Health & Safety News

Vasilis Paraskeva and his London-based company, VNP Constructions Limited, have been fined nearly £20,000 in total after failing to comply with enforcement notices.

A 36-year-old father of six has lost his life in an incident on a demolition site in Paisley, Renfrewshire. The demolition worker, named Derek Russell, was injured whilst working on the Waverley Road regeneration project.

Ace Infra Ltd pleaded guilty after a wall collapsed, causing an employee to fall through an unprotected floor opening onto a concrete floor and suffer multiple fractures and a dislocated shoulder.

PBC Today interviewed researcher Dr Scott McGibbon and campaigner Athol Hill regarding the dangers of construction dust and silica.

A construction company has been fined £100,000 after a steel-fixer suffered life-changing injuries when a newly built blockwork wall collapsed.

A Cheshire-based property developer has been fined £45,000 for health and safety failures at a Manchester construction site.

McGrath Building & Joinery Contracts Ltd, a Northern Irish construction company, has been fined £500 following unsafe asbestos removal.

Clarke Willmott has released a statement urging construction firms to keep up with the upcoming HSE asbestos regulation consultation.

A UK roofer has been sentenced after ignoring a HSE prohibition for unsafe roofing work, and then abusing the inspector serving the notice.

The Office for Nuclear Regulation has served a Hinkley Point fire enforcement, adding to the pile of issues the development has faced.

Nicola Hodkinson, owner of Seddon Construction, shares why mental health in construction is particularly difficult for self-employed workers.

A company has been fined £16,650 after one of their workers fell from height through an unprotected skylight opening.

The FMB has joined the BMF and CLC to support the creation of a construction mental health code of conduct.

The HSE is seeking views on proposals to enhance worker and public protection from asbestos exposure in a new consultation.

A construction company has been fined £33,500 after a worker died from falling through an unprotected skylight opening at a domestic property in Farnborough.

IOSH has released concerning research finding many workers frequently take construction safety shortcuts while working at height.

The social housing manager was fined £32,000 and nearly £7,000 in costs to court for failing to protect their workers from vibrations.

The introduction of the Code for Construction Product Information (CCPI) has placed a renewed emphasis on the importance of how product information is managed and shared. With the CCPI scheme designed to improve standards and increase transparency in the industry, Emma Taylor, marketing manager at FSi Promat, discusses why CCPI assessment is essential to building confidence in the fire safety - and wider construction - industry.

Bridget Phillipson has set an 2028 deadline for the removal of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) from the 237 affected schools and colleges in England.

New legislation requiring social landlords to take action in dangerous homes has come into effect today, 27 October 2025.