Health and Safety

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 been injured. But the man,…

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 5 August 2021, the Health…

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 stonemason previously but after joining…

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 gantry crane was being disassembled…

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 an insufficient number of emergency…

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 on a tipper truck body,…

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 extension, according to a statement…

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 to a statement from the…

A firm supplying stone and marble to the construction sector has been fined after a worker was killed when granite slabs fell from a lorry loader. Steven White, 61, was offloading stone slabs at Blyth Marble Ltd's depot in Larkhall, Lanarkshire, when the incident happened on 4 September 2024, the…

A Peabody maintenance subsidiary has been fined £400,000 after an employee died from inhaling toxic vapours from flooring adhesive. Darren Nevill was working for Ealing-based Connect Property Services Ltd laying a vinyl bathroom floor at a property in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, on 9 December 2020 when he lost consciousness and collapsed,…