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Fit for the job? The PPE challenge for minority groups

Charlotte Banks — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 10:51:05 +0000

While the industry tries to improve women’s PPE, other minority groups’ needs remain overlooked It took several months for Leena Begum to even visit a construction site. The apprentice feared she would have to compromise her Muslim faith by wearing the personal protective equipment (PPE)…

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Director fined after hitting worker with lorry

Ian Weinfass — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 10:31:00 +0000

The director of a building contractor has been fined after he hit an employee while reversing a lorry. Peter O’Hare, who is both a director and worker at County Down-based Peter O’Hare Ltd, caused an employee to suffer “serious crush injuries” in the incident, which…

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Scottish housebuilder fined after worker death

Will Ing — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 10:45:17 +0000

Avant Homes (Scotland) Ltd has been fined £333,000 after a man was crushed by falling concrete blocks on a site in South Lanarkshire. Conor Joseph Morgan was an HGV driver delivering materials to Shott Farm in High Blantyre, a site overseen by Avant Homes (Scotland)…

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Construction fatalities 70% worse than five years ago

Ben Vogel — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 15:19:08 +0000

Construction worker fatalities in the UK are 70 per cent higher than before the Covid pandemic, according to the latest annual statistics from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Data for the year to 31 March 2024 showed that 51 construction workers died in accidents…

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Revealed: sharp drop in work at height safety investigations

Ian Weinfass — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 11:00:53 +0000

The number of Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigations into falls from height in construction has dropped starkly, Construction News can reveal. Prospect, the union representing HSE inspectors, warned that the organisation has scaled back its investigations across all types and abolished its construction division.…

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Contractor fined after delivery driver electrocuted by powerline

Ian Weinfass — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 14:32:34 +0000

A Reading-based contractor has been fined £30,000 after the death of a delivery driver. Father of four Levi Alleyne, known as Chunky, was electrocuted while delivering crushed concrete to a construction site where BBM Contracts was principal contractor. He died after the crane arm of…

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Death prompts remote control crane warning

Charlotte Banks — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 11:30:28 +0000

A coroner has warned about the safety of remote-controlled loader cranes after a father of two was crushed to death. Bolton-born driver Michael Harrison died in February 2021, aged 42, after the crane arm he was using to unload scaffolding came down on him. Harrison…

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Contractor fined after teenager exposed to asbestos

Will Ing — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 07:24:40 +0000

A small North East contractor has been fined after a 16-year-old worker was exposed to asbestos. The unnamed teenager was working for P Turnbull Joinery & Building Services Ltd when exposed to the potentially cancer-causing material in June 2021, according to the Health and Safety…

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Revealed: cost of parliament tower’s botched procurement

Ian Weinfass — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 11:45:23 +0000

Parliamentary authorities expect to spend nearly £2m on procuring a contractor to repair the Palace of Westminster’s tallest structure, the Victoria Tower, after botching the first tender. Construction News revealed in April that the tender for the £95m job had to be re-run after errors…

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Bam Nuttall fined £2.3m after worker drowned

Will Ing — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 10:05:48 +0000

Bam Nuttall has been fined £2.345m after a worker drowned in the River Aire in 2017. Gary Webster was removing debris from the bottom of weir gates at Knostrop Weir, in south Leeds, with another worker when their boat capsized. The boat had been…

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