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One of a building safety professional’s nightmares is to be responsible for a site where a member of the public is inadvertently injured by the works.

That worry becomes even greater on...

As the HSE has pointed out, although we tend to focus on building safety and in particular on the cases that occur when accidents happen as a result of safety procedure lapses, the organisation...

After falls from height, vehicle accidents are the second most common cause of serious, reportable construction safety problems. This was a nasty example that shows that such incidents can...

Although we often have to report upon falls from height, it is rare that two workers are affected in the same incident.

This happened in June 2013 at Llan-y-nant Farm, nr. Trellech,...

Another week, another fall from height prosecution by HSE…

But this time, the information provided reveals that the safety body is directing its inspectors to focus specificall...