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Ten days before a father and son were buried under a collapsing pile of scrap metal, the same machine had already given a warning. Its cab had swung into a member of the public’s vehicle. Nobody was hurt that time – so nothing changed. Ten days later, luck ran out. It’s a case that carries […]

Ask almost anyone running a small construction or trades business what their least favourite part of the job is, and paperwork will be near the top of the list. And within that pile, one item comes up again and again: RAMS. Risk assessments and method statements are essential, they’re expected on nearly every job, and

For a long time, stress was treated as something separate from “real” health and safety – a wellbeing issue, a soft subject, something that sat outside the hard world of guardrails and hard hats. That thinking is well out of date, and the HSE is making that clearer than ever. Work-related stress is a health

A recent HSE prosecution should give every principal contractor pause. An Oldham-based construction company was fined £30,000 after a 25-year-old bricklayer suffered serious injuries when the floor he was working on collapsed beneath him. He fell from height along with a number of concrete blocks, fracturing his right leg, his hip and his left hand.