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Construction small businesses encouraged to attend asbestos awareness safety event

Free workshops are being run across Lancashire to help small businesses better prevent the risk of exposure to asbestos. Construction companies and small businesses are invited to attend one of six fr....

Added on: 29/05/2015

Development company guilty of repeated safety breaches

A development company has been sentenced for breaches of the Work at Height Regulations. Landrose Developments Limited of North Circular Road, London, pleaded guilty to safety failings after a routine....

Added on: 22/05/2015

Construction firm prosecuted after falling roof sheets narrowly miss karting party

 A construction company has been fined after metal sheets crashed through a karting track roof – narrowly missing members of the public.  The incident happened at The Raceway on the Park Lane ....

Added on: 22/05/2015

Contractor in court after section of roof fell on worker

An Ayrshire construction contractor has been fined for serious safety failings after part of a roof fell on a worker during demolition. Peter Mullen, then 68, suffered severe injuries in the incident ....

Added on: 22/05/2015

Business man jailed after Lithuanian worker killed after fall from roof at Blackburn mill

A business man in charge of converting an old mill has been jailed, and his father, the owner of the building, given a suspended jail sentence following an incident in which a Lithuanian worker died i....

Added on: 22/05/2015

Home builder in court for platform collapse

A national home builder has been fined for safety failings after a bricklayer was badly injured in a three metre fall when a temporary platform collapsed. Daniel Kersey, 64, from Royal Wootton Bassett....

Added on: 22/05/2015

Double prosecution after Londoner’s fatal fall

A roofer and a national timber supplier have been sentenced for serious safety breaches after a labourer plunged more than eight metres to his death at a site in Tottenham, north London. Andrew Ward, ....

Added on: 22/05/2015

INDG411 – Need building work done? A short guide for clients on CDM 2015 (rev)

This leaflet is aimed at anyone having maintenance, small-scale building work or other minor works carried out. As a client you have duties under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2....

Added on: 22/05/2015

Crawley Scaffolder fined for unsafe working at height

Michael Alldis trading as Southern Tube Scaffold of Buckswood Drive, Crawley has been prosecuted after workers were put at risk during refurbishment work.....

Added on: 22/05/2015

L153 – Managing health and safety in construction – CDM 2015: Guidance on Regulations

The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015) came into force on 6 April 2015, replacing CDM 2007. This publication provides guidance on the legal requirements and is available ....

Added on: 22/05/2015