SHP weekly top five
April 19, 2024
This week the articles most read have been: Legal insight: Common errors in fire safety, Director jailed for failing to protect workers from asbestos exposure, Horticulture company fined after lorry driver suffers life changing injuries, In praise of older workers and One size really doesn’t fit all. Read More
HSE acknowledge issue of ill-fitting PPE as regulator engage with SHP
March 20, 2024
SHP’s Inclusive PPE campaign took a significant step forward as Karl Simons OBE opened communication with the UK health and safety regulator. Read More
New cladding fire risk identified and could be “tip of iceberg”
March 6, 2024
A London Council has warned that low-rise timber-frame homes retrofitted with a fire-spreading plastic cladding could be mirrored across the country. Read More
Huge step towards inclusive PPE as industry body promises to ensure provision
February 7, 2024
The construction industry has seen a huge boost to efforts to get properly fitted inclusive personal protective equipment (PPE) for women. Read More
Investment needed to prevent future “economically inactive” workers, IOSH warns
December 27, 2023
The Government has been urged to oversee greater investment in occupational health to “prevent the workers of today becoming the economically inactive of tomorrow”. Read More
Trapped construction workers rescued from collapsed tunnel in India
November 29, 2023
After more than two weeks of being supplied with oxygen, dry snacks and water through a pipe, all 41 men trapped in a collapsed tunnel in India have been safely rescued. Read More
SHP weekly top five
September 22, 2023
This week the articles most read have been: One metric to rule them all, Elephant in the room? Reframing accountability, All fired up – but where do we go?, PPE: The chain of ignorance and Carbon monoxide – the silent killer. Read More
Inquest opens into Everton stadium construction death
August 31, 2023
An inquest into the death of a worker who died on the construction site of the new Everton football stadium has opened in Liverpool. Read More
Pakistan cable car owner arrested
August 24, 2023
The owner of a cable car left hanging over a ravine in Pakistan triggering a 12-hour rescue mission has been arrested. Read More
HSE fatality figures show year on year increase – construction again most vulnerable
July 6, 2023
One hundred and thirty-five workers were killed in work-related incidents in Great Britain in the last year, according to HSE annual report. Read More