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Latest construction news
- 07 February 2012
- Vehicles at work – Interactive case studies
- HSE has put together some ‘before-and-after’ interactive case studies to help you think and talk about vehicle safety in the workplace. They are all based on events that our inspectors have reported.
- 06 February 2012
- Workers seriously injured after eight metre fall
- Two workers fell eight metres from a temporary structure that collapsed while they were upon it, Cheltenham Magistrates Court heard.
- 06 February 2012
- Turning concern into action – Construction video
- This hard-hitting video illustrates the tragic cost in human terms of construction accidents and ill-health.
- 31 January 2012
- Dover man fined after failing asbestos regulations
- A Kent-based partner of a development company has been prosecuted after dangerous conditions were found at a demolition site in Dover.
- 31 January 2012
- Death at Hampstead site leads to prosecution
- A construction company and director have been fined following the death of a worker at a site in Hampstead.
- 30 January 2012
- Firm fined after lack of hygiene facilities for workers
- A Bristol building firm has been fined after a court heard it failed to provide basic washing and welfare facilities for workers despite enforcement action at another of its sites.
- 27 January 2012
- Major construction firm fined more than £100k after death
- A 23-year-old Keighley man died from massive crush injuries when his head became trapped in the jaws of a grab machine being wrongly used to move a pallet of cement bags.
- 26 January 2012
- Free event to help Argyll construction companies cut death and injury
- Construction workers across Argyll and the Western Isles are being urged to pick up lifesaving advice at a free event on Tuesday, 14 February at Oban High School.
- 26 January 2012
- Scaffolding firm fined after man’s fall through roof
- A construction firm has been prosecuted after a scaffolder suffered multiple injuries when he fell seven metres through a roof in Stoke-on-Trent.
- 23 January 2012
- Construction firm fined over worker’s injuries
- An engineering contractor has been fined after a worker suffered severe injuries when his excavator struck a bridge on the M1 motorway in the East Midlands.
- 19 January 2012
- Lung diseases: Silicosis – Major disease risk from RCS dust
- Respirable crystalline silica (RCS) is found in stone, rocks, sands and clays. Exposure to RCS over a long period can cause fibrosis (hardening or scarring) of the lung tissue with a consequent loss of lung function.
- 16 January 2012
- Firm fined after workers put at risk
- A construction firm and its company secretary have been fined after construction workers were put at risk during the refurbishment of its offices in Hatfield, Hertfordshire.
- 13 January 2012
- Liverpool businessman fined £112k over roof fall death
- A Liverpool businessman has been fined £112,000 after a labourer died following a fall from the roof of an industrial unit, just months after another worker was injured in a fall at the same site.
- 12 January 2012
- Demolition worker fined after colleague was severely injured
- A demolition worker from Croydon has been taken to court after his actions left one of his colleagues with serious leg injuries.
- 12 January 2012
- Construction industry dangers highlighted at North East event
- Builders in the North East are being encouraged to attend a training event to get to grips with health and safety in one of Britain’s most dangerous industries.
- 11 January 2012
- Working at height in construction – Management advice
- Managing work at height follows a hierarchy of controls ‘avoid, prevent, arrest’ which begins with the question, can the work be done safely from the ground?
- 10 January 2012
- WWT Event: Refurbishment Safety and Health Awareness Day, 24 January
- Aimed at those undertaking refurbishment works. The Durham Centre, Belmont Industrial Estate, Durham, 24 January. Plus UKATA Accredited Asbestos Awareness Training Courses and Risk Assessment Workshops at the same event – check booking form to see if you qualify for this heavily subsidised training.
- 09 January 2012
- Manchester worker paralysed in crane crush
- A scaffolder from Manchester will never walk again after being crushed by metal tubes which fell from a crane.
- 09 January 2012
- Example risk assessments – Approaches for small businesses
- These examples show kind of approach HSE expects a small business or workplace to take and how other small and medium-sized businesses have approached risk assessment.
- 05 January 2012
- Construction safety – Slips and trips on site
- Contractors and others in control of construction sites must manage work so that people can move safely around the site. Your site should be kept in a clean and orderly condition so as to reduce the chance of injury through slips and trips.
