60 seconds on site - Lee Hartley, quantity surveyor, Seddon Group
Posted: 11 May 2009Lee Hartley, quantity surveyor, Seddon Group
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Somerset builder fined for unlicensed asbestos removal
Posted: 08 May 2009A Somerset building contractor has been fined for removing asbestos from a school refurb project without a licence.
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Health & Safety Q&A: Steve Harding-Wyatt, Ringway
Posted: 05 May 2009Steve Harding-Wyatt, contracts manager, Ringway Infrastructure Services
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Keen Construction fined after worker injured in fall
Posted: 01 May 2009Keen Construction based in Downton, Salisbury, has been fined £6,600 following an accident which saw a self-employed worker seriously injured.
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Laing O'Rourke fined £135,000 after worker death
Posted: 30 April 2009Laing O'Rourke has been fined £135,000 today after a recently married steel fixer fell to his death on an east London building site.
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UCATT report: Half of construction deaths happen at 'small firms'
Posted: 28 April 2009More than half of constructionworkers killed in 2007/08 worked for small firms, according to a new UCATT report.
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Two firms fined £37,000 after worker injured in 25ft plunge
Posted: 24 April 2009Two firms have been fined a total of £37,000 after a man broke his arm and sustained facial injuries after falling 25 feet while working on a roofing job.
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First firm charged under new manslaughter laws
Posted: 23 April 2009A site investigation specialist has become the first firm in the UK to be charged under the 2007 Corporate Manslaughter Act.
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60 seconds on site with Martin Hickey, senior project manager, Killby & Gayford
Posted: 20 April 200960 seconds on site: Martin Hickey, senior project manager, Killby & Gayford.
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Site manager falls down open lift shaft
Posted: 16 April 2009A maintenance firm has been fined after a site manager fell through an open door down a lift shaft during repair work at a school in Lincolnshire
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Piling rig falls across Tokyo road - PHOTO
Posted: 15 April 2009Six people were hurt when a piling rig fell across three lanes of National Route 20 in central Tokyo on Tuesday.
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60 seconds on site with Stewart Bristow, project manager, Mansell
Posted: 09 April 2009Stewart Bristow is working on a 203-bed student accommodation development in Bethnal Green, East London for Hive…
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Construction deaths set to fall in ten months from April 2008
Posted: 08 April 2009Research by CJ into the Health and Safety Executive's preliminary figures shows that there were 40 construction deaths for the 10 months from April 2008.
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Government construction deaths inquiry delayed
Posted: 07 April 2009A high-level Government inquiry into the causes of construction deaths has been delayed by two months.
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HSE recruits 20% more construction inspectors
Posted: 07 April 2009The Health and Safety Executive is recruiting an extra 30 inspectors to reinforce policing of safety on sites.
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PC Harrington pleads guilty over Wembley death
Posted: 06 April 2009PC Harrington faces an unlimited fine at the Old Bailey after pleading guilty to health and safety charges last week following the death of a worker at Wembley Stadium five years ago.
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Contractor fined after allowing migrant workers to sleep on site
Posted: 06 April 2009A Hull building contractor has been fined after endangering the safety of five Polish workers by allowing them to sleep on a site with flammable materials present.
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Landfill boss fined over polo pitch plan
Posted: 01 April 2009An illegal landfill operator has been fined £50,000 for trying to use thousands of tonnes of construction waste to form the base of a new polo pitch.
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Main contractors caught out by whistle blowing scaffolders
Posted: 31 March 2009Scaffolding contractors are whistle-blowing on main contractors that employ corner-cutting firms. Aaron Morby reports.
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Safety monitoring service launched for steelwork contractors
Posted: 31 March 2009To ease the bureaucratic burden on smaller firms, the BCSA now offers a health and safety monitoring and advice service, bringing the industry's AFR down further. Aaron Morby explains.
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