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Millennials, gen Z workers and other younger people who work as plumbers, electricians, and in other trades need to take the risk of asbestos much more seriously, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said today as it launched a new campaign to raise awareness of the risks associated with the d

Those responsible for the safety of high-rise residential buildings in England have six months from April to register with the new Building Safety Regulator.

An Inverness-based property company has been fined £80,000 after a 64-year-old asbestos surveyor died following an electrical explosion. Global Energy Nigg Limited pled guilty to a health and safety breach committed on 10 December 2020 at Tain Sheriff Court on 18 January 2023.

A construction worker died yesterday at the Foresterhill Health Campus site in Aberdeen.

A snapshot of good and bad manual-handling practices on construction sites across Great Britain has been revealed in six weeks of inspections.

A family-run plumbing business has been fined £4,000 after a blind man fell into an open manhole at a sheltered housing development in Banchory. The 62-year-old registered-blind resident of Hanover Court suffered injuries to his left leg in the fall on February 19, 2020.

A chipboard manufacturer has been fined £2,150,000 for health and safety failings which led to the tragic death of an employee. Norbord Europe Limited was found guilty of two charges under health and safety legislation on 1 November at Perth Sheriff Court.

A podcast for the construction industry has been launched this week by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Supporting the Work Right Construction: Your Health. Your Future campaign, this new episode discusses the impact and the prevention of the serious aches, pains and strains that can affect ev

Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspectors will be visiting construction sites over the next two months as part of a campaign to combat serious aches, pains and strains in the industry. According to the regulator, lifting and moving heavy objects on sites is harming the health of thousan

Research by the Unite union has revealed a "shocking and frightening" decline in vital unannounced construction inspections being undertaken by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). A series of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests has discovered that inspections have declined by 31% in less than a

Thirty people died while working in construction over the last year as the sector accounted for around a quarter of all work-related fatalities, new official figures have revealed. Data published by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) shows that 123 were killed in work-related accident

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is to target construction sites across Great Britain as part of a month-long respiratory health initiative.

An investigation is underway into the death of a 23-year-old man at a construction site in Shetland.

A man has died after an incident at a Glasgow building site yesterday morning.

A principal contractor has been sentenced after he was found to have supervised unsafe excavation work in Greater Manchester and allowed some workers to carry out their jobs barefoot.