TOP ASBESTOS INDUSTRY LOBBY GROUP FOLDS
The organisation that has for decades spearheaded the asbestos industry's global sales drive has folded ...more
ROOFING BOSS TAGGED FOR DUMPING ASBESTOS
The boss of a roofing firm has been electronically tagged after flytipping asbestos ...more
USE OF HARD HAT SAFETY BUZZER SPREADS AMONG CONTRACTORS
A raft of major contractors are adopting a new safety system which warns workers about the danger of getting too near heavy plant via a buzzer in their hard hats ...more
CONTRACTOR FURY AT HSE £124 P.HOUR CHARGES
Furious contractors are bracing themselves for bills of £124 an hour from safety inspectors ...more
KEY ROLE FOR CONTRACTORS STOPPING TIMBER FRAME FIRES
Contractors will have to make sure they specify the right type of timber frame system to prevent fires under new guidance backed by the Health and Safety Executive ... more
JOINER BREAKS LEG AFTER BUS HITS SCAFFOLD
A joiner broke his leg after a bus collided with scaffolding he was working from outside a curry house in Lincolnshire.... more
CONSTRUCTION MUST LEARN OLYMPIC SITE SAFETY LESSONS
Safety leaders are calling on the general construction industry to learn from the London 2012 site where only a handful of accidents blighted the huge building programme.... more
TV APPEARANCE LANDS STONEMASON IN COURT
A specialist stonemasonry contractor has been fined after a viewer complained about its safety practices following an appearance on Monty Don’s Mastercrafts programme on BBC2.... more
CONTRACTOR OWED CASH STRIPS SITE OF MATERIALS
A contractor hit with bad debts of £176,000 by the collapse of Kinetics has stripped materials from a site it is owed cash on.... more
BRICK LIFTING CLAMP CRUSHES BUIDER
A construction worker suffered serious internal injuries after being crushed in a brick clamp used to load pallets on a delivery lorry.... more
HSE INTRODUCES NEW ARRANGEMENTS FOR ONLINE REPORTING OF INJURIES AND INCIDENTS
Businesses will still be able to notify fatal and major incidents and injuries by phone following changes to reporting arrangements, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) confirmed today.... more
CONTRACTORS - EASIER TO CLAIM £78M TRAINING CASH
CITB-ConstructionSkills is making it easier for contractors to claim £78m in training grant cash.... more
MANCHESTER PROPERTY FIRM FINED AFTER WORKERS PUT AT RISK
A Manchester property company has appeared in court after two workers were spotted on the sixth floor of a city apartment block without proper equipment to prevent them falling
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NEW TO THE JOB
Workers are as likely to have an accident in the first six months at a workplace as during the whole of the rest of their working life...more
H&S CONSULTANTS REGISTER
A new online register of H&S Consultants has now been implemented.
Over 1,600 UK consultants have been accepted onto the online Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register (OSHCR), which the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) says 'was created to increase employers' confidence that they are receiving good quality, proportionate health and safety advice should they need external help.' ...more
