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• Building Control Applications – Latest Information
• CSCS Cards Expiration
• Companies fined after 16-year-old worker exposed to asbestos
• CSCS Cards – The Benefits of the Digital Card
• The dangers of ‘DIY towers’
• IPAF Safety Campaign 2024 – Crushing Can Kill
• Company and director fined after workers exposed to asbestos
• Housing company fined more than £500,000 after worker suffers burns
• Director jailed for failing to protect workers from asbestos exposure
• Nine Months until Industry Accreditation Withdrawal
• Construction firm fined after worker dies from fall
• Unregistered plumber handed suspended prison sentence
• HSE builds construction support to protect workers’ mental health
• CSCS Card checking platform Go Smart will be turned off on March 31st 2024
• PASMA – Applying for a pavement licence
• PASMA – New guidance on buying and hiring safe towers
• IPAF Reaches 500,000 EPAL App Download Milestone
• Man handed community order for illegal removal of asbestos
• Construction company fined after worker killed by an excavator
• BSR register of high-rise buildings represents major momentum for building safety
• Labour Forecasting Tool predicts 40,000 extra workers needed by 2028
• Powered Access Industry’s People Were The Focus At IPAF’S Elevation UK Conference
• Men fall after using tower to access cage
• IPAF Guidance Helps keep Festive Decorations Work Safe
• Companies fined after labourer fractures skull
• Rogue plumber handed suspended prison sentence
• Demolition company given £60,000 fine as worker seriously injured
• CITB hosts UK Plant Operator of the Year 2023
• IPAF to Highlight Radio Frequency Risks at Conference
• Time running out as deadline to register high-rise buildings nears
• Woodworking company fined for dust exposure
• HSE to prosecute Falcon Tower Crane Services Limited following deaths of three men
• CITB ensures safer plant operations with changes to training and testing
• Company fined after worker suffers life-changing injuries in fall
• Construction firm fined £90,000 after exposing public to asbestos during renovation work
• HSE site inspections across Great Britain to focus on moving and handling materials
• Construction company fined after Shropshire bricklayer fractures skull
• Work-related fatality figures published
• Calling all innovators: CITB is offering up to £500k for your ideas
• Changes made to CITB Managers and Professionals test to reflect the needs of today’s industry
• Construction firms report on post-Brexit migration
• Vote held on new standard for small towers
• Bradford man spared jail after father fell through roof
• HSE inspection initiative for construction targeting respiratory health risks
• Companies sentenced after worker hospitalised for nearly two weeks
• Company fined £80,000 after director jailed for removing asbestos
• Construction company fined £800,000 after death of 10-year-old boy
• Companies sentenced after worker hospitalised for nearly two weeks
• Industry unites to safeguard Work at Height Regulations in the face of REUL Bill threat
• CITB welcomes CLC’s new Construction Skills Plan
• HSE launches ‘Asbestos and You’ campaign
• Building safety ‘Be ready’ campaign is launched
• Company fined after worker fractures back and ribs following fall
• SG4:22: Preventing Falls in Scaffolding Operations now available free to all
• NASC responds to Government’s proposed scrapping of the Work at Height Regulations
• £146k fine for company after joiner crushed to death by 20-tonne excavator
• Building firm fined for multiple failings that included workers being lifted by raised bucket
• CITB’s response to Chancellor’s Autumn Budget
• IPAF statement on use of emergency stop in MEWPs
• Demolition firm and director prosecuted after 20-year-old labourer crushed
• Company fined after fall leaves grandad with life-changing brain injuries
• Health and safety statistics – Key figures for Great Britain (2021/22)
• ECITB Awards celebrate very best of engineering construction industry
• Blackburn building firm fined for multiple safety failings
• Eddie Stobart fined after workers exposed to asbestos
• Collaboration is the key to success
• Investment, innovation, and collaboration with industry – CITB accounts 2021-22
• Roofing contractor fined after worker falls from a roof and dies
• Engineering company hit with fine after man installing bird deterrent spikes falls
• IPAF Launches Enhanced Accident Reporting Dashboard
• PASMA Conference 2022
• Construction drive aids economic recovery
• CITB funds mental health first aiders for construction apprentices
• IPAF Sets Meeting Between UK HSE and MCWP Stakeholders
• Protecting pregnant workers and new mothers
• ECITB launches MJI training products for wind turbine technicians
• ACE card to use smart technology
• CITB Grants Scheme supports businesses bringing new entrants into industry
• CITB to invest over £233m in British construction
• Lancashire County Council fined over Hand Arm Vibration issues
• Raising Mental Health Awareness in Construction by CITB Chief Executive, Tim Balcon
• CSCS Smart Check: already raising standards
• UK HSE issues MCWP Safety Alert
• Construction company prosecuted after workers fall from height
• PASMA – Check a card
• IPAF publishes new guidance on using MEWPs in public areas
• Fine for construction company after worker injured because of brake failure
• REMINDER: CCNSG renewal changes take effect this month
• Principal contractor sentenced for unsafe excavation work
• CSCS Smart Check App
• LANTRA and NPORS LTD – Working in collaboration
• CPCS Training
• Pedestrian fatalities prompt HSE safety notice on use of wheeled loading shovels