The director of a construction company has been handed a suspended sentenced after a subcontractor suffered severe injuries when a stack of plasterboards fell on him.
As we start 2021 with the UK in lockdown 3.0 due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and with the number of recorded cases now even higher than the first peak on account of the new strain of the virus, it is more important than ever that construction staff are safe at work.
With construction work set to continue during the latest lockdown, the Construction Industry Coronavirus (CICV) Forum is urging operatives to wear masks properly to prevent the spread.
Dissatisfied with the CLC’s Site Operating Procedures, Unite has produced its own Covid-19 construction guide to help ensure the safety of construction workers during the pandemic.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is set to prosecute two companies after five workers were fatally crushed by a collapsing wall at a site in Birmingham.
A company director and project manager have been sentenced after a construction worker was killed when the forward tipping dumper truck he was operating overturned.
Kingspan Industrial Insulation has been fined £80,000 after an employee lost a finger and suffered serious injuries to his hand while trying to clear a blockage from a machine.
