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Failure to renovate building nearly kills resident
We often in these columns highlight cases where contractors have failed to abide by accepted building health and safety norms: on rarer occasions we have to report on cases where the client is...
Continued unsafe roof working is punished
When a client firm decides to be its own principal contractor on a building project, then it is increasing the risk that something will go wrong – it is highly unlikely that the company will...
Death of telehandler driver at huge contractor firm
In a building site, it can be the case that even sophisticated equipment that formerly seemed perfectly suited for its purpose becomes suddenly inappropriate and even dangerous. This is such a...
No CDM Coordinator in farm injury case
Although we are going through an uncertain time when the future of CDM Co-ordinators is in doubt, the concept of a central, trained, person with prime safety responsibility will surely endure i...
Untrained worker falls from scaffolding
It is essential to good building safety practice that workers are trained before carrying out any work, and that the proper precautions are observed. In this sad case, neither of these...