Network Rail has been fined £1.2million following the death of a man who was crushed while carrying out maintenance work.

A construction company has been fined £12,000 after a bricklayer fell through a stairwell opening and fractured his skull.

The Building Safety Regulator has named two bodies as the first independent provider schemes for building control professionals to become registered building inspectors.

Tata Steel UK has been fined £120,000 after a worker suffered serious head injuries when he was hit in the face with a scaffold pole.

The construction sector recorded 45 fatal injuries during the last year, up from 29 the previous year total, the latest HSE data shows.

New figures show construction has the highest number of work-related fatalities compared to other industries  

The Health and Safety Executive has launched an inspection operation focusing on manufacturing businesses that use materials containing silica

HSE has launched a targeted inspection operation focusing on manufacturing businesses that use materials containing silica.

Trade union Unite has raised concerns that construction safety is being “undermined” by a declining number of inspections

The number of unannounced inspections by the Health and Safety Executive in the construction industry has fallen to a record low, the second-largest trade union in the UK has found.

Construction lawyers Simon Lewis and Michelle Essen explain here everything you need to know ahead of the building safety regime coming into effect in October.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is calling for employers to protect workers during periods of extreme hot weather this summer

The HSE has issued a call to action to employers asking them to protect workers during periods of extreme hot weather this summer.

The Building Safety Regulator said around 750 applications have been started since it launched its building online register in April.

Henry Construction Projects Limited has been fined after a demolition worker suffered serious injuries after falling from a platform in the London neighbourhood of Kensington.

A Sheffield-based construction and telecommunication company has been fined £550,000 after an employee fell from a stepladder and was impaled on metal piping.

Two company directors have been jailed and given combined fines of £1.6m after a wall collapsed killing five men.

HSE has launched a campaign aimed at the construction industry to prevent lung disease as a result of dust at work.