INCIDENT: MEWP OVERTURN IN CITY CENTRE
Posted on 5th September 2018
Images show aftermath of mobile elevating platform collapse
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SEVENTH LONDON CYCLIST DEATH DURING 2018
Posted on 17th August 2018
Building products vehicle involved in death of Queens doctor
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INCIDENT: CHILD STRUCK BY FALLING OBJECT
Posted on 10th July 2018
Wood falling from scaffold triggers arrest of two on construction site
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DIDCOT FATAL COLLAPSE: INVESTIGATION UPDATE
Posted on 1st February 2018
Police and HSE still seeking to understand why boiler house collapsed
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INCIDENT: UNDERGROUND CABLE STRIKE
Posted on 5th October 2017
Three treated for burns after power cable struck in London
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MAJOR CONTRACTORS LAUNCH H&S ALERT SYSTEM
Posted on 19th July 2017
Build UK members share information for effective prevention of harm
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HSE SAFETY ALERT: TRACK TENSIONING INCIDENT
Posted on 30th June 2017
Workman died from hydraulic injection injury whilst tensioning track
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INDUSTRY BODIES STRUCTURE MEWP SAFETY ALERTS
Posted on 3rd April 2017
Strategic Forum Plant Safety Group publishes Safety Alert Protocol
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INCIDENT: SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE ON HIGH STREET
Posted on 22nd February 2017
Two workmen injured when falling with collapsing scaffold
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INCIDENT: DRIVER SLIPS INTO CEMENT MIXER
Posted on 2nd February 2017
Firefighters rescue man from cement mixer during cleaning ops
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INCIDENT: FIRE DESTROYS NEW BUILD FLATS
Posted on 18th October 2016
Video shows dramatic effect of fire during construction
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COLLAPSE OF CONCRETE WALL CLAIMS FIVE LIVES
Posted on 8th July 2016
Dead workmen remain trapped under metal and concrete at recycling plant
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INCIDENT: WORKMAN FALLS 13M ON STADIUM PROJECT
Posted on 20th June 2016
Collapse of structure triggers fall from height
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HSE INVESTIGATES MASSIVE RACKING COLLAPSE
Posted on 9th May 2016
Fork lift truck operator found alive after warehouse storage collapse
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DIDCOT COLLAPSE: UPDATE ON RECOVERY
Posted on 3rd May 2016
Contractor disappointed to be replaced on recovery operation
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DIDCOT DISASTER: PRESS REPORT WARNINGS
Posted on 18th April 2016
Mirror and Mail tell of fears expressed by deceased demo workers
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SCHOOL CLOSURES TRIGGERED BY MISSING TIES
Posted on 12th April 2016
Operator and contractor statements on problem and progress
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INCIDENT: STEEL FALLS DURING LIFTING OPERATION
Posted on 17th March 2016
Two taken to hospital after being when struck by falling steel
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DIDCOT COLLAPSE: UPDATE ON RECOVERY OPERATIONS
Posted on 8th March 2016
Families express concern at delay and lack of hope from authorities
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DIDCOT COLLAPSE: EMERGENCY SERVICES UPDATE
Posted on 1st March 2016
Recovery of bodies and site investigation may take weeks to complete
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DIDCOT COLLAPSE: CALL FOR FOUR MINUTE SILENCE
Posted on 1st March 2016
Coleman and Company request construction industry gesture of respect
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INCIDENT: FALLING OBJECT ON CITY CENTRE SITE
Posted on 23rd November 2015
‘Miraculous escape’ for men passing Manchester major project
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INCIDENT: WORKMAN ‘FIGHTS FOR LIFE’ AFTER FALL
Posted on 2nd November 2015
Contractor who fell through roof in ‘critical’ condition
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INCIDENT: TWO DIE IN MYSTERY EXPLOSION
Posted on 5th October 2015
Deaths in unoccupied unit where Police believe “work in progress”
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INCIDENT: EXCAVATOR STRIKES POWER CABLE
Posted on 1st October 2015
Operator taken to airlifted specialist burns unit
