All Health & Safety articles
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News
Mother to sue RJ McLeod over son’s manhole death
Glasgow contractor facing civil case after 10-year-old Shea Ryan entered site through unsecured fence
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Balfour Beatty worker dies at Aldermaston nuclear site
Work on site stopped as contractor helping police and nuclear regulator investigate accident
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More than 2 million construction working days lost a year to ill health, says HSE
Latest figures reveal 30 deaths in sector last year
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Balfour Beatty launches fresh site safety initiative to run throughout September
Contractor has identified 10 potential fatal activities to address
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Comment
Asbestos victims deserve justice
Victims of asbestos-related illness caused in the workplace are too often left uncompensated, but that may change
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Comment
Company liability for safety breaches by individuals
Do failings by individuals place organisations in breach of their health and safety duties?
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Construction is UK’s deadliest industry, new figures show
30 people died in the industry in 2021/22
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Wearable tech could improve health and safety on sites, study finds
Institute of Occupational Medicine says sensors on clothing should be adopted more widely
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New course launched to plug 200,000-person health and safety gap on construction sites
Large numbers of surveyors, architects and engineers currently without nationally recognised certification
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Kier human resources chief handed ESG brief in new executive role
Helen Redfern appointed chief people officer
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Two years in jail for pair found guilty of falsifying CITB health and safety tests
Investigation uncovered large-scale criminal operation helping foreign nationals obtain competence cards
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Comment
Happiness by design
Architects know how to boost wellbeing through good design – but the onus is on developers to encourage that, says Félicie Krikler
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Man dies after being hit by falling window
The accident took place outside The Corniche on Albert Embankment
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Asbestos: a duty to manage
To mark Mesothelioma Awareness Day, Mark Price of Daniel Connal Partnership examines the dangers of asbestos and offers advice to employers
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Balfour Beatty fined £500k over hand-arm vibration syndrome
Health and Safety Executive said firm had failed to protect workers from “well known risk”
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Firms no longer in business fined £2m after worker crushed to death
The incident occurred in 2015
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Comment
New KPIs show construction is getting more dangerous
Why do the latest construction safety Key Performance Indicators show construction has become more dangerous as the recession has bitten?