Health & Safety News

As Blue Monday approaches, Nicola Hodkinson, owner and director of Seddon and trustee of Mates in Mind, brings attention to the underestimated challenges encountered by construction workers during the winter season.

By harnessing the power of IoT and automation, alongside the use of low power sensory devices and powerful network connectivity, monitoring the water outlet and sentinel temperatures within the pipes of water systems can be streamlined, offering benefits for health and safety, compliance and the bottom line. Gareth Mitchell, UK partner manager, Heliot, and Richard Braid, managing director, Cistermiser explain.

Nationwide Platforms, a powered access services and training provider, has been fined after a father-of-two was crushed to death in 2021.

Newport City Council was fined after Stephen Bell was killed during road repair works in 2019.

Australia has decided to ban engineered stone, a popular material used in bathroom and kitchen countertops, to prevent exposure to fine silica dust.

Operations lead at Southern Construction Framework, Kingsley Clarke, examines how the construction industry is using technology to challenge the mental health crisis.

As a company which entered the UK as the Victorian era was coming to an end, SFS has a considerable wealth of accumulated expertise in cladding systems as well as fixings, putting the company in an unrivalled position to help innovate and educate industry professionals in crucial subjects such as safety.

Roofing company Mitie Tilley Roofing Limited has been fined £881,000 after two workers were seriously injured during two separate incidents.

A high court judge has ruled that the developer, Michigan Construction, must demolish a six-storey building in Kettering due to serious concerns about building work.

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) is urging the Government to reconsider reductions in funding for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to stop falls from height.

With research from NFU Mutual showing almost nine in 10 tradespeople have been victims of construction theft, the insurer is offering advice on how to improve their security on-site.

Knuzden St Oswald's Church of England Primary Academy in Lancashire has become the next school to be affected by Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC).

Parts of Scunthorpe General Hospital have been shut down following the discovery of dangerous RAAC concrete across the site.

Bellway made the defects disclosure in its 2023 year results this morning, saying there was an 'isolated design issue' with the building's reinforced concrete frame.

Discover the the top construction site safety interventions in the latest report from the Southern Construction Framework (SCF).

Technology in construction holds many benefits, and health and safety technology is no different. However, human interaction, judgement and, crucially, leadership will be critical to success, says Phil Jones of William Martin.

Promotion is a natural progression through a company, but what does it mean for safety training?

Despite the huge progress which has been made in health and safety standards and practice across the UK construction industry over recent decades, falls from height continue to pose the biggest risk in terms of injury or worse.

Craig Dickson broke 'every bone in [his] face', hands and wrists after falling 10m through a roof onto a concrete floor.

Around 42,000 construction workers suffer musculoskeletal disorder (MSDs) which can cause years of agonising aches and pains, potentially caused by improper moving and handling of materials.