News Construction fatalities down, but it’s still the largest share across all industries Thirty-five construction workers were killed in work-related incidents between April 2024 and March 2025, the latest HSE annual fatalities statistics show.
News Site supervisor exposed schoolchildren to asbestos A construction site supervisor has been fined after he exposed primary school pupils and staff to asbestos during renovation work.
News £40k fine for demolition firm after worker falls through roof A demolition company has been fined after a worker fell 6m through a roof opening, suffering serious injuries during the demolition of a vacant warehouse in Aberdeen.
News Floor collapse in house injures four A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspector says it was “lucky nobody was killed” after four men were injured, including two seriously, when the first floor of a house collapsed during building works.
News HSE looks for new Building Safety Regulator chief The HSE is recruiting a new Building Safety Regulator with the partial retirement of Philip White. White, who has been in the role as the head of the Building Safety…
News Fatal fall from height: director handed suspended sentence The director of a Leicester-based construction company has been given a suspended prison sentence after a man fell from height while working on site and died in hospital weeks later.…
News £30,000 fine after HSE finds serious issues with scaffold A scaffolding company was fined £30,000 after failing to ensure a tower scaffold was constructed correctly.
News Company fined for ignoring enforcement notices on deep excavation A South Wales renovation company has been fined £40,000 and ordered to pay almost £6,000 in costs after defying enforcement notices from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
News Rate of fatal incidents in construction rises Before the pandemic the death rate in construction was slowing. The latest HSE figures show that this has now reversed.
News Contractor fined after church steeple fall fatality A specialist contractor with “outdated attitudes to managing health and safety” has been fined £60,000 after a worker fell to his death from a church steeple in Birmingham. David Clover,…
News BAM fined £800,000 after worker, 23, dies on Shetlands wind farm BAM Nuttall has been fined £800,000 after a 23-year-old agency worker died when a skip’s bale arm fell on him during the construction of a wind farm on the Shetland Islands.
News £120,000 fine after worker breaks leg in roof fall A solar panel installation business has been fined £120,000 after an employee broke his leg while working on a property in Salisbury.
News Building control companies sanctioned after code of conduct breaches Two building control companies have been sanctioned following minor breaches of the code of conduct for approved inspectors. Building Consents Ltd and Integral Building Control Solutions Ltd faced separate disciplinary…
News Balfour Beatty fined after fatality and injury in scissor lift accident Balfour Beatty has been fined £285,000 after a worker died and another was seriously injured in a scissor lift accident.
News Examine CDM in the light of death rises, HSE urged A senior APS member has called on the HSE to re-examine the role of dutyholders under the CDM regulations in the light of an increase in fatalities in construction. Figures…
News HSE to investigate role of cladding works in Dagenham fire Health and Safety Executive inspectors are investigating the site of the fire that broke out at a block of flats in Dagenham in August. A total of 40 fire engines…
News Increase in work-at-height deaths shocks industry More people are being killed at work now after suffering a fall from height than in the last 17 years, according to the latest fatality figures released by the HSE…
News Two companies fined £76,000 after engineer fatality Two companies have been fined a total of £76,000 after a engineer was crushed to death by a machine on 24 February 2020. Russell Hartley, 48, was a self-employed engineer…