Health and Safety in the UK Construction Industry | Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/ Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Thu, 19 Feb 2026 17:03:46 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://cdn.ca.emap.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/07/favicon-cn192-70x70.png Health and Safety in the UK Construction Industry | Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/ 32 32 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/ 125 75 Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Two-tier PBAs touted to solve payment-related mental health issues https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/mind-matters/two-tier-pbas-touted-to-solve-payment-related-mental-health-issues-19-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/mind-matters/two-tier-pbas-touted-to-solve-payment-related-mental-health-issues-19-02-2026/#respond Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:45:01 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=538562 Ringfenced project bank accounts (PBAs) should be extended throughout the construction supply chain to “eliminate” payment-related mental health issues, a white paper has argued. A two-tier PBA system would offer not only financial but also psychological protection to small and medium-sized construction businesses that are…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/mind-matters/two-tier-pbas-touted-to-solve-payment-related-mental-health-issues-19-02-2026/feed/ 0 Worker dies in industrial incident at housing development https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/worker-dies-in-industrial-incident-at-housing-development-18-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/worker-dies-in-industrial-incident-at-housing-development-18-02-2026/#respond Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:45:15 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=538517 A worker has died following an incident at a housing development in Norwich. The East of England Ambulance Service (EEAS) said an air ambulance was called to the scene at Hawthorn Drive in Sprowston at 10.50am on Tuesday (17 February) over reports a person had…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/worker-dies-in-industrial-incident-at-housing-development-18-02-2026/feed/ 0 Firm fined £24,000 over fall from height at handbag factory conversion https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/firm-fined-24000-over-fall-from-height-at-handbag-factory-conversion-17-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/firm-fined-24000-over-fall-from-height-at-handbag-factory-conversion-17-02-2026/#respond Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:45:13 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=538319 A construction company has been fined after a worker suffered serious injuries from a ladder fall during renovation works in London. Bow Tie Construction was converting a domestic property and a former handbag factory into a single dwelling in Islington when the incident occurred on…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/firm-fined-24000-over-fall-from-height-at-handbag-factory-conversion-17-02-2026/feed/ 0 Widow calls for artificial stone action after husband’s silicosis death https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/widow-calls-for-artificial-stone-action-after-husbands-silicosis-death-10-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/widow-calls-for-artificial-stone-action-after-husbands-silicosis-death-10-02-2026/#respond Tue, 10 Feb 2026 13:14:47 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=537718 The widow of a stoneworker who died from silicosis aged just 28 has called for more to be done to protect those in the industry. Wessam Al Jundi died in May 2024, three years after he was diagnosed with silicosis. He had worked as a…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/widow-calls-for-artificial-stone-action-after-husbands-silicosis-death-10-02-2026/feed/ 0 Why are HSE prosecutions so difficult to defend?  https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/why-are-hse-prosecutions-so-difficult-to-defend-09-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/why-are-hse-prosecutions-so-difficult-to-defend-09-02-2026/#respond Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:17:59 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=534421 Arabella Dulcie and Sam Haldane are associates in the business crime and regulation team at law firm JMW Solicitors The construction industry is arguably one of the most high-risk workplaces, susceptible to myriad health and safety concerns. This has been confirmed in the latest statistics…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/why-are-hse-prosecutions-so-difficult-to-defend-09-02-2026/feed/ 0 HSE ‘satisfied’ with HS2 investigation into serious near-miss https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/hse-satisfied-with-hs2-investigation-into-serious-near-miss-06-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/hse-satisfied-with-hs2-investigation-into-serious-near-miss-06-02-2026/#respond Fri, 06 Feb 2026 12:45:44 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=537690 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has said it is satisfied with HS2’s response to the serious near-miss that led to a pause on its London tunnels work. On 29 September last year, a beam struck a crane basket with two workers inside as a…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/hse-satisfied-with-hs2-investigation-into-serious-near-miss-06-02-2026/feed/ 0 Contractors warned over Hinkley Point C fire risks https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/contractors-warned-over-hinkley-point-c-fire-risks-05-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/contractors-warned-over-hinkley-point-c-fire-risks-05-02-2026/#respond Thu, 05 Feb 2026 15:44:32 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=537652 Mechanical and electrical (M&E) contractors allowed combustible material to build up on a staircase serving an emergency exit at Hinkley Point C, according to the regulator. Inspectors examining construction work at the nuclear site also found that no fire risk assessment was in place and…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/contractors-warned-over-hinkley-point-c-fire-risks-05-02-2026/feed/ 0 Plant-hire firm fined £10k after worker hit by JCB bucket https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/plant-hire-firm-fined-10k-after-worker-hit-by-jcb-bucket-05-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/plant-hire-firm-fined-10k-after-worker-hit-by-jcb-bucket-05-02-2026/#respond Thu, 05 Feb 2026 12:31:06 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=537608 A plant hire company has been fined £10,000 after a 1-tonne JCB bucket fell onto a worker, leaving him with life-changing injuries. According to a statement from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the Salford Grab Hire employee was helping to repair a lifting mechanism…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/plant-hire-firm-fined-10k-after-worker-hit-by-jcb-bucket-05-02-2026/feed/ 0 Contractor jailed after teenage demolition worker death https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/contractor-jailed-after-teenage-demolition-worker-death-03-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/contractor-jailed-after-teenage-demolition-worker-death-03-02-2026/#respond Tue, 03 Feb 2026 11:11:31 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=537423 A self‑employed contractor has been jailed after a teenager fell to his death during demolition works on a property in Surrey. Jason Hill, 59, hired Tom Neate, 19, to help demolish a garage at an address on Glebe Road in Staines-upon-Thames in preparation for an…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/contractor-jailed-after-teenage-demolition-worker-death-03-02-2026/feed/ 0 Tarmac fined £630,000 after worker’s legs crushed https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/tarmac-fined-630000-after-workers-legs-crushed-02-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/tarmac-fined-630000-after-workers-legs-crushed-02-02-2026/#respond Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:45:06 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=537297 Tarmac has been fined £630,000 after a worker’s legs were crushed between one-tonne metal frames on a production line in Essex. Richard Ogunleye entered a fenced area to clean and inspect frames at the Tarmac Building Products manufacturing facility at Linford in Thurrock, Essex, according…

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