All Health & safety articles – Page 15
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FeaturesWe 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
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NewsBBC tip-off leads to £250,000 fine for worker death
Regentford fined over safety breach after video evidence revealed 'poor condition' of scaffolding
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NewsRegentford fined £250k after worker dies on site
HSE secures conviction of London-based firm with help of BBC footage showing scaffolding in 'poor condition'
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NewsQuarter of sites failed March safety checks
Health and Safety Executive blitz on 2,014 construction sites focused on refurbishment and roofing work
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NewsEver vigilant
You know those metal discs that sometimes appear right in the middle of the road? It turns out they’re even more dangerous than we thought! Thanks to Nick Dodd for this one
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NewsGovernment rejects gangmaster licensing in Donaghy response
Safety campaigners 'in shock' after failure to introduce gangmaster licensing and a dedicated construction minister
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NewsExit: right
This helpful little sign may be a case of "out of the frying pan, into the 100-ft drop"
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Leicestershire firm fined £10k over safety at height breaches
Cobham Advanced Composites pleades guilty after three employees worked at height without adequate safety measures
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NewsTaking the ...
Our thanks go to Randip Singh Bahra, who was in St Philip’s Place in Birmingham when he spotted this example of making something absolutely clear
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NewsGalliford Try wins £28m Thames Water contract
Upgrade of sewage works will help clean up the Thames
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NewsCorus fined £100k over crane injury
Steel contractor found guilty of safety breach after overloaded crane overturned
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HSE to crack down on refurb deaths
The proportion of fatal accidents on repair and maintenance projects soared by a third between April and September last year compared with the whole of 2008
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NewsLegislation round-up: Your new health and safety responsibilities
A quick guide to how new health and safety regulations this April will affect you and your business
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NewsMerseyside builder fined £1,000 for Health and Safety breach
Charles Molloy prosecuted after HSE inspector finds him and an employee working on a pub roof without safety measures
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NewsInsurers threaten to pull cover for timber frame
Companies including Aviva and Axa warn that modern construction method has too high a fire risk
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NewsCorus fined £5,000 for worker injury
Steel company pleaded guilty of health and safety regulations after machinery damaged team leader's leg
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NewsHSE announces London site crackdown
Initiative to stop dangerous practices and raise awareness of risks will begin on 3 March
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NewsWell, blow me down!
Using a single long ladder to reach the roof of a four-storey building – don't try this on a windy day (or ever)