Asbestos training in the construction industry has dropped sharply during the Covid-19 pandemic to the lowest level in five years. The UK Asbestos Training Association calls for urgent action to avert a serious crisis.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is launching its fourth wave of construction site inspections, focusing on respiratory risks and occupational lung disease.
The addiction treatment specialists UKAT have launched a new addiction awareness programme, aimed at helping those working in the building & construction trade across the country.
Graham’s facilities management (FM) team has commenced work on a major £270k design and installation programme at Broadoak Academy in Weston-super-Mare.
The Asbestos Removal Contractors Association (ARCA) has dismissed claims by Unite that an app which rates the performance of asbestos workers could potentially be used to blacklist workers.
Totally Local Company Ltd, has been fined £200,000 after an employee suffered serious injuries when he was crushed between a ride-on-roller and shipping container.
Wates is encouraging its colleagues to ‘take a minute’ as the UK suicide rates have soared, with the highest level of male suicides in two decades, and the highest rate of female suicides since 2004 according to ONS figures.
Bowmer & Kirkland has halted work on its Summit Park scheme in Sutton-in-Ashfield to set up a testing centre after 39 construction workers tested positive for Covid-19.
The Finishes and Interiors Sector (FIS) has published safety guidance on plasterboard handling in a bid to curb the musculoskeletal disorders and reduce the health risks to construction workers.
There has been a 41% decrease in the number of Covid-19 breaches on construction sites over the last three months, according to the Building Safety Group (BSG).
As workers in hotels, offices, leisure facilities and other buildings begin the gradual return to work, legionella infection is looming on the horizon which, if left untreated, could have deadly consequences.
A new Covid-19 construction industry research report has revealed that despite the pandemic individual and team effectiveness and productivity has increased.
Unite the union has called on the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to publish its initial findings into the causes of the fatal crane collapse in Bow.
