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Call for clarity after product safety bill announced
Industry figures have called for clarity around product-marking regulations after the government…
Director fined after hitting worker with lorry
The director of a building contractor has been fined after he hit…
Scottish housebuilder fined after worker death
Avant Homes (Scotland) Ltd has been fined £333,000 after a man was…
Construction fatalities 70% worse than five years ago
Construction worker fatalities in the UK are 70 per cent higher than…
Revealed: sharp drop in work at height safety investigations
The number of Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigations into falls from…
Contractor fined after delivery driver electrocuted by powerline
A Reading-based contractor has been fined £30,000 after the death of a…
Death prompts remote control crane warning
A coroner has warned about the safety of remote-controlled loader cranes after…
Contractor fined after teenager exposed to asbestos
A small North East contractor has been fined after a 16-year-old worker…
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Revealed: cost of parliament tower’s botched procurement
Parliamentary authorities expect to spend nearly £2m on procuring a contractor to…
Bam Nuttall fined £2.3m after worker drowned
Bam Nuttall has been fined £2.345m after a worker drowned in the…
Van Elle fined after man killed by piling rig
Van Elle has been fined £233,000 after a 52-year-old man died on…
Roofing specialist fined after worker’s fall from height
A roofing firm in Manchester has been fined £20,000 after an employee…
Contractor fined after 22-year-old worker dies from head injury
A carpentry firm has been fined £8,000 after a 22-year-old died when…
Workers exposed to asbestos during hotel demolition job
The director of a Cornish housebuilder has been fined more than £60,000…
Workers’ lives ‘deliberately put at risk’ via asbestos exposure
A director has been given a suspended jail sentence after knowingly exposing…
Crooked House owners say demolition prevented risk to public
The owner of the Crooked House pub has said it was demolished…
Ardmore stops work on £75m scheme over smell complaints
Ardmore has paused work on part of a £75m development in east…
Erith company fined £175,000 after worker crushed by excavator attachment
Erith Plant Services has been fined £175,000 after a worker was killed…
Lagan fined £30,000 after engineer killed by falling tree
Lagan Construction and a local authority have been fined a combined £50,000…
Investigation launched into Gogglebox star’s death
Police and the HSE are conducting a joint investigation into the death…
Demolition firm fined after engineer killed by excavator
A demolition contractor has been fined £130,000 after a site engineer was…
NG Bailey fined after Aberdeen worker death
NG Bailey has been fined £135,000 after a subcontracted worker died at…
Contractor fined after worker dies in fall from height
A contractor has been fined £25,000 after one of its workers died…
Morgan Sindall improves nuclear site safety after crane incident
Morgan Sindall has improved its safety practices following a crane incident at…
Women should be mentioned in PPE law, says MP
A Labour MP has called for women to be explicitly mentioned in…
Police hold fresh interviews in Didcot tragedy probe
Police officers have carried out new interviews in the criminal investigation into…
Everton Stadium death probe moves into new phase
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has taken over the criminal investigation…
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Firm fined £450,000 after labourer crushed to death
A company has been fined £450,000 and its director handed a suspended…