and three months after a man was killed on a building site in Chilworth, Hampshire when a wall collapsed on him in 2019.
News Contractor and security company fined nearly £900k following wind farm fatality 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.
News HSE targets construction for mental health drive Construction is one of five sectors that will be targeted in a new mental health campaign by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
News Contractor fined after worker breaks neck in fall A construction firm has been fined more than £60,000 after an employee fell 6m through a fragile roof sheet while working on a barn at a farm in Amesbury. Wiltshire.
News Suspended jail sentence for scaffolding boss after worker’s death The managing director of a scaffolding company has been handed a suspended jail sentence and a fine after an employee died when he was struck from behind by a forklift truck.
News Interview: Peter Baker – ‘The future will be here before you know it’ As the Building Safety Bill progresses through Parliament, chief inspector of buildings Peter Baker tells Neil Gerrard why construction professionals need to start preparing for change now.
News Scaffolding firm fined after crane operator electrocuted A company has been fined after a worker was fatally electrocuted whilst operating a lorry mounted crane.
News Worker breaks 10 ribs and shoulder in scaffold tower fall A worker who fell nearly 5m from a scaffold tower whose safety rail had not been fixed correctly, suffered 10 broken ribs, a fractured shoulder and a collapsed lung.
News HSE site dust crackdown coming in October The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is to target construction firms with a month-long campaign to check that measures to protect workers from dust are up to scratch, starting on Monday 4 October.
News HSE conducts 3,337 covid spot checks in construction The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has conducted a total of 3,337 spot checks on construction sites since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic and has so far made one prosecution, it has revealed.
News HSE develops BIM safety guidance for clients The Health & Safety Executive’s (HSE) BIM 4 Health & Safety Working Group is working with the UK BIM Alliance to develop guidance for construction clients on using BIM to improve design risk management.
Digital Construction Is robot manufacturing the future for concrete products? An Israeli business is set to introduce robotic manufacturing of concrete products to the construction industry in Europe and North America.
News Worker’s leg amputated after hydraulic breaker accident A construction firm has been fined £34,000 after a worker was struck by a falling hydraulic breaker, leading to the amputation of his right leg below the knee.
News Construction workers urged to open up over stress The construction industry is being encouraged to start talking about employee stress with the launch of a joint initiative between the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) and Health & Safety Executive (HSE).
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