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Amey and FormScore team up to improve employee wellbeing

Amey Consulting has launched an employee wellbeing app, in partnership with FormScore – employees can track their moods and be open about how they are feeling.

Worker seriously injured after breaker falls from excavator

Construction company Hovington Limited has been fined £34,000 after a worker was struck by a falling piece of plant machinery.

LHC wins workplace wellbeing award

Public sector procurement specialist LHC has been awarded the Workplace Wellbeing Charter for its commitment to employees.

A new approach to support mental health in construction

A consistent approach to supporting construction workers’ mental health is the goal of a new initiative led by the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) and CITB.

Roofer and scaffolder plead guilty after fatal fall from height

A roofer and a scaffolder have been sentenced following a fatal fall from height at a two-storey terraced house on Rosevine Road, Wimbledon.

Scaffolding worker hits overhead power line

Cambridge Glasshouse Company has been fined £333,333 after a scaffolding worker came into contact with an 11kV overhead power line.

Construction company fined £30k for work at height breach

A construction company has been fined £30,000 for failing to comply with work at height regulations after a worker fell from a garage roof.

Engineering bodies step up safety guidance ahead of ‘freedom day’

The BESA and ECA have joined forces to produce guidance for members and the wider industry alongside a warning that the pandemic has ‘still not relaxed’.

Builder jailed after undertaking illegal gas work

Michael Smithers, a self-employed fitter has been jailed after carrying out gas work at a residential address in the New Forest whilst he was not competent to do so, leaving a gas boiler in an ‘at risk’ condition.

Falls from height remain most common fatal injury in construction

Over half of fatal injuries to workers in 2020/21 were in the construction sector and agriculture, the number of work-related death in construction was 39, a decrease of 3 from the previous year.

Utilities company fined after passer-by dies following fall into excavation site

Utility company, M&S Water (Utilities) Ltd has been fined £100,000 after a member of the public suffered fatal injuries after falling into an excavation site.

Safety alert issued for angle grinder chainsaw discs

The UK’s national product safety regulator, the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) has issued a safety alert for a chainsaw disc attachment that has been incorrectly sold with angle grinders.

Human safety lookouts replaced with warning technology on Wales railway

Engineering work on the railway in Wales has been made safer with the end of human lookouts which are used to warn the workforce of approaching trains.

Mental health support may not be reaching construction workers who need it

Mental health initiatives may not be reaching the right people in the construction industry, leading to an increased risk of suicide, researchers at Glasgow Caledonian University have warned.

Construction firm fined after worker severs hand

A construction company has been fined after a worker’s hand was severed by an inadequately guarded mitre saw on a construction site in Bolney, Sussex.

Is the economic recovery hiding mental health issues among construction SMEs?

The economic recovery is concealing a growing mental health epidemic among construction SMEs, according to a new online survey by YouGov.

BAM Nuttall fined £700k after employee dies

BAM Nuttall has been fined £700,000 after an employee sadly died when he was run over by a dumper truck.

Pimlico Plumbers enforces ‘no jab, no job’ for new recruits

Pimlico Plumbers has become the UK’s largest independent home services company to enforce a ‘no jab, no job’ policy as part of its latest recruitment drive.

Unregistered gas engineer pleads guilty to multiple breaches

An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that Dean Coslett, trading as Dorset Boiler Company, carried out illegal gas work and breached an HSE Prohibition Notice.

Unregistered engineer sentenced for illegal gas work  

An unregistered gas fitter has been sentenced after putting lives at risk by carrying out illegal gas work at several properties.

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