Technology

Site Safety Data In Real Time, That Sounds Sensible

Yunex Traffic has partnered with Newcastle based Notify Technology to integrate a smart health and safety management platform. The stream of on-site data offers insurers the chance to see the true risk, in each location, […]

Insurance claims

Poor Risk Procedures Led to Fatal Site Incident

A construction company has been fined £146k after a joiner was crushed and killed by a 20-tonne excavator. Philip McDonald had been hired by Birch Brothers (Kidderminster) Ltd to assist with the construction of a […]

News

Poor Construction Site Security Led to Child’s Death

Latest case from the HSE is heartbreaking; A civil engineering firm has been fined £600K for safety breaches after a seven-year-old child became trapped and suffocated on a construction site. Seven-year-old Conley Thompson went missing […]

Insurance claims

Fatal Accident Involving Mobile Elevating Platform

The latest case from the HSE; A Lincolnshire based manufacturing company that specialises in lifting and handling equipment has been fined after an employee died after falling with a work platform onto the M25 motorway. […]

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Directors Sentenced After Asbestos Breaches

Latest from the HSE; Two former company directors have been sentenced and fined after a refurbishment project at a former department store was found to have disturbed asbestos containing materials (ACMs) while demolition work was […]

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Commercial: Red Diesel Rule Changes Fast Approaching

Changes to the law concerning the use of red diesel are coming into effect from 1st April, affecting thousands of hire and construction companies across the UK. Hire Association Europe and Event Hire Association (HAE […]