A specialist roofing company and its two directors have been sentenced after admitting working unsafely at height on a hotel development in Manchester during a major refurbishment and extension works. On the 17 March 2015, a member of public witnessed and photographed unsafe work at a construction site and contacted the Health and Safety Executive [...]
Ace of Hearts Home Improvement Limited, a home improvement company based in Hertfordshire, has been fined after the unsafe removal of asbestos material from a domestic property. The company had removed asbestos containing materials (ACM) from a domestic property, which was situated in St Albans. The Asbestos Insulation Board soffits encompassing the underside of the [...]
A company, which manufactures signage and displays for high street retailers, received a fine as a result of a worker falling to his death through a roof light. Richard Perry, 43, was covering roof lights with blackout vinyl in the summer of 2014 at Whiteghyll Plastics Ltd, whilst working with colleagues. This was an attempt [...]
A construction company based in South Wales has been fined £100,000 for operating a hazardous timber-frame construction site. An investigation was launched by the HSE after making an unannounced visit to inspect Hale’s site in the centre of Blaenavon. Fifty-four timber-frame houses were under construction, which carry a serious fire risk when not planned or [...]
A company specialising in exhibitions and displays has been found guilty of breaching safety procedures, following the incident of an employee being crushed by a road roller, in November 2015, in Hipperholme. The three-tonne vibrating road roller being used by the 26-year-old worker, slid down a steep incline before pinning him beneath it. He suffered [...]
A construction company based in Derbyshire has been fined after a worker was seriously injured when he fell through a void. Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard how a worker employed by a sub-contractor working for Bowmer and Kirkland Limited, was contracted to pour concrete onto the first floor of a building that was under construction at [...]
Man jailed for six years following fatal fall One man has been jailed for six years and another for eight months after two incidents on the same day left one man dead and another with life-changing injuries, after falls from a roof they were repairing. Allan Thomson Director of the main contractor was jailed for [...]
This Federation of Master Builders “Britain’s Best Builders” is a special one-day, free to attend, exhibition. The exhibition is open to Members and non-member builders as well as suppliers of goods and services to the construction industry and also open to members of the public. A great opportunity to make new connections, meet potential new [...]
Sensors worn on the body are helping to prevent injuries and absenteeism by providing ground-breaking manual handling data. Eight stories high, surrounded by scaffolding and steel, a father and son team of bricklayers are building the framework of what will soon be an academic tower along the sandy coast of southwest Wales – home of [...]
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 [...]
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