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HSE wants all major projects to match Olympics record

24 May 12

Health and Safety Executive to pressure other major projects such as Crossrail and Hinkley Point to reduce accidents

Contractor fined £10,000 over worker's death

2 May 12

Court hears agency worker accidentally killed own father

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John Laing wins health & safety 'gold'

16 Apr 12

PPP specialist set to recieve RoSPA accolade

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Specifier opener

Feeling the heat: Fire door specification

21 April 2011

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

27 August 2010

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

09 April 2010

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

27 November 2009

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

15 May 2009

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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The crane crash on 51st Street in March, which killed seven people and injured 17

The incident on 51st: Crane safety in New York

31 October 2008

Since January, nine people have died in crane collapses in New York. The response? Tough safety rules, which the city council says will prevent death, and the industry says will make life impossible.

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Work related deaths: Swift justice

10 Oct 11

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

Health and safety

Feel the burn

25 Aug 11

If this worker was pushing the car, perhaps this much effort would be justified. But a lamp? He’s not going to win the World’s Strongest Man competition like this. Thanks to David King for the photo

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All hands on deck

28 Jul 11

How many workers does it take to put up a sign?

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Danger elevated

15 July 2011

Why bother bringing a scissor lift, if you’re not going to use it?

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A room with a view

01 July 2011

Thanks to these workers, guests at the Hotel Tauernhof can enjoy a picturesque Alpine scene enhanced by the drama of a man teetering on the edge of a roof. Colin Burdon captured the scene

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Smile for the camera

20 May 2011

When soldering gets too close for comfort …

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