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Scaffold director gets prison sentence after worker electrocuted
The director of a scaffolding company has received a suspended prison sentence…
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Considerate Constructors Scheme to monitor provision of women’s PPE
The Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS) has added women’s personal protective equipment (PPE)…
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Crane collapses at west London site
A crane has collapsed at a former hospital site in west London.…
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Exclusive: Regulator to investigate blocks built with large panel systems
The safety watchdog will urgently look at large panel system (LPS) buildings…
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‘Significant concern’ over storm scaffold collapses
The National Access & Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) has expressed “significant concern” over…
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92 Network Rail staff sacked over drugs or alcohol in four years
More than 90 Network Rail workers have been dismissed for consuming alcohol…
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Worker dies after house roof collapse
A builder has died after a roof collapse at a house undergoing…
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Leicester stadium plans approved with counter-terror conditions
Leicester City’s stadium expansion plans have won formal planning approval – on…
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Council fined £2m after road-worker death
A council has been fined £2m after the death of a worker…
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RAAC crisis: £35m cost of modular classrooms revealed
The government has named three companies given contracts worth a total of…
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Balfour Beatty worker tells of baseball bat attack
A Balfour Beatty roadworker in Southampton was attacked with a baseball bat…
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Morgan Sindall warned over nuclear-site accident
The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has ordered Morgan Sindall to improve…
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Roofing firm fined over two falls
A roofing company has been fined a total of £881,000 over two…
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RAAC: more than 100 schools ‘probably’ need full rebuild
More than 100 schools are set to be completely rebuilt due to…
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Man dies after fall at Laing O’Rourke site
A man in his 40s has died from his injuries after falling…
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Worker hospitalised at £450m Teesside factory scheme
A construction worker has been taken to hospital following an incident on…
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Main contractor fined £600,000 over death fall
A contractor has been fined £600,000 following a fatal fall on a…
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Morrell criticises lack of response to product safety review
Former government construction adviser Paul Morrell has hit out at ministers' muted…
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Reading fire: crane driver tells of dramatic rescue
A heroic crane operator who lifted a colleague to safety from a…
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Building Safety Regulator appoints permanent head
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has appointed Philip White to lead…