The director of Globalforce Contracts Ltd, Graham Dyson, has been sentenced to 200 hours of community service after an employee fell from a roof and sustained life-threatening injuries.
Heather Bryant, Balfour Beatty’s Health, Safety, Environment and Sustainability Director has revealed how the company intends to eliminate HAV syndrome across all sites by 2020.
A contractor has been fined after a worker fell through a roof and suffered three fractured vertebrae, a displaced ribcage and a fractured heel as a result.
Having grown revenues by 51% (YOY), Mick George Environmental received some more welcome news from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to kick-start 2019.
Protostar Construction Ltd has been fined £14,000 after serious safety failings with regards to the management and removal of asbestos at a site in London.
With long hours, demanding workloads and projects that are often short-term and far from home, it’s no surprise that construction is a high-risk industry for workplace stress.
Thousands of homeless people will get the specialist support they need to recover from life on the streets through the creation of new rough sleeping centres.
A self-employed part-time roofer has been sentenced after both exposing a homeowner to carbon monoxide and putting co-workers at risk while working at height.
