Health and Safety

A self-employed plasterer who suffered a brain injury after falling from an unfenced mezzanine floor at a construction site has lost his High Court appeal for more damages. Charles Lee attempted to overturn an earlier ruling by Chelmsford County Court that found he was foul of contributory negligence in the…

A roofing contractor who was filmed on a doorbell camera illegally disposing of asbestos has been ordered to pay more than £3,500 in costs. Stephen Wilks, trading as S Wilks Roofing, of Fernley Road, Mile End, Stockport, pleaded guilty to breaching asbestos safety regulations at  Ashton-under-Lyne Magistrates Court on 28…

A company and its director have been fined £18,000 after a man was injured when a wall collapse led to him bing buried during excavation work in West Sussex. JHE Construction and its director Jordan Hay-Ellis pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety laws following the incident on 23 February…

Technology is changing. And so is Construction News. Our editorial team has been using artificial intelligence (AI) behind the scenes for some time now to summarise long reports and data as part of our research process, as well as produce some illustrations. But we have not used it to produce…

A man has been arrested following the death of a 61-year-old who was hit by a truck at a construction site in Wigan. The incident happened at Freckleton Road in the town, on 19 March. A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson said that a 58-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion…

A mesothelioma campaign group is urging the government to ban Altrad UK, its parent company and its subsidiaries from future public-sector work. Its call followed the decision by Altrad UK chief executive Ran Oren (pictured) not to appear before the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Occupational Safety and Health. The…

An Essex developer that showed a “total disregard” for its workers’ safety has been hit by a £63,000 fine, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced. Nine enforcement notices were served against Nofax Enterprises Ltd, including five prohibition notices, after the regulator said it found “multiple failures” at a…

Laws governing safety-incident reporting and lifting operations could be shaken up as part of a government mission to cut red tape and boost economic activity. The Treasury said consultations would be held over potential alterations to the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 2013 and the Lifting…

A court has fined a scaffolding specialist for safety failings on a site where a worker sustained injuries that led to his death. A.I.M Access Solutions was ordered to pay a £30,800 penalty and £5,040.75 in costs after pleading guilty to breaching health and safety laws, the Health and Safety…

Network Rail has been fined £3.41m following the death of a track worker in Surbiton.  Tyler Byrne died after being struck by a passenger train on 9 February 2021. He had been working as part of a four-man team undertaking track inspections while trains were running in both directions.  The…