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  1. RR925 – Healthy Design, Creative Safety: Approaches to health and safety teaching and learning in undergraduate schools of architecture
    This report presents the results of a research project into the teaching of health and safety in undergraduate schools of Architecture in the UK. Previous studies into ‘identification and management of risk in undergraduate construction courses’ highlighted the need for schools of architecture to have a more consistent and integrated approach to the teaching of [...]
  2. WAIT Toolkit – Helping you select the right equipment
    If you don’t work at height very often or are unsure about which type of access equipment to use, it is important that you assess the risks and select the right equipment for the job. WAIT – Work at height Access equipment Information Toolkit – provides you with some possible solutions.
  3. Fines for ‘unsafe’ Croydon construction company
    A Croydon-based construction company has been fined for continuing unsafe working practices at a site in Lewisham despite repeated warnings.
  4. Getting ready for London 2012 – A crucial time for planning and preparation
    With the ‘big build’ phase of the project now complete, the huge task of getting ready to stage the London 2012 Games is well underway. This is a crucial time for planning and physical preparations. The challenge for everyone involved is to maintain the excellent health and safety record achieved so far.
  5. Central Scotland construction firms encouraged to attend safety event
    Construction companies in the Central Scotland area are being encouraged to attend a free event to get to grips with health and safety in one of Britain’s most dangerous industries.
  6. Dumper truck breaks worker’s foot
    A Northamptonshire construction company has been fined after a six-tonne dumper truck ran over a worker’s foot.
  7. Leicestershire firms fined after death of worker
    Two Leicestershire companies have been fined after a worker was killed when a lorry overturned onto his vehicle.
  8. Construction firm fined over worker’s fall injuries
    A construction firm has been sentenced for safety failings after a roofer was badly injured in a fall from scaffolding at a house in Trafford.
  9. Leadership and Worker Involvement: Learning From London 2012 – 24 May 2012
    Apply now for a free half-day seminar hosted by the TUC, focusing on the health and safety lessons learned from the London 2012 construction project in relation to leadership and worker involvement. The event is supported by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) as part of the 2012-13 Healthy Workplaces Campaign. [...]
  10. Landlord prosecuted after builder falls to his death
    A landlord has been fined after a self-employed builder died while replacing a roof on a property in Middlesex.
  11. CD239: Public consultation – Removal of fourteen legislative measures
    This consultation seeks views on the HSE’s proposals to remove fourteen legislative measures (one Act, twelve Regulations and one Order and with a related provision in the Factories Act 1961) and to withdraw approval for an associated Approved Code of Practice. Still time to have your say, consultation ends 4 July 2012.
  12. Construction firms sentenced over Liverpool crane collapse
    Two construction firms have been sentenced after a crane collapsed onto a city centre apartment block in Liverpool, resulting in the crane driver being paralysed from the waist down.
  13. Director fined after worker’s fatal fall through roof
    The director of a building firm has been prosecuted after a self-employed contractor fell to his death through a fragile roof at an industrial building in Penryn.
  14. Yeovil construction company prosecuted after worker hit by fork lift truck
    A Yeovil construction company has been fined after a subcontracted worker suffered serious injuries when he was struck by a fork lift truck.
  15. Dorset contractor sentenced over worker death
    A building contractor has been fined over serious safety breaches after a worker was killed by a piece of falling cob wall being demolished by his son.
  16. Dorset builder ignored asbestos risks
    A self-employed builder has been fined for demolishing a building without first carrying out an asbestos survey.
  17. Builder’s work on chimney put family at risk
    A family was exposed to deadly carbon monoxide fumes after building work on a chimney caused a blockage in a flue.
  18. Church fined after worker paralysed in fall
    A church council in South Kensington has been prosecuted for safety failings after a self-employed joiner was left paralysed when he fell from the balcony of St Paul’s church in Onslow Square.
  19. Construction firm fined for repeatedly ignoring safety warnings
    A construction company has been fined for continuing unsafe working practices at a site in Upper Norwood, Croydon, after repeatedly ignoring safety warnings.
  20. CD239 – Proposals to remove fourteen legislative measures
    This consultation seeks views on HSE’s proposals to remove fourteen legislative measures covering Celluloid and Cinematograph Film, Construction Head Protection, Notification of Conventional Tower Cranes, Notification of Installations Handling Hazardous Substances, Gasholders (Record of Examinations) Order, Docks, Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing and Metrication. The consultation began on 3 April 2012 and ends 4 July 2012.

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