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Safe and sound at work – Do Your Bit with subsidised training from HSE	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:30
HSE are offering two new subsidised health and safety training courses designed to either help organizations get started with worker involvement; or improve their existing arrangements for involving workers. The courses are designed to help organisations achieve the potential benefits associated with a collaborative approach to health and safety at work. These include lower accident rates, [...]
Construction site safety leaflets	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:30
New safety leaflets for construction site builders have been published on the HSE website. What you need to know as a busy builder: Running a small construction site Manual Handling Roofwork Welfare
Merseyside builder fined after putting lives at risk	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:30
A Merseyside builder has been fined £1,500 after he and another man were spotted working on a pub roof in St Helens without safety equipment. HSE prosecuted Charles Molloy from Molloy Building Contractors after an inspector spotted the men on the roof of the Black Horse Hotel on Park Road on 18 June 2009. View press release [...]
Free – Stone SHAD, London 25 March	Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:45
Quality marble, granite and other stone finishes are now common in high specification houses and flats and there are many small companies that provide and install these surfaces. To help the small businesses that carryout this type of work, HSE has arranged a free Safety and Health Awareness Day (SHAD) workshop in an operational factory [...]
Prestigious award for HSE employee	Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:00
A Health and Safety Executive employee, Rhaynukaa Soni has been named Female Professional of the Year, at the Political and Public Life Asian Voice Awards Ceremony. Rhaynukaa was presented with the prestigious award by Britain’s main Asian newspaper, Asian Voice for her work with HSE’s Construction Division’s London outreach project. View press release ‘Prestigious award for HSE [...]
Firm fined after worker trapped for more than two hours in trench collapse	Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:00
A building firm has been fined £5,000 after a worker was injured and trapped for more than two hours when the trench he was in collapsed. Vickers Construction Limited, of Yarm Road, Eaglescliffe, was today (8 March) also ordered to pay costs of £3,178.10 at Darlington Magistrates’ Court after it pleaded guilty to breaching section 2(1) [...]
Next generation of builders given advice to prevent shattered lives	Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:00
Construction students from Coleg Sir Gar in Ammanford received valuable advice in staying alive while working at height at a safety day organised by HSE and the South Wales Working Well Together group. Supporting HSE’s “Shattered Lives” campaign which highlights the often devastating consequences of slips, trips and falls in the workplace, the safety days aim [...]
Contractor fined for failing to provide toilets for workers	Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:00
A Bridlington building firm boss was today (4 March) fined for not providing adequate toilet and washing facilities for staff on a construction site. HSE prosecuted Bryan Ellis Brown, a partner in Bryan Brown & Son, of Flamborough, Bridlington, after finding problems on the site on 23 July 2009. View press release ‘Contractor fined for failing to [...]
Cambridge contractor fined after worker is buried by rubble	Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:50
A Cambridgeshire groundwork contractor has today been fined £3,500 after a worker was buried alive in an excavation collapse. HSE prosecuted Anthony John Melvyn Hill, 58, of Plantation Road, Sawston, for breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, and for breaching Regulation 31(1) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations [...]
HSE launches crackdown on dangerous construction sites	Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:30
HSE inspectors are to launch an intensive inspection initiative aimed at stopping dangerous practices on building sites across Great Britain. HSE wants to raise awareness of construction site risks and prevent unnecessary injuries and deaths. View press release ‘HSE launches crackdown on dangerous construction sites’

Construction & HSE News from the BBC

Safety warning after worker hurt	Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:06
The Health and Safety Executive warns building firms about working near overhead power lines after employers are fined.
Work stopped on building sites	Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:21
Safety inspectors have to stop work on a third of building sites visited in Aberdeen during a crackdown.
Building firms get safety warning	Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:21
More than 20 building sites across Newcastle are warned after a series of unannounced visits from safety officials.
Fine over school asbestos surveys	Sat, 18 Oct 2008 10:15
A company is fined after failing to identify asbestos during surveys at two schools.
No prosecution over crane death	Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:02
No-one faces court action over the death of a worker who died when a crane collapsed on a Liverpool construction site.
Firms fined over scaffolding fall	Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:29
Three businesses pay more than £340,000 in fines and costs following the death of a 17-year-old boy who died in a fall at work.
Builders 'ignoring safety laws'	Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:49
More than a third of construction sites are putting their workers at risk of injury or death, an investigation finds.
Safety clampdown on build sites	Mon, 03 Jul 2006 19:47
Health and Safety inspectors are targeting construction sites in Warrington in a bid to cut dangerous work practices.
Blitz on construction site safety	Tue, 15 Jun 2004 12:02
Construction sites across the South East are being inspected in a month-long blitz on safety.
Building site safety fears	Tue, 08 Jul 2003 04:21
A Health and Safety Executive blitz on building sites in the east of England raises serious concerns.