A construction company and one of its employees have been sentenced for health and safety failures after another worker was struck by an excavator and sadly died.
Specialists in rock drilling, cliff stabilisation and rock anchors, Celtic Rock Services, has been fined £36,667 after a number of workers were diagnosed with hand arm vibration syndrome (HAVS).
Unite the union has launched an online silica register to allow construction workers who have been exposed to silica dust to register their exposure, to assist with potential future legal cases.
James Gooder of SFS explains how understanding how protection works and what’s best for each situation can improve the safety of those working at height.
EGP Building Services Limited (EGP) has been fined £280,000 for unsafe gas work which resulted in fires at two occupied properties on a new housing development in Warwickshire.
Electrical contracting businesses, employing over 13,000 operatives, show a further reduction in accident rates for 2018, according to the latest accident statistics.
Trumax Building Ltd has been fined £10,000 for safety breaches after an employee under the age of 18 fell 2.62 metres through a stairway opening at a site in Scunthorpe.
Two years on from its launch, Building Mental Health (BMH) has announced the delivery of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England training to over 1,600 people in the construction sector.
A restaurant owner has been fined after an asbestos insulation board was disturbed during the conversion of rooms above the restaurant into flats in Essex.
A company specialising in the manufacture and installation of industrial staircases has been fined after a worker became trapped resulting in the amputation of his leg.
A landscaping contractor has been fined £20,000 after failing to provide employees with adequate measures to prevent exposure to respirable crystalline silica (RCS).
