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AGS Scaffolding secures job at site of major London fire
Scaffolding and Hoarding specialists AGS Scaffolding have responded immediately to a request for support at the site of a major fire that covered the City of London in a cloud of smoke.
UKTFA calls for enforced communication between contractors and fire brigades
The chairman of the UK Timber Frame Association had called for legislation to improve fire safety on site by requiring contractors to declare their method of construction to fire brigades.
HSE to crack down on work at height as falls incidents climb
The Health and Safety Executive is planning a crackdown on work at height after research found the proportion of deaths from falls had increased significantly.
Tories to pursue plans to privatise H&S inspections
The Tories will move ahead with plans to allow “low risk” companies to secure immunity from Health and Safety Executive inspections if they topple the Government at the upcoming general election.
Balfour Beatty wins first case in blacklisting scandal
The Employment Tribunal has found in favour of Balfour Beatty in the first blacklisting case to be tried following the Information Commissioner’s probe into the practice within construction firms.
Contractor fined £3.5k after employee 'buried alive'
A Cambridgeshire groundwork contractor has been fined £3,500 after a worker was buried alive in an excavation collapse.
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Worker dies in fall from scaffold
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HSE to blitz refurb and roofing sites across UK
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Northumbrian Water fined £34k after worker crashed by vehicle
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Corporate manslaughter trial delayed over company director's health
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New rules pave way for tower crane register
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Developer and contractor fined £25k over 'shocking' fatal fall
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Castle Cement fined £250k over health dangers
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Ucatt offers support to 'exploited' workers
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HSE launches hazards probe
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Hundreds of workers walk off Staythorpe site in row over safety
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Demolition firms fined £115k over Paddington demolition fatality
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Carillion fined £185k after worker hit by truck suffers life-threatening injuries
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Worker dies after being struck by limestone block
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Client and contractor fined £22k after worker suffers two fractured vertebrae
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Man killed on McAleer & Rushe Rose Bowl redevelopment
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Shepherd fined £20k over cherry picker collapse at Trinity Square
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Industry death toll sees sudden rise
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Docklands Light Railway extension fatality 'an accident'
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Firm fined over fatal ladder fall
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Two workers killed on Scottish rail bridges in under 10 hours
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Developer banned from leading firms after housing collapse
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Decision on Dooley v Balfour Beatty blacklisting case within 4 weeks
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Investigation underway after half-tonne girder smashes into estate agents
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Two men taken to hospital after Airdrie building collapse
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Welsh contractor fined £80k after young worker killed in digger accident
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London Assembly demands fire safety probe
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Fined firm whose building collapsed had 'no construction plan'
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Willmott Dixon, Styles&Wood and M&S face court over asbestos charges
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One dead, 12 injured in Commonwealth Games blaze
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Asbestos-linked law backed by judge
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Man airlifted from site after suffering heart attack on 30m-high gantry
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Investigation begins after three men killed in fall
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Contractor fined £4.5k after worker crushed by telehandler
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Olympic chief Armitt speaks of "toughest year"
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Lancashire firm fined £16k after worker suffers fractured skull
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Southwark construction site fire guts five-storey building
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Firms fined £280k after man crushed by crate on Shell refurb job
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Explosion destroys Shrewsbury apartment block
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Seven die in overpass collapse
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Calls to secure construction sites
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Employer fined £3.5k after worker fall
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Injured Stratford worker dies
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Cumbrian Industrials fined after M6 death
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Worker seriously injured at Westfield Stratford
Indepth
A new duty for directors?
Yet again the call for the introduction of a positive legal duty for directors is gathering momentum. By Madeleine Abas
Safety developments prove bitter pill for industry
Health and safety has always been a key topic for the construction industry, but recent developments have catapulted it to the top of boardroom agendas, sparking a number of operational and legal headaches. By Kevin Bridges
