Health and Safety

Two people have been treated by paramedics after a crane collapsed at a construction site in Edinburgh this morning. The jib of a Jaso J380PA luffing crane, owned and operated by Falcon Tower Crane Services, fell down at the Stead’s Place residential development shortly before 9.30am today (28 November). Emergency…

The public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire has admitted it may not publish its final report before the seventh anniversary of the industry-changing tragedy. An update issued by the team leading the probe said the long-awaited document was being held up by the sheer volume of criticised parties needing…

Two people were dramatically rescued by crane from a roof on an under-construction office block during the second fire in five months at a Reading building site. The blaze broke out on Thursday morning (23 November) at an 18-storey office tower being built by Sir Robert McAlpine as part of…

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has completed its investigation of the death of a subcontractor working on a Scottish hospital site overseen by Graham. The 51-year-old man, who has not been publicly identified, suffered head injuries while working on the Baird Family Hospital in Aberdeen on 18 January. He…

Critical school repairs are being further delayed by the crisis over crumbling concrete, an influential group of MPs has warned. The School Rebuilding Programme, already held up by a failure to attract contractors, risks being blown further off course by mounting fears over the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete…

Two companies have been fined a total of £240,000 after two workers fell 27 metres as the result of a defective cradle. Marcel Botnaru and Radu Baracu were working in the cradle at level nine of a residential tower in Pennington Street, Wapping, east London. According to a statement from…

A worker has died at a Barratt David Wilson Homes construction site in Ramsgate, Kent, the housebuilder has confirmed. Kent Police was called after a man sustained injuries at a site off New Haine Road in Ramsgate on Tuesday evening (14 November). Emergency services attended the incident at the Spitfire…

A London politician has demanded a fast response from Bouygues after part of a balcony collapsed within a housing development built by the contractor. Barking and Dagenham Council leader Darren Rodwell wrote to the French-owned contractor’s management urging inspections be carried out “at pace”. The local authority said part of…

A heavy-lifting company has been fined £24,000 after two of its workers fell from a crane platform. On 19 January 2021, two men assembling a crane at the Port of Blyth, Northumberland, for Osprey Heavy Lift fell from height when the platform they were working on partially collapsed, according to…

Profit has fallen by nearly £2m at demolition contractor Colemans. The firm’s latest accounts, for the year to 30 April 2023, show its pre-tax profit fell to £268,000 from £2.5m in the prior year. Turnover stood at over £12.98m in its latest year, up by 10.6 per cent from £11.73m…