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Construction safety investigation as worker dies on M25 project
It is tragic when a worker dies. All the more so when a firm has actually put the basic safety mechanisms in place, but due to changing circumstances they become insufficient.
The M25...
Reversing excavator injures construction worker
On any building site, the movement of vehicles is a particular health and safety concern – and this case shows why.
The contracting firm of SD Launchbury Ltd, of Evesham, Worcs, was...
Building safety abuses lead to jail for developer
In construction health and safety court cases, it is not unheard of for serial or serious offenders to receive a suspended prison sentence. Much rarer are the cases where someone is actually...
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...
UK Health & Safety “World Class” says HSE
It is not often that you hear the Health & Safety Executive saying positive things about the state of workplace safety in the UK: it is their mission, after all, to chide and chase business to...