Construction CEOs pledge to cut ill health Whilst the construction industry has made great improvements in safety over the last number of years it still remains a high risk industry and accounts for a high percentage of fatal and major injuries. It is also a high risk industry for health issues and every year more [...]
Figures show that construction workers are at least 100 times more likely to die from a disease caused or made worse by their work as they are from a fatal accident, according to industry statistics. In recent years there has been great improvements in the safety of construction workers, however figures appear to show that [...]
A construction site manager was fined for safety failings after a worker was injured while working at height on a house build site in Radlett, Hertfordshire. He had used an excavator to raise a site worker to access work at height in order to cut a protruding piece of steel. The court was told that [...]
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