A Hertfordshire construction company has been sentenced for safety failings after a worker was seriously injured when a temporary platform collapsed at a landmark development in south London.
Safety notice – demolition and dismantling of lifts
HSE is concerned about the poor management of risks involved in the dismantling or demolition of lifts in buildings due for refurbishment or demolition.
The use of Nanomaterials in UK Universities: an overview of occupational health and safety
HSE wishes to increase its knowledge and understanding of the occupational use and manufacture of engineered nanoparticles in the UK. It has worked with the UK NanoSafety Group to gain an overview of the work with nanomaterials in a small number of UK universities.
The use of Nanomaterials in UK Universities
HSE wishes to increase its knowledge and understanding of the occupational use and manufacture of engineered nanoparticles in the UK. It has worked with the UK NanoSafety Group to gain an overview of the work with nanomaterials in a small number of UK universities.
Stonemason in court following death of four-year old boy
A stonemason has been fined for serious safety failings after part of a poorly-installed fireplace toppled onto and killed a four-year-old boy at his Northamptonshire home.
Implementing Controls the Key to Farm Safety Progress
Council prosecuted after worker’s near-death fall
Bradford Council today admitted serious safety breaches after one of its parks’ employees narrowly escaped death when he plunged eleven metres from the cradle of a cherry picker.
New HSE chief inspector of construction vows to ‘educate’ industry
The Health and Safety Executive will drive occupational health up the agenda and simplify its guidance to contractors, its new chief inspector of construction has told Construction News.
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Interview: New HSE chief inspector of construction Heather Bryant
The Health and Safety Executive will drive occupational health up the agenda and simplify its guidance to contractors, its new chief inspector of construction has told Construction News.
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Council fined for allowing potentially lethal work
A Welsh local authority has been fined after building work at a house exposed a woman and her foster children to the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.