The HSE issued 15 prohibition notices during a round of inspections in Shropshire.  The visits had the following aims:

stopping dangerous practices on construction sites;
raising awareness in relation to construction site risks; and
preventing unnecessary injuries and deaths.

 
Although the Shropshire area was not responsible for any of the construction industry deaths during 2008/09, 64 people were injured.
Inspectors [...]

A Glasgow based security firm,  were fined £7,000 following the death of one of their security guards from carbon monoxide poisoning on a construction site in Hamilton. 
The security guard, died in an on-site flat being used as a base for employees where a portable generator was being used inside the flat. He had not been given any [...]

2.2 million people work in Britain’s construction industry, making it the country’s biggest industry. It is also one of the most dangerous. In the last 25 years, over 2,800 people have died from injuries they received as a result of construction work. Many more have been injured or made ill.
HSE Construction Division has created some [...]

The City of Lincoln Council and County Waste (Lincs) Ltd left a family exposed to asbestos fibres for three days before any action was taken.   Both the Council and the contractor have been prosecuted after the Council contracted County Waste to investigate how asbestos insulation board (AIB) was fixed with a view to removing the [...]

On 7th June 2010 two self-employed roofing contractors were prosecuted at Chippenham Magistrates Court for failing to take the required precautions whilst carrying out roofing operations on a private property in Wiltshire. 
On 18th March 2009, both contractors, Antony Brian Sweet and Christpher Ernest Cole, were found to be working dangerously on a storage shed roof.  They [...]

Following the death of an inmate from Legionnaire’s Disease the Nothern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) has been censured.  The prisoner died in hospital on the 7th of February 2007 10 days after having been transferred from the HMP Magilligan in Limavady, Co. Derry.  He had been transferred from the Health Care Unit of the prison. 
Following [...]

Manitowoc Cranes, Potain Tower Cranes – MD, MDT and MR Series – Potentially Faulty Spigots on K600 and K800 Mast Sections
The HSE have issued a safety alert following the identification of a manufacturing defect in spigots used on K600 and K800 mast sections used in the above tower cranes. 
In a little over a year [...]

A Gas Fitter was fined over £50,000 after being found guilty of putting lives at risk.
Chris Bradshaw of Tywyn, Wales was prosecuted following a complaint received by the HSE about work Mr Bradshaw had done whilst trading as Chris Bradshaw Heating and Plumbing.  He was found to be working in non-compliance with a Prohibition Notice [...]

On 14th June it was announced by the Prime Minister, David Cameron, that the Government has instructed a review of how Health & Safety Law within the UK operates.  The Rt Hon Lord Young of Graffham has been appointed as the advisor to David Cameron on Health & Safety Law and practice and will chair the review.
The purpose [...]