Category: Health & Safety
Travis Perkins fined £2m after timber falls from l...
A court has fined builders’ merchant Travis Perkins £2m after part of a timber load fell off one of its lorries and into the winds...
HSE simplifies advice for stone worktops installer...
On the back of calls for stone worktops to be banned, the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has issued new guidance.
Clients ‘ignoring building safety’ reforms
Construction clients are failing to engage with the new building safety regime, according to research carried out by trade body th...
Building stone firm ignores silica dust safety war...
A building stone products manufacturer and its director have been fined £19,000 after repeatedly failing to protect workers from e...
Solar panel installer fined £120,000 after roof fa...
A solar panel specialist has been fined £120,000 after an employee broke his leg while working on a property in Salisbury.
BAM Nuttall fined £800,000 after concrete skip tra...
BAM Nuttall has been fined £800,000 after a labourer died during the construction of a wind farm on the Shetland Islands.
Roofers caught using phone lights to work at night
A roofing firm has been fined and its director handed a suspended prison sentence after putting the lives of workers at risk durin...
Court Orders Demolition of Unauthorized Six-Storey...
In a recent court case that unfolded in the Birmingham High Court, the judge has issued a groundbreaking order mandating the demol...
Amey FM firm fined after legionella kills prisoner
Amey Community Limited has been fined £600,000 after it failed to manage the risk of legionella bacteria in the hot and cold water...
New tech helps crane operator with fear of heights
Gagan Kakad, who is scared of heights, said he used to have to stop at every level
Fears over suicide road signs next to city bridge
Sharon Wall said the signs were not clear and could be "triggering" to people not in the right head-space
New guidance for navigating BSA gateways
New guidance has been produced to help navigate the Building Safety Act’s submission requirements for higher risk buildings.
Construction worker deaths on the rise, HSE confir...
The number of deaths of construction industry workers has increased, according to new figures from the Health and Safety Executive...
Dutyholder regime creates insurance risk, warns CL...
The new post-Grenfell dutyholder regime could cause insurers to slash professional indemnity insurance (PII) coverage, a Construct...
HSE investigates Dagenham fire
Inspectors from the HSE’s Investigations and Building Safety divisions visited Dagenham’s Spectrum House yesterday to investigate ...
Unwrapping latest HSE statistics
Are construction workers really more likely to get “ill” from their work than injured?
