Dangerous digger stunts found on YouTube

HSE warns about effects of dangerous clips after death defying digger stunt workman draws over 1,200 hits
The Health and Safety Executive have warned about the impact of people posting “stunts” with diggers on YouTube.
Stephen Williams, HSE Head of construction, said: “HSE condemns the irresponsible and dangerous behaviour being shown on these YouTube videos.”
The comments came [...]

Focus on health and safety: construction industry statistics

Roofer dies in fall”. No fanfare, no outrage, just another matter-of-fact headline from a local newspaper describing a death in the construction industry.
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Belfast offices that fell on builders must be demolished

Health and safety concerns mean NI Law Society office building must come down as five still in serious condition
A Belfast building that collapsed on Monday, injuring six construction workers, is to be demolished.
The building in Victoria Street was under construction when the accident happened, as a floor gave way under the weight of concrete being [...]

Browns Construction Group’s Jim Corcoran: 60 seconds on site

What site are you working on at the moment?
I’m working on a Gateway Plaza, a mixed-use development in Barnsley and the town’s largest-ever regeneration scheme.
What is the best building site you have ever worked on and why?
The best was Aston Villa’s new stand, not because I’m a fan, but because it was such a challenge. [...]

Man falls from Limerick building

A man in his fifties was taken to hospital this morning after he fell from the roof of a building
The accident happened at an Equestrian Centre in Coonagh around 11.15am.
It`s understood the man was climbing onto the roof to carry out repairs when he fell an estimated 24 feet.
Two ambulances and a response car attended [...]

Urgent advice to construction firms in bad weather

THE Health & Safety Executive has issued an urgent warning to construction companies to help prevent unnecessary accidents during the severe weather today in the North West.
Mark Cottriall, Principal Construction Inspector for Lancashire and Cumbria, said: “During severe weather like today’s, with very strong winds and rain, there is an increased risk of major and [...]

Focus on health and safety: construction industry statistics

Roofer dies in fall”. No fanfare, no outrage, just another matter-of-fact headline from a local newspaper describing a death in the construction industry.
Full story here

Focus on health and safety: NG Bailey hospitals scheme

NG Bailey is currently working on one of the largest and most prestigious projects in the company’s history – a flagship PFI scheme on Merseyside to deliver two state-of-the-art hospitals for the St Helens and Knowsley Hospital Trust. The company is working under a strategic partnership agreement with Taylor Woodrow, which is undertaking the design [...]

HSE report: Refurbishment firms refute claims of ‘appalling’ site safety

REFURBISHMENT contractors have hit back at claims that safety standards in the sector are “appalling”.
Results of a blitz campaign by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) resulted in dangerous work being stopped immediately on 30% of sites.
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HSE investigating Belfast site accident

The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland is investigating an accident at a construction site in Belfast yesterday.
Six workers were seriously injured when scaffolding and part of a structure collapsed at a new office block for the Law Society.
The builders, working on the second floor of the building, fell up to nine metres. However, [...]

Safety concerns at building sites

 third of building sites in the North East have been found to be putting workers’ lives at risk.
Throughout February, 105 contractors on 60 sites in the region had unannounced visits from health and safety inspectors, and they served 19 enforcement notices and stopped work at eight refurbishment sites.
HM Inspector of Health and Safety Michael Brown [...]

Investigation Into Building Collapse Begins

A Health and Safety investigation is underway after a building under construction in Belfast collapsed yesterday, injuring six people.
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Five injured as Belfast building collapses

HSE Northern Ireland sends inspectors on site to monitor the situation
A building under construction on Belfast’s Victoria Street collapsed this morning.
The HSE Northern Ireland confirmed that there had been an accident and that inspectors were on site to monitor the situation. Five workers are reported to have been injured.
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Man dies in JCB horror

 man was crushed to death by a digger bucket in an horrific accident at a farm near Penkridge.
Firefighters and ambulance crews rushed to Wells Farm in Bradley just before 11.30am yesterday after receiving reports a man was trapped under the hydraulic arm of a JCB-type digger.
Three fire crews from Stafford and Penkridge desperately battled to [...]

Unacceptable Performance By Refurbishment Sector Of The Construction Industry, UK

Over one in three construction sites visited put the lives of workers at risk and operated so far below the acceptable standard that our inspectors served 395 enforcement notices and stopped work on 30% of the sites”, Geoffrey Podger, HSE’s Chief Executive said.
This comes after The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) carried out over 1000 [...]