A 19-year-old who died after falling six floors through a ventilation shaft should have been prevented, an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has concluded. 

Two Midlands companies and a site manager have been sentenced after a large-scale asbestos disturbance and illegal clearance operation was carried out at a demolition site. Following concerns about unsafe…

A construction company has been fined after a worker sustained serious injuries when he fell from a ladder during renovation works in London.

A self‑employed contractor has been jailed after a teenager fell to his death during demolition works on a property in Surrey.

A builder who threatened inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and told them his name was James Bond has been fined.

A construction company director and his firm have been fined after failing to comply with multiple enforcement notices and for failing to suitably plan, manage and monitor construction work.

A construction company has been fined £60,000 following a wall collapse, which knocked an employee through an open stairwell onto a concrete floor below.

A property refurbishment company and a roofing contractor have both been fined after a worker fell from scaffolding and suffered life-changing injuries.

A construction company in Hampshire has been fined £80,000 after a man fell more than 15ft through a skylight during roof repair work.  

A roofer has been sentenced after failing to comply with requests for information from a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspector.

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published draft regulations to move the functions of the Building Safety Regulator out of the Health and Safety Executive, into an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by MHCLG.

A construction client has been handed a suspended prison sentence after a worker was found dead on a building site in north London.

A construction company has been fined after a worker fell from the roof of a partially constructed barn in Shropshire.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced a series of inspections at construction sites across Manchester city centre.

A construction company has been fined £1 million after a road resurfacing project ended in tragedy in May 2022.

The Health and Safety Executive has successfully prosecuted two companies after a construction worker fell through a rooflight at a factory, impaling his leg on machinery below. 

The Federation of Piling Specialists (FPS) has published the latest edition of its Working Platform Certificate (WPC/4e).

A builder has been given a suspended prison sentence after a roof collapse destroyed an occupied home and injured three workers in Windsor.