Six injured in Belfast building collapse - March 11, 2008

Six construction workers have been injured, five of them seriously, in an accident on a Belfast building site on Monday.

Witnesses to the incident on the Victoria Street site said that a floor gave way during work on the six-storey [read more...]

HSE focuses on trips and slips in Scottish workplaces - March 10, 2008

New figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show that trips and slips caused 4081 injuries and five deaths at work in Scotland last year.

The cost of these accidents across Scotland to business was £67 million.

The HSE [read more...]

One in three construction sites had unacceptable health and safety standards - March 5, 2008

Up to a third of the construction sites visited in the Health and Safety Executive's (HSE's) had unacceptable health and safety standards, according to the body.

Inspectors served 395 enforcement notices and stopped work on 30 [read more...]

Shattered Lives campaign moves to the south-west - February 27, 2008

The Health and Safety Executive's Shattered Lives campaign, the initiative to highlight the consequences of slips, trips and falls in the workplace has moved to the south-west this week.

Bristol City Council helped to launch the regional campaign, [read more...]

Changing attitudes needed in health and safety at work - February 22, 2008

Health and safety procedures are in place to protect workers from injuries not firms from law suits, one construction safety expert has claimed.

The Construction Centre.co.uk said that changing established cultures through more read more...]

HSE spot checks caught out five contractors in Newcastle - February 21, 2008

Inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have found examples of bad and even dangerous working practices in workplaces in Newcastle.

Out of a total of 30 contractors who received unannounced spot checks from the HSE, five [read more...]

Spot checks yield further 'dangerous' working practices - February 18, 2008

Random spot checks on Scottish building sites have uncovered more "bad and even dangerous" working practices.

Inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) issued prohibition notices at eight out of the 17 locations they visited across Dundee [read more...]

Construction accidents 'entirely preventable' - February 18, 2008

Construction firms have again been warned to take "sensible, effective" precautions against the dangers of working at height.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) issued the latest warning following the prosecution of a Hertfordshire firm over [read more...]

Construction spot checks 'just a sticking plaster' - February 15, 2008

Health and safety spot checks currently being carried out on the UK's building sites have been written off as no more than a "sticking plaster".

Earlier this week, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) announced plans to [read more...]

Examples of bad health and safety practice found in random checks - February 12, 2008

Examples of bad health and safety practice have been discovered by health and safety inspectors after a series of random spot checks in Aberdeen.

Out of eleven sites which received unannounced visits from Health [read more...]