Unite Calls for HSE to Investigate All Work-Related Suicides
In the wake of disturbing data concerning suicide rates in the UK's workforce, Unite, the country's leading Union, demands that the Health and Safety...
HSE Spot Inspections Target Bolton and Trafford
Bolton and Trafford are the latest areas the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is specifically targeting with spot inspections to ensure workplaces are COVID-secure.
Following...
Jason Anker supports colourful life-saving training system
Safety awareness campaigner Jason Anker MBE has given his support to the E-Colors Personality Diversity Indicator (PDI), saying that it could help prevent avoidable...
Northampton Scaffolding Firm In Court After Worker’s Life-Changing Injuries
A scaffolding firm and the owner of a roofing company have been fined after a worker suffered serious injuries when he plunged nine metres...
Road closed after truck smashes into scaffolding
A truck driver has been charged with careless driving after ploughing into scaffolding erected to protect a Scottish bridge.
The Daily Record reports that the accident happened...
Demo trade body launches new safety guidance video for scaffolding
National Federation of Demolition Contractors (NFDC) has produced a scaffolding safety guidance video for demolition contractors.
The video published today aims to predominately educate demolition...
Workplaces Unite to Tackle Stress During Awareness Month
Stress Awareness Month kicks off this April, with the Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) Working Minds campaign partnering with twenty-two organisations across Great Britain...
Falling scaffold tube kills smoking worker
A Coroners Court heard how a scaffold tube fell like a ballistic missile before killing a worker on his smoke break.
On August 6, 2010,...
Parliamentary Inquiry into falls from height launches
New All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for working at height has launched an inquiry into the numbers of serious injuries and fatalities which occur...
Company boss fined after scaffolder fell to his death
Walesonline.co.uk has reported that the boss of a building company was given fines and costs totalling £25,000 today after one of his workers fell...
