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Long term silica dust exposure harms stonemason

As we have reported, the HSE has begun a drive to publicise the dangers of dust exposure in the workplace, and the construction sector is high on their target list in this respect. Whereas thei...

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Roofer caught out doing unsafe painting at height

This is one of the more ludicrous building health & safety infringements that we have had to report upon – and was caught on film by an environmental health council worker, tipped off by a...

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Unsafe basement work leads to crippling injury

As we have sadly been forced to report on in the past, there are more ways than one to be ‘working at height’ – and those include the cases where people have to operate over underground...

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Developer’s error causes huge gas leak and rail chaos

It is not that uncommon for building safety issues to cause road closures, either planned or unplanned: but it is thankfully quite rare for a construction site to create problems that cripple a...

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