July 13, 2021
A utilities company has been fined after a member of the public suffered fatal injuries after falling into an excavation on a footpath. Read More
May 31, 2021
Harlands Builders Limited has been fined for safety breaches after a ground worker was trapped having entered a two-metre-deep excavation. Read More
May 3, 2021
Auberne Homes Limited and groundworks contractor W & E Lammie have been fined after an employee of W & E Lammie was crushed and severely injured during an excavation collapse. Read More
February 18, 2021
Online safe digging resource LSBUD says it saw more than three million searches for underground pipes and cables pass through its central system in 2020. Read More
December 16, 2020
Richard Broome, MD at LSBUD, discusses why it’s so important that people adopt good safe digging practices to avoid hitting underground pipes and cables. Read More
September 3, 2020
‘Tipping point’ reached, in terms of safe digging in Britain, as searching revolution leaves workers safer than ever, according to LSBUD Digging Up Britain 2020 report, but there remains ‘work to be done to ensure total safety’. Read More
February 18, 2020
Richard Broome, Managing Director at LSBUD, discusses the growing awareness surrounding safe digging practices and the impact this has on the health and safety of those working in or near to gas pipelines or electricity cables. Read More
January 10, 2019
The unintentional striking of underground assets, such as cables and pipelines, can cause life-changing injuries to construction workers. Therefore, asset owners and local authorities have a duty of care to better protect those working on the frontline, as well as the general public. Read More
August 2, 2018
Underground asset searches often not carried out, according to new report. Read More
December 19, 2016
A Borders-based building firm has been fined £30,000 after a lone worker died when he was crushed by falling soil Read More