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Solar Panel installation causes a worker serious injury
In recent years, the Government schemes that have incentivised alternative energy generation have had a dramatic effect upon the building trade, most notably through the huge uplift in solar...
Concrete collapse injures 3 on building site
This is a (thankfully) unusual case where an alteration had to be made to correct an error in the construction of a house, which resulted in a collapse due to poor planning and a lack of...
Serial gas fitting offender is prosecuted
Too many bogus gas fitters are being found and brought to justice. It is necessary to continue to publicise the building safety risks that they cause, both to the general public and to...
Worker is injured as Improvement Notice is not heeded
In this construction safety case, HSE inspectors had visited the site and were so unhappy with aspects of its safety management that they served an Improvement Notice on the principal...
Unsafe temporary handrail causes fall injury at housebuilder’s site
As work progresses on a site, temporary construction safety measures have to be put in place and altered or replaced as required – it is an iterative process that requires ongoing scrutiny...