A company and its operations manager have both been fined after a man fell to his death through a roof at its site in Dudley. Maciej Rozanski, who was 42, had been working to remove a redundant steel cleaning machine from the company’s Sovereign Works site on Deepdale Lane, on 29 June 2018. However, during the work, Mr Rozanski stepped onto a fragile roof and fell more than 20 feet...
Read moreA London property developer has been fined £63,000 plus costs after Britain’s workplace regulator found multiple failures at a construction site in Dalston. Nofax Enterprises Limited was investigated by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) following four visits to its site on Dalston Lane over a 13 month period between 2020 and 2021. The company was overseeing the construction of a four storey building on the site, containing nine flats...
Read moreWorkers scrambled up the rungs of an unsafe scaffold to work at a block of flats in Merseyside. The company in question, A.I.M Access Solutions Ltd has been fined £30,000 for its failure to assemble safe scaffolding following an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). In May 2021, the workplace regulator identified serious issues with the construction of the scaffold and the assembly instructions had not been followed...
Read moreA self-employed builder has been handed a suspended prison sentence following the death of an asylum seeker who fell from scaffolding at a domestic property in Bradford. Sarabjit Singh, 44, was sentenced to six months imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, and ordered to complete 100 hours of unpaid work. Mr Eraj Rahanpour, a 29-year-old originally from Iran, died after falling from height during rendering works on 25 August 2021. Mr...
Read moreWorkers scrambled up the rungs of an unsafe scaffold to work at a block of flats in Merseyside. The company in question, A.I.M Access Solutions Ltd has been fined £30,000 for its failure to assemble safe scaffolding following an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). In May 2021, the workplace regulator identified serious issues with the construction of the scaffold and the assembly instructions had not been followed...
Read moreThe ECITB is calling all engineering construction employers, their workforce, training organisations, Government partners and asset owners to get involved in shaping the new training and development strategy for the industry. 2025 is the final year of the current ECITB Leading Industry Learning strategy. The ECITB Board, which comprises industry representatives and independent experts, has developed a draft strategic plan for 2026-30. It is now seeking the views of industry...
Read moreA renovation company in South Wales has been sentenced after defying enforcement notices from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Inspectors say Greenlife Property Developments Ltd failed to heed their warnings about the dangers posed to workers by a two-and-a-half metre deep excavation of the entire back garden of a house in Pit Place, Cwmbach, Aberdare. The HSE inspection of the refurbishment works in September 2023 followed up on reports...
Read moreA new certification scheme endorsed by PASMA is helping importers prove that their towers and ladders meet UK safety standards. The scheme is operated by the Test & Research Centre, who grant a Safe & Sure Seal to products that pass its rigorous testing and audit process. The scheme is also open to manufacturers who claim their tower components are compatible with components from another manufacturer, in line with the...
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