All Health & safety articles – Page 5
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NewsCrane drama at Royal London showers street with glass
Accident at new Royal London Hospital imperils pedestrians
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CommentKeeping up standards, keeping down costs
The Health Safety Executive’s drive to cut bureacracy could compromise safety, the Association for Project Safety warns
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NewsUnion hits out at hard hat rules confusion
Ucatt says HSE’s lack of publicity over changes to regulations is ‘placing workers in danger’
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NewsOne in four London sites fail in safety crackdown
One in four London construction sites visited by inspectors during a month-long initiative failed health and safety checks
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NewsFamilies take legal action over Lakanal House fire
Action taken against three parties including social housing contractor Apollo
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NewsCrossrail safety under fire in blacklisting test case
Exclusive: Allegations of serious safety breaches made by electrician in employment tribunal
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NewsOne in five sites fail in safety crackdown
Health Safety Executive says 433 sites have been subject to enforcement action over past month
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NewsCrane jib falls onto London building site
Exclusive: The jib of a tower crane has collapsed onto a partially-built £170m residential scheme in east London
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NewsHSE investigates tunnel piling incident
HSE investigating cause of incident that saw two piling drills from a north London construction site pierce a London train tunnel
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NewsHSE appoints new construction chief
Heather Bryant promises to focus on ‘dealing with real risks’ not paperwork
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NewsPiling drills pierce London train tunnel
Two piling drills pierce through train tunnel leaving train driver shaken
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NewsGovernment considers licences for builders
Exclusive: Business department launches research looking at how other country’s tackle rogue traders
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NewsBalfour Beatty and Enterprise fined after motorist killed
Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Services and Enterprise (AOL) have been fined £500,000 after a driver was killed in a collision in roadworks
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NewsHSE launches fresh crackdown on building sites
The Health and Safety Executive is targeting the sites of refurbishment projects in a month long crack down on safety
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NewsBerkeley confirms no damage to Vauxhall tower
Developer says work to be delayed by around two weeks following helicopter crash as work begins to remove damaged crane
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NewsPidgley: ‘No construction workers injured in Vauxhall tragedy’
Berkeley chairman says his thoughts are with those who lost lives and families
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NewsFirms fined after workers told to tape plastic bags around asbestos
Workers on refurb job continued to work for months despite the health risks
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NewsSpecialist firms’ injury rate falls by half in nine years
Accidents survey also finds fatalities fell by half over the period
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NewsNew health and safety bible coming
CITB urges site workers to order 2013 edition of GE 700 manual