News £240,000 fine after worker paralysed in fall A Cheshire-based electrical transmission company has been fined £240,000 after a worker was left paralysed from the chest down after a fall at work. Gavin Pugh, from Bangor in North…
News Engineering firm fined £52,000 after worker injured on HS2 site EMC Elite Engineering Services Ltd has been fined £52,500 after an employee sustained serious injuries while working at an HS2 construction site in Hertfordshire. The man, who was employed as a…
News ‘We need to see action’ as construction deaths rise Deaths in construction have risen with a worker dying almost every week. Last year, 51 people died at work in construction compared with 47 the previous year, Health and Safety…
News Avant Homes fined after driver crushed to death Avant Homes has been fined £333,000 after a driver was crushed to death by falling concrete blocks at a construction site in South Lanarkshire. Conor Joseph Morgan, 45, had been…
News £233,000 fine after HGV driver killed by piling rig mast Van Elle has been fined £233,000 after a 52-year-old HGV driver was struck and killed by the mast of a piling rig at a site in Annan, Dumfries and Galloway.
News Conflict of interest guidance for Building Control inspectors The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has updated its guidance on registered building inspectors to include details about what constitutes a conflict of interest.
Features Anatomy of a fall: Inside a mock HSE trial If there’s an accident on your site and the HSE investigates, what happens next? A ‘mock trial’ shows how proceedings work in a health and safety prosecution. Cristina Lago sits in.
News Number of high-rise block fires down by 17% in past 10 years Two fire-related fatalities in the 12 months to September 2023.
News Erith Plant Services handed £175k fine after worker fatality Erith Plant Services has been fined £175,000 after the death of one of its employees.
News Jail for director who exposed workers to asbestos A company director has been jailed for eight months after failing to protect workers from asbestos exposure at a development project in Winchester.
News Worker crushed to death: company fined £450,000 A company has been fined £450,000 and its director handed a suspended prison sentence after a labourer was crushed to death at a construction site in Hockley, Birmingham.
News HSE targets asbestos in new initiative The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will perform checks on how asbestos is managed in buildings to ensure that the right arrangements are in place.
News Hire giant fined £900k after worker crushed to death Nationwide has been fined £900,000 after a man was crushed to death while attempting to move a scissor lift at the company’s workshop in Liskeard, Cornwall, on 4 November 2021.
News Company director handed community order after worker fall A company and its director have been sentenced after an employee fell from height and suffered serious injuries.
News Council fined £2m after road worker death Newport City Council has been fined £2m after a man was killed while carrying out road repair works on 18 July 2019.
News HSE data shows need to tackle the dangers of dust Each year thousands of construction workers suffer from irreversible lung diseases as a result of working on site.
News £50,000 fine after work experience teen seriously injured A construction company has been fined £50,000 after a 16-year-old boy suffered serious injuries when he became trapped under a tractor while on paid work experience.
News ‘Many examples’ of poor practice in HSE dust inspections blitz Health and Safety Executive inspectors have found companies where the health of workers is being neglected when managing dust exposure risks.