The Health and Safety Executive is warning tradespeople in the UK about the ‘hidden dangers’ linked to asbestos.

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.

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.

A garden landscaping company has been fined £600,000 after an employee died while loading a lorry.

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.

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.

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?

DLUHC has announced a £42.5m grant to support the delivery of the Building Safety Act 2022 over the next three years.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a campaign to raise awareness about the risks associated with asbestos exposure among young workers.

An electrical contractor has been fined £120,000 after a worker fell from the roof of a building site and died.

A Cheshire building company and director have been fined under the Health and Safety at Work Act following repeated H&S failures.

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.

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

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

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.

A property management firm in Scotland has been fined £200,000 after an employee suffered life-changing injuries in a fall.

The sole director of a Wakefield roofing company has received a suspended prison sentence, after a subcontractor died when he fell 12m through a skylight.

A Hertfordshire construction company has received a £96,000 fine after a worker fell through a skylight while working on a six-storey house.