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Innocent bystander injured by falling plant while waiting for a bus.
A member of the public was waiting for a bus when she was struck by falling machinery that was in the process of being moved by crane, in a severe lapse of construction safety...
CDM Failure causes concrete collapse at University
A leading construction firm was lucky to escape more serious consequences when 7 workers fell due to a scaffolding collapse which released over 250 tonnes of wet concrete during the constructio...
PUWER, Work Equipment and Construction Safety
PUWER stands for the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998. It is...
Contractor Fined after Guarding Failure Causes Accident
The need for proper machine guarding has been thrown into stark relief by an incident that has just come to Court. In it, a building contractor was fined due to a bad injury to a sub-contracted...
The Dangers of Dust in Construction from Cement and Concrete
Silica – The hidden danger in Cement and Concrete
We often do not think about the abundant and commonly-used mineral, silica. It...