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).

A building firm has received a fine for putting workers working at height at risk during the refurbishment of a former warehouse building in London. The company also breached a prohibition notice.

A construction company from Leicestershire has received a fine of £80,000 after an employee suffered serious injuries falling through a fragile roof.

A Devon-based company has received an £80,000 fine after an employee fell through a stairwell while working on a barn conversion.

Two construction contractors have received fines totalling £135,000, while one was handed a suspended prison sentence, following the death of a roofer.

A demolition company has received a fine after a worker fell 9m (30ft) to his death when part of a pipe bridge platform gave way underneath him.