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SHP weekly top five

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

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”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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