Storms, icy weather, floods and extreme heat caused significant disruption according construction workers surveyed ahead of World Day for Safety and Health at Work.
CDM Differently promotes a collaborative and integrated approach to risk, as explained here by Tony Putsman, Vice-chair CIC Health and Safety Panel
‘CDM Differently’ is...
The UK’s largest asbestos safety management conference is set to take place on 2 November in Birmingham…
The Asbestos the Truth conference will take place...
A Scottish contractor has been fined after an apprentice received significant injuries after coming into contact with overhead power lines…
A 20-year-old apprentice was left...
The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) is giving visitors to Firex International, ExCel, London an opportunity to question a range of experts from...
When removing hazardous waste from a construction site, or premises a hazardous waste consignment note must be prepared. On 1st April 2016 in England,...
Brian Thomson, Team Leader from security firm Protect My Property discusses the different ways that you can keep your construction site secure while you...
A construction worker has been killed after a dumper vehicle overturned at a site in Cirencester earlier this week…
A 29-year-old man has been killed...
State-of-the-art CCTV is having a significant impact on security budgets in the construction sector…
In the past 12 months there has been a switch from...
A plant hire firm has been fined after a worker fell from a basket, sustaining serious injuries…
Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Limited has been fined for...
A window fitting contractor and project principal contractor have been prosecuted after a worker fell installing glazed units…
GTF Frames Limited (GTF) and Parsons and...
Construction businesses in the UK need to be reminded of our sentencing guidelines for health and safety offences says Mark Wilson, Regulatory and Commercial...
A pipe manufacturing firm has been fined £200,000 for using vibrating tools without receiving the necessary training…
Asset International Limited has been fined after seven...
Jess Penny, General Manager of Sales at lifting equipment specialist Penny Hydraulics, outlines how using mechanical handling equipment can increase your business’s productivity as...
Barry Crackett, Design Engineer at Brushtec, a leading manufacturer of brushes for industrial and municipal applications, considers the importance of keeping a clean building...
A scaffold company has been fined following a routine health and safety inspection, which highlighted major safety issues…
OW Scaffolding has received a fine for...
A building contractor has been fined for failing to take appropriate safety measures after construction blocks fell through site hoardings…
Altrincham-based building contractor Altin Homes...
