newsFine after care home resident chokes and dies
A CARE home company has been fined £640,000 after one of their residents choked on a piece of doughnut and died.
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newsWorker injured during excavation work
A CONSTRUCTION company and its groundworks contractor have been fined after unsafe excavation work left a worker with serious burns to his hand and arm.
newsBSC responds to cladding announcement
MICHAEL GOVE, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Communities and Housing, has set out plans to raise £4bn to replace combustible cladding on buildings of heights between 11m and 18m.
newsGovernment forces developers to fix cladding crisis
MICHAEL GOVE, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, has warned developers that they must pay to fix the cladding crisis they caused as he continues to overhaul the government’s approach to building safety.
newsPlan demolition properly, urges HSE
GREAT BRITAIN’S workplace regulator is asking demolition and construction firms to double-down on thorough planning, management and control of demolition and refurbishment work.
newsContractor prosecuted due to partial building collapse
A BUILDING contractor was prosecuted after carrying out unsafe excavation works, which resulted in the partial collapse of a residential building.
newsFoundry fined £133k after worker suffers burns
A FOUNDRY has been sentenced for safety breaches after an employee suffered life-changing burns following an eruption of molten slag during a slag tipping procedure.
newsHSE publishes work-related health and injury statistics
THE HEALTH and Safety Executive (HSE) has published statistics that cover work-related ill health, non-fatal workplace injuries and enforcement action taken by HSE, in the 2020/21 period.
newsLivestock market prosecuted after employee attacked
A LIVESTOCK market partnership has been prosecuted after an employee was attacked by a horned bull prior to auction.
newsCommercial printing fined after employees injured
A COMMERCIAL printing company has been sentenced for safety breaches after two employees were injured in separate incidents involving a printing press and a palletising machine.
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