Storms, icy weather, floods and extreme heat caused significant disruption according construction workers surveyed ahead of World Day for Safety and Health at Work.
Trevor Cook Construction Ltd has been fined £63,278 after a roofer fell six metres through a fragile roof sheet whilst working, sustaining serious injuries.
One in 10 construction workers admit to having poor mental health and 62% confess to feeling stressed, according to a new report by Constructing Excellence South West (CESW).
An electrical engineer was sadly killed on 17 October after being hit by a car while working on a pavement site for North West Electricity in Rochdale.
A scaffolding company has been fined £160,000 after a crane operator was fatally electrocuted when the crane he was operating struck an overhead powerline.
A construction company has been fined £16,000 after workers were exposed to asbestos when they removed false ceiling tiles during a shop conversion in Hull.
A company has been fined after a worker was paralysed when the concrete floor he was working on collapsed and he fell 11 metres down a stairwell at the Watford Football Stadium.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) and RSA Insurance Group have launched the Fall Fighter initiative with the aim of tackling the UK’s biggest forgotten killer – falls in the home.
Unite has blamed a wave of serious accidents on the HS2 tunnelling and track laying project in London, on a refusal to allow the union to speak to workers.
A contractor has been fined £18,000 after an employee fell fifteen feet from scaffolding, resulting in ten fractured ribs, a fractured shoulder and a collapsed lung.
Principal contractor Umar Akram Khatab has been sentenced to a 12-month community order after multiple health and safety issues were identified during a Covid spot check in Manchester.
Almost 500 construction workers take their own lives every year in the UK and Ireland. An emotive video has been released to provide guidance for anybody affected, ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day.
The Construction Industry Coronavirus (CICV) Forum has issued another in its series of advice videos, reminding workers how to keep themselves and others safe as the Covid-19 restrictions are relaxed.
