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Tata Steel fined £1.98m for safety failings

Tata Steel has been fined a whopping £1.98m for two separate incidents that saw workers injure their hands… Steel company Tata Steel has been fined...

Gateshead construction firm fined £120k for worker injury

A construction firm based in Gateshead has been fined for safety failings that led to a worker being injured… Meldrum Construction Services has been fined...

Essex school fined for disturbing asbestos

An Essex school has been ordered to pay £46,000 for exposing staff to asbestos… A school in Chelmsford has been fined a hefty £46,000 after...

Manslaughter sentence for site manager

A building site manager has been convicted of manslaughter after a construction worker was killed in 2015… Faruk Patel, a building site manager, has been...

Timber Frame firm sentenced for safety failings

Charges have been levied at a timber frame firm for breaching a Prohibition Notice from the Health and Safety Executive… Prosecutions have been brought against...

Rise in the number of UK construction fatalities

The number of construction worker deaths in the last year has increased, according to the latest HSE figures… Figures from the Health and Safety Executive...

CDM2015 and its impact on smaller construction projects

CDM2015 will have special significance for smaller construction projects and the appointment of the Principal Designer as explained by Jonathan Moulam of The Association...

Firms prosecuted for crane worker roof death

Two firms have been fined following the death of a worker after a fall through a factory roof in 2013… Prosecutions have been brought against...

CDM Differently – shifting the focus

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...

UK’s largest asbestos safety conference to be held in November

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...

An urgent need for skills for Fire Protection Equipment Installers

Catherine Nelms talks to Training Manager Ian Gurling of the Fire Industry Association about the current state of play when it comes to the...

Contractor fined after apprentice stonemason injured by power line

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...

A ‘Question of Safety’ for fire protection

The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) is giving visitors to Firex International, ExCel, London an opportunity to question a range of experts from...

Legally removing hazardous waste from construction sites

When removing hazardous waste from a construction site, or premises a hazardous waste consignment note must be prepared. On 1st April 2016 in England,...

Protecting your construction site from intruders

 Brian Thomson, Team Leader from security firm Protect My Property discusses the different ways that you can keep your construction site secure while you...

Dumper accident causes fatality in Cirencester

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...

CCTV cuts construction security budgets

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...

Fine for plant hire company following serious injury to worker

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...

Window fitter contractor fined for safety failings

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...

A new tariff for sentencing health and safety offences

Construction businesses in the UK need to be reminded of our sentencing guidelines for health and safety offences says Mark Wilson, Regulatory and Commercial...

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