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Monday20 May 2013

Boss fined £30,000 over worker's death fall

9 Apr 13

Worker fell into empty 15m deep water tank

Union hits out at hard hat rules confusion

9 Apr 13

Ucatt says HSE’s lack of publicity over changes to regulations is ‘placing workers in danger’

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One in four London sites fail in safety crackdown

5 Apr 13

One in four London construction sites visited by inspectors during a month-long initiative failed health and safety checks

Health and safety features

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Carbon monoxide: The silent killer

Northern Ireland has taken decisive action to reduce carbon-monoxide related deaths by making alarms that detect the gas compulsory

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Feeling the heat: Fire door specification

Incorrectly specified fire doors could, at worst, cost lives. Now a landmark legal case could mean that it’s the contractor and specifier who will end up in court.

Ian Eastoe from Kier gives his eyewitness testimony

Mock court cases for construction: Safety on trial

The HSE’s latest initiative to bring the safety message to the masses is to hold mock court cases for construction professionals to observe. But how effective is it likely to be? Andrew Hankinson plays court reporter

We can’t turn a blind eye: Child labour

Children as young as six are working 12-hour days in some of India’s sandstone quarries. Yet many UK stone importers just don’t want to know about it. Sophie Griffiths reports on a scandal that is getting harder to ignore

Fatal refurb: addressing refurbishment’s poor safety record

Refurbishment is an increasingly popular alternative to new build, but what can be done about its particularly poor safety record?

Bad wiring

TrustMark: a £22k tale of horror

This is the story of a man who gave a TrustMark-registered firm £22k to renovate his home. What he got for his money was two weeks’ worth of work, three years of hell and a wrecked house. But how did the builder keep its reassuring logo?

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Blowing in the wind

1 May 13

“Not only is the plank precariously balanced but there is also a significant fall as the windmill is perched above a rocky outcrop,” notes Clive Woodford, who took this photo while on holiday in Crete.

Digger over trench in high street

Dodgy suspension

22 Mar 13

An ingenious solution to finding a parking space in an inner city shopping precinct

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Basket case

08 March 2013

Thanks to reader Martin Thorp who sent in this image, which he took in Brussels. Martin says: “The operative was half out of the basket while his mate leans against the controls - no helmets or harnesses!”

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You've missed a bit ...

11 January 2013

Why bother with a safety harness when you’re only seven floors up?

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Safety blunders: A year of living dangerously

20 Dec 12

2012 was another vintage year for safety blunder pictures. Here are our top five examples of on-site idiocy

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Going up...

19 Jul 12 | Updated: 19 Jul 12

Novel way of removing demolition materials?

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Sun, sea and (some) scaffolding

12 Jul 12 | Updated: 12 Jul 12

Precarious work in Skiathos …

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Bit of a stretch

29 June 2012

When you need that little bit of extra lift

Work related deaths: Swift justice

The third version of the Work Related Deaths Protocol came into effect on 1 October, and it could see firms responsible for a fatality on their site prosecuted a lot quicker

Designing out risk

This is the first high-profile prosecution of an architect under the CDM regulations for a site death, and it shows how the onus is on designers to reduce health and safety risks

The tragic case of a 15-year-old killed on site

Here’s a tragic case of a young man who was killed when a wall collapsed on him. His gaffer was a man of good character who didn’t mean anyone any harm. He got three years

Asbestos: The struggle continues

Companies may think they’re already doing their bit to stay on top of asbestos risks but guidance from the HSE spells out the true seriousness of their responsibilities

Catch me if you can: Avoiding health and safety penalties

If your company faces an enormous penalty for breaking health and safety laws one option is to dissolve the company entirely. But is it right, wise, or even legal?

Abu Dhabi’s response to on-site health and safety lapses has been to call in the cops

Clear laws without fuzz: Health and safety in the UAE

UAE confidential: Abu Dhabi’s response to on-site health and safety lapses has been to call in the cops. Thomas Van de Wijngaart and Emma Shepherd welcome early signs of change

On the safe side: Corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences

Fears about the vagueness and leniency of health and safety and corporate manslaughter laws have been assuaged by two new pieces of legislation

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