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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is asking members of the public to share messages and acts of kindness for those working in the construction industry, in the run-up to Valentine’s Day. Using both #WorkRight and #WeCare hashtags, the public are being encouraged to tweet the @H_S_E with th

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has ordered Aberdeen City Council to improve its procedures after it identified a series of law contraventions when asbestos was discovered at a city school. A report by the watchdog noted that “no action was taken to deal with any potential contamination

Construction firms across Great Britain will be targeted on their health standards by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). These inspections will be the first time the regulator has targeted the industry with a specific focus on respiratory risks and occupational lung disease, looking at the measu

A painter who was placed into an induced coma following a fall at the new Aberdeen Exhibition Centre (AECC) construction site has died from his injuries. Kevin Stewart, from the Ellon area, was preparing a room in a hotel for painting on Tuesday September 4 when he sustained “serious head injuries

A road resurfacing company has been fined £15,400 after an employee was run over by a road roller in South Ayrshire. Ayr Sherriff Court heard that on 3 November 2015 an employee of Newlay Civil Engineering Ltd reversed a road roller over the leg of fellow employee, Thomas Shaw. The incident happene

A contractor has been fined after a gas explosion at a domestic property in Lesmahagow, South Lanarkshire. Lanark Sheriff Court heard that, on 22 March 2007, Turriff Contractors Limited had been contracted to construct and install a gas main on a street in Lesmahagow.

The Unite union has called for stronger legal guidelines concerning the construction and maintenance of wind farms after a 74-year-old worker died in East Ayrshire. The victim was working with younger colleague at Craigdarroch Farm in New Cumnock when the pair became stranded in heavy snow.

A new advisory network, aimed at giving all areas of the construction industry a voice, has been launched by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The Construction Industry Advisory Network (CONIAN) is a newly formed stakeholder network, bringing together a wider representation of organisations and

A paving contractor has been prosecuted after a worker fell from the bonnet of a tar laying machine in Dumfries and Galloway. M & W Tarmacadam Contractor Ltd, of Main Street, Stavely, Kendal was fined £10,000 after pleading guilty to breaching Regulation 4 of the Work at Height Regulations 2005

A Glasgow based demolition contractor has been fined after a worker fell to their death from a mezzanine deck during a demolition project in Edinburgh. Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard how, on 15 January 2015, an employee of Walker Demo Limited died 10 days after he fell while dismantling a mezzanine d

Anderson Tower A Paisley-based utility services company has been fined for exposing four of its employees to asbestos during work at Anderson Tower in Motherwell in 2014.

Miller Plant Limited has been fined £15,000 over a health and safety breach which resulted in three contract workers being exposed to asbestos fibres. The Inverurie-based plant contracting and hire service provider was handed the fine at Aberdeen Sheriff Court after admitting engaging an unlicensed

Construction projects across Britain are being urged to act now to ensure the health and safety of their workers is protected as the second phase of a targeted inspection initiative got underway this week. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) says 43 workers were fatally injured in 2015/16, and an

A Stranraer based groundwork company has been fined after a worker fell more than seven metres through a fragile roof. Stranraer Sheriff Court heard the 42-year-old had been sub-contracted by McKeown Groundworks Limited to carry out roof repairs on a barn at Whiteley’s Farm, Stranraer.

A Fife-based construction company has been fined after a worker had to be dug out of a trench that collapsed onto him six years ago. Dundee Sheriff Court heard the 43-year-old employee of Wallace Roofing and Building Limited suffered a broken shoulder and collarbone as well as punctures to both of h