Nationwide Platforms has launched SkySiren PCS for scissor lifts – a secondary guarding system designed to reduce the risk of entrapment for operators.

The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has published its annual global safety report.

With 150 directly employed staff working on fast-track fit-outs at any one time across the South East, health and safety is a priority for mechanical and electrical services company Bancroft.

A builder has been given a suspended prison sentence after he put the lives of workers at risk on a construction site in London.

A group of MPs is encouraging construction and other industries to adopt digital technologies that can prevent falls from height, including virtual and augmented reality and wearable devices.

The Access Industry Forum is calling for clearer reporting of workplace accidents to reduce accidents and save lives. By Peter Bennett.

A man in his forties has died after falling from height at the Laing O’Rourke building site of a tech and sciences district in Oxford North.

A Manchester rendering company has been fined £3,000 after an HSE inspector noticed unsafe scaffolding on a house renovation as he was driving past.

Willmott Dixon is using new harness-based technology on its construction projects to enhance safety for workers using a boom-type MEWP.

Chris Wraith from Horizon Platforms on the essential health and safety rules to follow when using powered access platforms.

Integrating 3D and 4D modelling into the planning and execution of working at height operations significantly mitigates risks, writes James Bowles.

For Safe Working At Height Week 2023, Tim Bissett offers a perspective on risk mitigation strategies for workers on wind energy projects.

As part of Safe Working at Height Week 2023, we look at IPAF’s campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of working near power lines.

The CIOB has launched a new online conference evaluating the role of artificial intelligence in construction. Discussions will focus on how AI will work in construction and the wider built…

The number of deaths in the powered access industry has declined globally over the past year, a new report by the International Powered Access Federationhas found.

CM is partnering with Safe Working at Height Week, which returns this year during 6-12 November.

CM’s survey for Safe Working At Height Week (7-13 November) finds widespread safety concerns about working at height. Neil Gerrard reports.

Construction Management is set to launch Safe Working at Height Week next month (7-13 November).