All Health & safety articles – Page 37
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NewsTaliban kidnaps 140 construction workers in Afghanistan
Insurgents abduct workers building military base in Farah, Afghanistan
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Fatal forklift accident on Scots hydro scheme
Hochtief worker killed during construction of Glendoe hydroelectric station in the Highlands
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Ucatt slates insurers' bid to avoid asbestos payouts
Union chief Alan Ritchie condemns attempts to deny compensation to victims of pleural plaques
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NewsThe exit door
Thanks to Matthew James of Fusion Project Management for this fine example of an external fire escape at an unnamed university.
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Williams leaves HSE to become 2012 safety boss
Stephen Williams, the chief inspector of construction at the Health and Safety Executive, is to take up a newly created post at the organisation policing safety at the 2012 Olympics.
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Harbour and fun fair close over safety concerns
Holes in Northumberland harbour wall threaten large diesel tank
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NewsSafety warning after liftshaft plunge
Liverpool firm is fined £15,000 after concrete layer is seriously injured following fall through unprotected liftshaft well
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Strategic Forum launches crane safety guidance
Body calls for contractors to publish the contact details of site manager on hoardings
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NewsHSE official takes on Olympic safety role
Stephen Williams, HSE chief inspector of construction, to become director of field operations for 2012 Games
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NewsContractors fined £38k after pelvis injury incident
HSE highlights dangers of lifting after 600kg glass panel falls on worker in Kensington
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Court fines two firms after crane overturns
HSE issues warning on mobile cranes after accident involving 35-tonne crane in Warrington
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Manchester students flee collapsing house
HSE orders halt to building work after structural damage forces evacuation
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Surveyor’s body recovered after Stroud trench collapse
Severe weather hampers emergency services for two days after fatal accident on Gloucestershire building site
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Oxford vigil to mark death of worker at Simons site
Ucatt and Construction Safety Campaign to stage minute's silence outside Marriotts Close site
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NewsWorker killed in NY crane collapse
Anthony Esposito fell 40 storeys on the site of the Silver Towers apartment scheme
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Second site death inquiry launched
The government has confirmed it is to launch its second inquiry into deaths in the construction industry in two years in the week that another foreign worker died on a UK construction site.
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NewsExperts criticise Scottish plans to compensate pleural plaque victims
Insurers, health and legal experts give evidence to Holyrood's justice committee saying new asbestos legislation is a mistake
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NewsSpiderman's on the roof
Look out, there's a man with a superhuman ability to cling to tiles and he's on a mission...
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Worker dies after accident on Simons site
A 28-year-old died on Saturday after his neck was trapped against steel on a site in Oxfordshire