A concrete products supplier has been prosecuted after an employee lost both his arms to a cement mixer. Nottingham Crown…

An asbestos management company director has been jailed after failures to protect workers from asbestos exposure during a major refurbishment…

A construction plant hirer has been fined for failure to maintain the braking system of an articulated dumper truck after…

From 6th April 2022, the PPE regulations are changing. How will the upcoming changes to the personal protection equipment (PPE)…

The new CSCS Smart Check App rolls out in April 2022, and is set to radically improve the construction industry’s…

Every year in the UK, around 12,000 people die from lung diseases linked with past exposure to hazardous substances at…

National Heart Month is an annual event observed in the UK which aims to raise awareness about heart diseases and…

A construction company in Scotland has been fined over £30,000; and its director sentenced to community service after multiple safety…

A construction company has been fined after an employee died following a fall from a mobile tower.  Cambridge Magistrates Court…

A builder’s merchant has been fined £180,000 after a worker suffered multiple injuries when he was struck by a reversing…

A contractor has been fined after an employee suffered significant sight loss in his right eye on a retail refurbishment…

A contractor has been fined after a worker fell six metres through a fragile roof sheet whilst working on a…

What does it mean to be a responsible, resilient and sustainable business? It starts with people. ​​​​​​​Businesses need to look after…

The Managing Director of a scaffolding company has been given a suspended prison sentence after a worker died from being…

A contractor has been fined for safety breaches after employees were exposed to asbestos after removing false ceiling tiles during…

A fit out contractor has been fined after an employee suffered multiple fractures after falling fifteen feet from scaffolding. Manchester…

The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) is focusing on the respiratory risks of dust exposure to construction workers. A month-long…

A roofer and scaffolder have been prosecuted after a 2nd roofer died after falling from a scaffold at a two-storey…

A safety alert by the Office for Product Safety and Standards calls for a chainsaw disc attachment that has been…

As businesses and organisations prepare to adapt to a controlled easing of lockdown restrictions this summer, it seems the pandemic…

Sun Awareness Week (3-9 May) encourages people to regularly self-examine for signs of skin cancer and teaches them about the…

A demolition company has been fined after the operator of an articulated boom type cherry picker became trapped between the…

As lockdown measures ease across the UK, businesses are starting to re-open their doors to clients, customers and employees. You…

This year’s Global Asbestos Awareness Week (01-07 April 2021) aims to increase awareness of asbestos and prevent exposure by bringing…

Two construction companies have been fined a total of £46,000 after a bricklayer was injured when a working platform failed….

A South West contracting firm has been fined £250,000 after a self employed ground worker lost his arm in a…

Covid19 is spreading fast and cases of infection are rising rapidly. The government’s latest advice is to stay at home….

The HSE are continuing to call and visit workplaces across the UK to check that they are Covid-secure. They are…

Today (5th November) we have entered lockdown 2.0 which means thousands of employees will be working from home again. As…

The HSE is carrying out spot checks and inspections on all types of business, to make sure that they are…

The HSE is carrying out its latest construction health initiative with health and safety inspectors targeting construction sites across Great…

A substantial number of face masks, claiming to be of KN95 standards, provide an inadequate level of protection and are…

Data from published epidemiology and virologic studies provide evidence that COVID-19 is primarily transmitted from symptomatic people to others who…

A fatality occurred on a construction site  on 13/04/2020. Police and HSE attended the project and the first thing they…

Newly-updated site operating procedures for workers during the coronavirus outbreak have set out risk reduction measures where 2m distancing rules…

Cambridge Magistrates’ Court heard that in March 2018, employees of Newnham College and subcontractors were carrying out a refurbishment of…

A developer has been fined £600,000 after five employees developed Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome.   Aylesbury Crown Court heard that…

Contractors are checking precast concrete drainage products installed on sites after a trade body warned of uncertified components hitting the…

A playground installation and landscaping contractor has been fined after failing to provide employees with adequate control measures to prevent…

A construction firm has been sentenced after failing to put measures in place to prevent falls from height and to…

On 16th July 2019, a Cardiff-based health board and the director of a maintenance company were sentenced after a worker…

A garden shed manufacturer has been fined after an accident at its site in Gateshead resulted in an employee losing…

A Birmingham manufacturer was sentenced on 19th July 2019 after a worker suffered fatal injuries when struck by a forklift…

A construction company has been prosecuted after failing to ensure that suitable welfare facilities were provided for workers on site….

You must check that a job applicant is allowed to work for you in the UK before you employ them….

CITB is promising to provide at least 18,000 new site-ready workers under its latest initiative. The skills body is pumping-in…

Thousands of construction companies are facing a 20% drop in cash flow when VAT changes come into force in October….

Construction leaders are calling on the Treasury to delay the major VAT changes which could cause “chaos” across the industry….

Immigration officials arrested 29 workers after a raid on a BAM site in King’s Cross last week. Fifteen are in…

A specialist playground installation and landscaping contractor has been fined after failing to provide employees with adequate protection against respirable…

An Essex-based civil engineering firm has been fined after a construction worker was killed by concrete pumping hose. The operator…

A materials supplier and a maintenance contractor have been fined a total of £750,000 following the death of a floor…

A worker who threw a crowbar at live electrical equipment that he thought had been isolated sustained severe burns when…

A construction company whose failure to assess the risks and prevent a structural collapse that contributed to two workers being…

A construction company has been fined £160,000 after a 12 year old boy was able to climb a ladder accessing…

Introduction: There is new scientific evidence from the International Agency for Research on Cancer that exposure to mild steel welding…

An electrical contractor which specialises in providing temporary power supplies to construction sites has been fined a quarter of a…

How to protect construction workers in adverse weather Poor weather conditions can put workers at risk and seriously disrupt work,…

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by Pimlico Plumbers over the employment status of a plumbing and heating engineer…

An engineering boss who liquidated his company and set up a new business to avoid paying a fine after a…

A division of infrastructure giant Balfour Beatty has been fined £500,000 after exposing workers to the risk of developing hand-arm…

The General Data Protection Regulations 2018 (GDPR) will come into force in May 2018. GDPR aims to facilitate the free…

A principal contractor from northern Spain, hired to demolish redundant machinery at an alumnium reprocessing works in Wales, has been…