A Croydon-based construction company has been fined for continuing unsafe working practices at a site in Lewisham despite repeated warnings.

£187,000 Fine in First Corporate Manslaughter Case in Northern Ireland

HSE Construction inspectors are carrying out an intensive inspection initiative during February and March 2012, focusing on the refurbishment/building site risks that make construction one of Britain’s most dangerous industries – working at height safely, good order on site, and the risks associated with the removal of asbestos.

The Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register (OSHCR) is being set up in response to recommendations in the Government-commissioned report on the UK health and safety system − “Common Sense Common Safety”.

On 21st November 2008 a mobile plant fitter was crushed to death whilst working under neath an excavator to remove the transmission at a quarry in Scotland.  The Fitter was not familiar with the vehicle and had not previously carried out this task.  As he had not received any information/methodology on how to carry out [...]

The HSE have prosecuted and won their case against a car wash company who failed to purchase Employer’s Liability Compulsory Insurance (ELCI).
During a joint initiative between the HSE and Local Authorities to ensure that employers hold the required ELCI, a HSE Health & Safety Awareness Officer (HSAO) made a surprise visit to the Essex based [...]

Avoiding trapping/crushing injuries to people in the platform of Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWPs)
The HSE have recently issued a Safety Bulletin in relation to the prevention of entrapment of operators using MEWPs adjacent to obstructions. 
The use of MEWPs has contributed to the reduction of falls from heights since their introduction, and they are often [...]

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 [...]