Dräger calls for improved safety in tunnelling industry
November 30, 2022
SHP hears from Dräger who is calling for increased regulation and more detailed safety guidance within the tunnelling industry. Read More
November 30, 2022
SHP hears from Dräger who is calling for increased regulation and more detailed safety guidance within the tunnelling industry. Read More
November 12, 2014
The Thames Tideway Tunnel is London’s new super sewer, a gargantuan project that will manage the overflow from London’s Victorian Read More
September 25, 2013
August 1, 2013
Three workers ran for cover from 20-feet flames after a fire was sparked during welding work on a gas main in Leeds, a court heard. Read More
July 26, 2013
Two firms have admitted safety failings after a controlled explosion at a quarry sent rocks flying on to a public road. Read More
June 5, 2013
A building firm ignored warnings and dug a trench at a residential property, which caused the partial collapse of the house next door. Read More
May 17, 2013
An employee could have been killed by the collapse of the face of a four-metre-deep excavation that buried him in earth and rubble up to his waist, according to the HSE inspector who investigated the case. Read More
May 13, 2013
A construction worker sustained a broken leg when an industrial hose, which was being used in a tunnelling project in central London, broke free from its restraint and struck him. Read More
February 20, 2013
A construction company put the lives of workers in danger by failing properly to plan an excavation at a building site in Rochester, Kent. Read More
January 18, 2013
A ground-worker suffered burns when he hit an underground electricity cable with a steel pin while replacing pavement edging in Birmingham. Read More