The agricultural industry still has the highest rate of fatal injury in Great Britain according to the latest statistics released today by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Released on the first day of Farm Safety Week, HSE’s annual agricultural … read more
A Manchester-based principal contractor has today been sentenced for safety breaches after two workers both fell when working from height. Leeds Crown Court heard how, on 3 October 2014, the two subcontracted joiners were working on the refurbishment … read more
A Scunthorpe-based roofing contractor was sentenced today for safety breaches after a worker suffered numerous fractures following a fall through a fragile roof. Grimsby Magistrates court heard how, between 11 September 2016 and 1 October 2016, the em… read more
A Milton Keynes-based company has been fined after an employee was injured when he fell from a roof. Reading Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 16 March 2017, an employee of Bailey Roofing was laying roof felt when he fell 8 metres from an unprotected e… read more
An Essex-based construction company has been sentenced today after two workers were seen working unsafely on a 12.5m high pitched roof in Cardiff. Cardiff Magistrates’ Court heard how, in August 2015, during repair work on the roof at a Homebase store… read more