Articles tagged with "hse"
CDM shakeup expected as HSE consults
The Construction (Design & Management) ‘CDM’ Regulations have not been without their critics since they were introduced in 2007.
Some feel that they hav...
Excavator strikes live cable and endangers construction workers
One of the key issues for any building safety expert is to ensure that existing services on site have been recorded and mapped, and that workers are made aware of them in detail. This case...
Scaffolders ignore construction safety rules – public put at risk
It seems that scaffolding has suddenly become more dangerous than before, due to a spate of publicised accidents and infractions of the law: but in reality it is the (bad) luck of the draw as t...
Local Council guilty of safety faults
Normally we find ourselves reporting on cases where the HSE has taken independent principal contractors to task, and ultimately to court, for breaching the construction safety regulations. Even...
Building Health and Safety – is it really as simple as ABC?
Stung by the widespread public belief that ‘elf ‘n safety’ legislation is excessive and damaging, the Health & Safety Executive has been working hard in recent years to dispel what it see...