Articles tagged with "subcontractor"
Improper mobile phone use causes building site injury
In these pages we are accustomed to reporting on cases where employers are culpable of construction health & safety infringements of the law. Here is a (thankfully) rare case that shows that...
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...
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...
Construction Health & Safety Red Tape is Alive and Kicking
Just how measurable is health and safety?
How much is safe enough?
And how effective is comprehensive form filling, to a regimented design that must be your firm’s, and...