The Health and Safety Executive Welcomes Government’s Draft Bill to Improve...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has welcomed the publication of the government’s draft Building Safety Bill, which aim to create the biggest change in building safety for a generation. The...
View ArticleCompany director sentenced after worker sustains serious crush injuries
The director of a construction company has been sentenced after a sub-contractor suffered serious injuries when a stack of plasterboards fell on him at a construction site in Thames Ditton, Surrey....
View ArticleRoofing company fined after worker suffers fatal injuries in fall
A roofing company has been fined after an employee fell through an industrial roof light, sustaining fatal injuries.Basildon Crown Court heard how on 25 February 2018, Jonathan Moore an employee of R4...
View ArticlePlumbing supply company and contractor fined after building collapse
A plumbing supply company and its building contractor have been fined after unsafe construction work took place at the company premises in Burnley. Burnley Magistrates’ Court heard that on 21...
View ArticleConstruction company fined after apprentice electrician falls from height
Greenway Partnership Limited, a Herefordshire based construction company, has been fined after an apprentice fell two metres during the demolition of part of a school premises. Bristol Magistrates’...
View ArticleCompany fined following fatal gas explosion
An asbestos removal contractor has been fined after a worker was fatally injured and another worker seriously injured in a gas explosion. Hamilton Sheriff’s Court heard how on 5 October 2017, workers...
View ArticleConstruction company fined for failing to comply with Work at Height Regulations
A construction company has been fined after putting employees at significant risk of a fall from height while working on a roof. Blackpool Magistrates’ Court heard how on two occasions, 10 and 11...
View ArticleBuilder receives custodial sentence for failing to report an incident where a...
A builder has been imprisoned for 24 weeks after he failed to report a serious incident at a construction site he was in charge of. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard that on 8 January 2019, worker...
View ArticleWorker sustained serious injures falling through an asbestos roof
A specialist roofing and cladding company has been sentenced after an employee suffered serious injuries when he fell through an asbestos roof whilst undertaking gutter cleaning and roof repairs....
View ArticleConstruction company fined after worker seriously injured by a mitre saw
A construction company has been fined after a worker’s hand was severed by an inadequately guarded mitre saw on a construction site in Bolney, Sussex. Lewes Magistrates’ Court heard that, on the 9...
View ArticleBuilding Safety Bill introduced
The government has today (5 July) introduced the Building Safety Bill in the House of Commons. The Building Safety Bill will implement recommendations made in Dame Judith Hackitt’s ‘Building a Safer...
View ArticleRoofer and scaffolder sentenced following fatal fall from height
A roofer and a scaffolder have been sentenced following a fatal fall from height at a two-storey terraced house on Rosevine Road, Wimbledon. Southwark Crown Court heard that on 26 November 2018,...
View ArticleBuilder fined for unsafe practice
A builder has been fined after a worker lost a finger whilst cutting timber. Brighton Magistrates’ Court heard that on 7 August 2019, two men were cutting timber joists for the flat roof of a domestic...
View ArticleConstruction company fined for repeated health and safety failings
Construction company, Urban Living Constructions Limited, has been fined following a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspection which identified numerous health and safety failings. Westminster...
View ArticleSelf-employed painter and decorator fined after employee falls through...
A painter and decorator has been fined after an employee stepped off a working platform and fell two and a half metres through the fragile roof of a carport. Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard that on 6...
View ArticleConstruction company fined after three contractors fell from height
A construction company has been fined following an incident where three contractors fell from height suffering serious injuries. North Somerset Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 18 July 2018, three...
View ArticleCompany fined after worker paralysed by fall at Watford Football Stadium
A company has been fined after a worker was paralysed after falling 11 metres down a stairwell at a football stadium when the concrete floor he was working on collapsed.Peterborough Magistrates’ Court...
View ArticleConstruction employee sustains multiple fractures after fall from height
Trevor Cook Construction Ltd has been fined after a roof worker fell six metres through a fragile roof sheet whilst working on a barn at a farm in Amesbury, Wiltshire.Swindon Magistrates’ Court heard...
View ArticleHSE calls on designers to prepare now for upcoming regulatory changes to...
As part of work underway to establish a new Building Safety Regulator and reform the building safety system, HSE is urging those who design high-rise buildings to act now to prepare for the changes...
View ArticleBuilder fined after contractor sustains serious injuries in a roof collapse
A self-employed builder has been fined after a contractor working for him suffered serious injuries when a single-story roof he was demolishing by hand, collapsed at a construction site in Cobham,...
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