All Health & safety articles – Page 4
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CommentSafety first
A series of serious accidents in the past week has highlighted the need to maintain focus on site safety
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NewsWorker dies on Colchester construction site
A worker has died on a JR Pickford student accommodation site in Colchester
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NewsScots firm fined after 20-year old worker loses leg
Crieff-based Gallagher Groundworks fined for safety failings after worker loses leg during construction of a wind farm
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NewsProbe into West End theatre collapse
Investigators on site after section of ceiling came down, injuring 76
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CommentHealth and safety: Risky business
Health and safety is a live issue and will remain in the headlines for the foreseeable future. As construction activity picks up, it should not fall down the list of priorities
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NewsOne in three London mega basements fail safety checks
HSE intervenes in 35 unsafe building basement schemes in central London
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NewsFirms to pay over £2.7m to crane collapse victim
Crane driver left paralysed from the waist down by crane colapse settles with firms
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NewsHSE plans new asbestos campaign
The Health and Safety Executive has announced plans to develop an asbestos behaviour change campaign.
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NewsHealth and safety watchdog in fresh crackdown
Health and Safety Executive to make unannounced inspections of refurbishment sites
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NewsMorgan Sindall in dock over gas blaze
Morgan Sindall has been fined £50,000 after a serious blaze in Leeds lead to the evacuation of six homes and closure of a major road
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CommentCorporate manslaughter: How to avoid breaching the law
The number of corporate manslaughter cases is rising - how can you avoid a breach in the law?
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NewsFresh drive to tackle on-the-job health risks
Construction Clients Group aims to tackle the “ticking time bomb” of poor occupational health
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NewsFatalities in construction fall sharply
HSE calls for further efforts as 39 workers killed in a year compared with 48 the year before
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NewsDemolition firm fined after worker crushed
Court action after worker seriously hurt by concrete-crushing machine
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NewsCrane smashes into Russian building
Dramatic footage shows scene of destruction in the Russian city of Kirov
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NewsFirms fined after six-tonne roof collapses on worker
Thomas Vale and CMR Demolitions fined for regulations breaches
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NewsContractor jailed over demolition fatality
Manslaughter conviction follows cherry-picker death fall