February 22, 2021
A property partnership has been fined £4,000 after an employee fell through a roof light. Read More
February 16, 2021
A roofer was fatally injured when he fell six metres whilst working on a replacement roof at a property. Read More
February 12, 2021
Two companies have been fined after a worker sustained serious injuries by falling approximately three metres through a hole cut into a floor during the refurbishment of a property. Read More
January 29, 2021
The governing body of Christ the King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre in Southport has been fined after an employee fell from height whilst performing routine maintenance duties. Read More
January 26, 2021
A roofing supplies firm and its director have been fined after two workers fell from a tower scaffold, sustaining serious injuries. Read More
January 4, 2021
A roofing contractor has been fined after a health and safety inspector came across two workers jet washing a steeply pitched roof on a house without adequate protection. Read More
December 3, 2020
A company has admitted a health and safety offence after an employee fell through a fragile plasterboard ceiling, sustaining life-changing injuries. Read More
November 16, 2020
Two men are in hospital in New York after falling around 20 feet off scaffolding on Manhattan’s 101 storey Hudson Yards development in New York on Saturday. Read More
October 1, 2020
SOCOTEC outlines some of the most common hazards and risks that construction workers may encounter, as well as the relevant legislation and control measures that ensure that the level of risk is kept as low as possible. Read More
September 22, 2020
Hard Hat Awareness Week runs from 21-27 September and will see a series of activities designed to drive awareness of brain injury and encourage best practice around safety equipment. Read More