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INCIDENT: SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE IN WEST LONDON
Posted on 1st October 2015
Traffic chaos caused after scaffolding collapses into road
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MECCA DISASTER CRANE BOOM WAS NOT LOWERED
Posted on 24th September 2015
Findings of the crane experts investigation now available
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INCIDENT: SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE
Posted on 15th September 2015
Public escape uninjured as structure falls on high street
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LONDON EXPLODING PAVEMENTS ON THE RISE
Posted on 24th August 2015
Eighty fires in last five years with forty incidents in 2014
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INCIDENT: BUILDER FELL FROM ROOF
Posted on 22nd June 2015
Workman ‘fighting for life’ after fall on domestic project
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INCIDENT: LIFT SHAFT FALL ON MAJOR PROJECT
Posted on 16th June 2015
Workman survives 60ft fall from height
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FATALITY: COLLAPSE OF TEMPORARY STRUCTURE
Posted on 15th June 2015
Death on new biogas facility in Cornwall
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INCIDENT: BUILDING COLLAPSE MYSTERY
Posted on 1st June 2015
Upper floor of car showroom collapses on workshop
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INCIDENT: SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE INJURES TWO
Posted on 30th January 2015
Two passers-by injured after collapse in Leicester city centre
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INCIDENT: WORKMAN FELL 30FT THROUGH ROOFLIGHT
Posted on 29th January 2015
Workman hospitalised with serious injuries after roof fall
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INCIDENT: PLANT OVERTURN ON MIXED DEVELOPMENT
Posted on 3rd November 2014
Town house damaged after plant topples on City centre project
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INCIDENT: FIRE ON 10th FLOOR OF LONDON PROJECT
Posted on 28th October 2014
Scaffolding blaze on city demolition site
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INCIDENT: FIVE INJURED IN CABLE EXPLOSION
Posted on 20th October 2014
Another electrical link box explodes on a London street
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MOBILE CRANE COLLAPSE INJURES WORKMAN
Posted on 20th October 2014
Failure during controlled dismantling operation on massive mobile
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INCIDENT: WORKMAN RESCUED FROM HEIGHT
Posted on 14th October 2014
Injured man rescued by fire fighters using aerial ladder platform
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INCIDENT: CRUSHED BY HEAVY MACHINERY
Posted on 9th September 2014
Contractor employee injured on Network Rail project
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INCIDENT: 30FT FALL THROUGH ROOF
Posted on 29th August 2014
Investigation over café worker offering tea to workmen
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INCIDENT: CABLE STRIKE ON MAJOR PROJECT
Posted on 4th June 2014
Workman suffers massive electric shock during explosion
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INCIDENT: LEG OF WORKMAN CRUSHED
Posted on 28th May 2014
Home builder confirms piling contractor injury
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INCIDENT: STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE
Posted on 13th May 2014
Two workmen injured after pre-cast concrete landing collapses
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INCIDENT: INJURED WORKMAN RESCUED FROM SCAFFOLD
Posted on 23rd April 2014
Picture shows firefighters effecting rescue after 5m fall
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FATALITY: COLLAPSE ON MAJOR LONDON REFURB PROJECT
Posted on 15th April 2014
Floor failure suspected to have caused fall of mini-excavator and workmen
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INCIDENT: WORKMAN FALLS ON MAJOR HOMES SITE
Posted on 7th April 2014
Air ambulance transports workman to hospital after 6m fall
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INCIDENT: MASSIVE BLAZE ON RESIDENTIAL BLOCK
Posted on 3rd April 2014
Contractor evacuates building in under 5 minutes
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INCIDENT: MOBILE CRANE FAILURE
Posted on 24th February 2014
Boom collapse during pile extraction highlights FPS Guidance
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