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<title>UK Power Networks fined for unsafe street works</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ UK Power Networks has been fined £40,000 for carrying-out unguarded work on excavations in west London. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2025 04:35:42 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Investigation after two track workers hit by wagon</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has launched a probe after two track workers were hit by a wagon which was being propelled by a rail-mounted crane. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2025 04:28:42 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Heavy lorry ban on Severn Bridge as cables deteriorate</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Heavy goods vehicles over 7.5 tonnes will be banned from using the Severn crossing from next month after safety inspections showed deterioration to the supporting cables ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2025 04:25:44 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Coroner hears how worker was crushed under digger</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A construction worker was killed after being trapped under a digger an inquest opening heard on Monday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2025 04:22:01 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Travis Perkins fined £2m after timber falls from lorry killing driver</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A court has fined builders’ merchant Travis Perkins £2m after part of a timber load fell off one of its lorries and into the windscreen of an oncoming car, killing the driver. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jan 2025 12:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>HSE simplifies advice for stone worktops installers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ On the back of calls for stone worktops to be banned, the Health &amp; Safety Executive (HSE) has issued new guidance. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jan 2025 12:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Clients ‘ignoring building safety’ reforms</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Construction clients are failing to engage with the new building safety regime, according to research carried out by trade body the Building Engineering Services Association. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jan 2025 12:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Building stone firm ignores silica dust safety warnings</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A building stone products manufacturer and its director have been fined £19,000 after repeatedly failing to protect workers from exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS). ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jan 2025 11:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Solar panel installer fined £120,000 after roof fall</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A solar panel specialist has been fined £120,000 after an employee broke his leg while working on a property in Salisbury. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2025 17:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>BAM Nuttall fined £800,000 after concrete skip tragedy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ BAM Nuttall has been fined £800,000 after a labourer died during the construction of a wind farm on the Shetland Islands. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2024 05:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Roofers caught using phone lights to work at night</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A roofing firm has been fined and its director handed a suspended prison sentence after putting the lives of workers at risk during a roof renovation in Surrey. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 06:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Court Orders Demolition of Unauthorized Six&amp;Storey Building</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In a recent court case that unfolded in the Birmingham High Court, the judge has issued a groundbreaking order mandating the demolition of a six-storey apartment building ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2024 09:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Amey FM firm fined after legionella kills prisoner</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Amey Community Limited has been fined £600,000 after it failed to manage the risk of legionella bacteria in the hot and cold water systems at HMP Lincoln. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2024 09:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>New tech helps crane operator with fear of heights</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Gagan Kakad, who is scared of heights, said he used to have to stop at every level ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2024 11:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Fears over suicide road signs next to city bridge</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Sharon Wall said the signs were not clear and could be &quot;triggering&quot; to people not in the right head-space ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2024 10:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>New guidance for navigating BSA gateways</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ New guidance has been produced to help navigate the Building Safety Act’s submission requirements for higher risk buildings. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2024 10:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Construction worker deaths on the rise, HSE confirms</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The number of deaths of construction industry workers has increased, according to new figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2024 15:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Dutyholder regime creates insurance risk, warns CLC lead</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The new post-Grenfell dutyholder regime could cause insurers to slash professional indemnity insurance (PII) coverage, a Construction Leadership Council (CLC) lead has warned. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2024 09:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>HSE investigates Dagenham fire</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Inspectors from the HSE’s Investigations and Building Safety divisions visited Dagenham’s Spectrum House yesterday to investigate  fire ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2024 06:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Unwrapping latest HSE statistics</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Are construction workers really more likely to get “ill” from their work than injured? ]]></description>
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