This month’s round-up of prosecutions focuses on falls from height, which continue to cause a significant proportion of the industry’s deaths and injuries.

A principal contractor and subcontractor have been fined over £1m after a cable strike at an electricity substation.

A failure to follow the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations led to the collapse of a church during demolition work.

The industry can learn from digging deeper into the HSE’s statistics for work-related accidents, ill health and enforcement actions.

Here are the heftiest fines given by the courts over the past quarter.          

Here are the most severe fines meted out by courts to construction companies for health and safety failings in September and October.