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30 June 2022
A concrete products supplier has been prosecuted after an employee lost both his arms to a cement mixer. Nottingham Crown…
11 April 2022
An asbestos management company director has been jailed after failures to protect workers from asbestos exposure during a major refurbishment…
28 March 2022
A construction plant hirer has been fined for failure to maintain the braking system of an articulated dumper truck after…
17 March 2022
From 6th April 2022, the PPE regulations are changing. How will the upcoming changes to the personal protection equipment (PPE)…
7 March 2022
The new CSCS Smart Check App rolls out in April 2022, and is set to radically improve the construction industry’s…
23 February 2022
Every year in the UK, around 12,000 people die from lung diseases linked with past exposure to hazardous substances at…
7 February 2022
National Heart Month is an annual event observed in the UK which aims to raise awareness about heart diseases and…
24 January 2022
A construction company in Scotland has been fined over £30,000; and its director sentenced to community service after multiple safety…
17 January 2022
A construction company has been fined after an employee died following a fall from a mobile tower. Cambridge Magistrates Court…
30 November 2021
A builder’s merchant has been fined £180,000 after a worker suffered multiple injuries when he was struck by a reversing…
23 November 2021
A contractor has been fined after an employee suffered significant sight loss in his right eye on a retail refurbishment…
14 November 2021
A contractor has been fined after a worker fell six metres through a fragile roof sheet whilst working on a…
5 November 2021
What does it mean to be a responsible, resilient and sustainable business? It starts with people. Businesses need to look after…
4 November 2021
The Managing Director of a scaffolding company has been given a suspended prison sentence after a worker died from being…
17 October 2021
A contractor has been fined for safety breaches after employees were exposed to asbestos after removing false ceiling tiles during…
30 September 2021
A fit out contractor has been fined after an employee suffered multiple fractures after falling fifteen feet from scaffolding. Manchester…
23 September 2021
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) is focusing on the respiratory risks of dust exposure to construction workers. A month-long…
7 August 2021
A roofer and scaffolder have been prosecuted after a 2nd roofer died after falling from a scaffold at a two-storey…
1 July 2021
A safety alert by the Office for Product Safety and Standards calls for a chainsaw disc attachment that has been…
12 May 2021
As businesses and organisations prepare to adapt to a controlled easing of lockdown restrictions this summer, it seems the pandemic…
5 May 2021
Sun Awareness Week (3-9 May) encourages people to regularly self-examine for signs of skin cancer and teaches them about the…
26 April 2021
A demolition company has been fined after the operator of an articulated boom type cherry picker became trapped between the…
12 April 2021
As lockdown measures ease across the UK, businesses are starting to re-open their doors to clients, customers and employees. You…
30 March 2021
This year’s Global Asbestos Awareness Week (01-07 April 2021) aims to increase awareness of asbestos and prevent exposure by bringing…
23 March 2021
Two construction companies have been fined a total of £46,000 after a bricklayer was injured when a working platform failed….
18 March 2021
A South West contracting firm has been fined £250,000 after a self employed ground worker lost his arm in a…
18 January 2021
Covid19 is spreading fast and cases of infection are rising rapidly. The government’s latest advice is to stay at home….
17 November 2020
The HSE are continuing to call and visit workplaces across the UK to check that they are Covid-secure. They are…
5 November 2020
Today (5th November) we have entered lockdown 2.0 which means thousands of employees will be working from home again. As…
27 October 2020
The HSE is carrying out spot checks and inspections on all types of business, to make sure that they are…
15 October 2020
The HSE is carrying out its latest construction health initiative with health and safety inspectors targeting construction sites across Great…
12 June 2020
A substantial number of face masks, claiming to be of KN95 standards, provide an inadequate level of protection and are…
21 May 2020
Data from published epidemiology and virologic studies provide evidence that COVID-19 is primarily transmitted from symptomatic people to others who…
18 May 2020
A fatality occurred on a construction site on 13/04/2020. Police and HSE attended the project and the first thing they…
16 April 2020
Newly-updated site operating procedures for workers during the coronavirus outbreak have set out risk reduction measures where 2m distancing rules…
22 January 2020
Cambridge Magistrates’ Court heard that in March 2018, employees of Newnham College and subcontractors were carrying out a refurbishment of…
6 December 2019
A developer has been fined £600,000 after five employees developed Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome. Aylesbury Crown Court heard that…
4 September 2019
Contractors are checking precast concrete drainage products installed on sites after a trade body warned of uncertified components hitting the…
2 August 2019
A playground installation and landscaping contractor has been fined after failing to provide employees with adequate control measures to prevent…
2 August 2019
A construction firm has been sentenced after failing to put measures in place to prevent falls from height and to…
2 August 2019
On 16th July 2019, a Cardiff-based health board and the director of a maintenance company were sentenced after a worker…
2 August 2019
A garden shed manufacturer has been fined after an accident at its site in Gateshead resulted in an employee losing…
2 August 2019
A Birmingham manufacturer was sentenced on 19th July 2019 after a worker suffered fatal injuries when struck by a forklift…
2 August 2019
A construction company has been prosecuted after failing to ensure that suitable welfare facilities were provided for workers on site….
2 August 2019
You must check that a job applicant is allowed to work for you in the UK before you employ them….
15 July 2019
CITB is promising to provide at least 18,000 new site-ready workers under its latest initiative. The skills body is pumping-in…
15 July 2019
Thousands of construction companies are facing a 20% drop in cash flow when VAT changes come into force in October….
15 July 2019
Construction leaders are calling on the Treasury to delay the major VAT changes which could cause “chaos” across the industry….
15 July 2019
Immigration officials arrested 29 workers after a raid on a BAM site in King’s Cross last week. Fifteen are in…
11 July 2019
A specialist playground installation and landscaping contractor has been fined after failing to provide employees with adequate protection against respirable…
30 May 2019
An Essex-based civil engineering firm has been fined after a construction worker was killed by concrete pumping hose. The operator…
29 May 2019
A materials supplier and a maintenance contractor have been fined a total of £750,000 following the death of a floor…
1 May 2019
A worker who threw a crowbar at live electrical equipment that he thought had been isolated sustained severe burns when…
25 April 2019
A construction company whose failure to assess the risks and prevent a structural collapse that contributed to two workers being…
24 April 2019
A construction company has been fined £160,000 after a 12 year old boy was able to climb a ladder accessing…
12 February 2019
Introduction: There is new scientific evidence from the International Agency for Research on Cancer that exposure to mild steel welding…
15 January 2019
An electrical contractor which specialises in providing temporary power supplies to construction sites has been fined a quarter of a…
15 January 2019
How to protect construction workers in adverse weather Poor weather conditions can put workers at risk and seriously disrupt work,…
6 September 2018
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by Pimlico Plumbers over the employment status of a plumbing and heating engineer…
6 September 2018
An engineering boss who liquidated his company and set up a new business to avoid paying a fine after a…
6 September 2018
A division of infrastructure giant Balfour Beatty has been fined £500,000 after exposing workers to the risk of developing hand-arm…
6 September 2018
The General Data Protection Regulations 2018 (GDPR) will come into force in May 2018. GDPR aims to facilitate the free…
6 September 2018
A principal contractor from northern Spain, hired to demolish redundant machinery at an alumnium reprocessing works in Wales, has been…