Health & Safety
What will happen to health and safety post-Brexit?
13 Jul 18
With Britain now preparing to leave the EU: what happens next to Health & Safety laws?
Mental Health in the Construction Industry
9 Jul 18
Male site workers in construction are three times more likely to commit suicide than the average UK male.
Plan to accelerate high-rise cladding action
6 Jul 18
The plan will accelerate the removal of unsafe cladding.
Working at height: improving workplace safety
4 Jul 18
Between 2012 and 2017, 49% of fatal injuries to construction workers in the UK were the result of falls from height.
Director banned after failing to pay health & safety fines
29 Jun 18
Failure to pay health & safety fines after a worker was injured, has led to a Director being banned.
Balfour Beatty fined over HAVS risk
25 Jun 18
The company was fined £500,000 for failing to protect workers.
Tackling health and safety issues on house-building sites
21 Jun 18
Every year thousands of construction workers are injured working on building sites.
Parliament overrule Hackitt report
20 Jun 18
The Housing Secretary has published a government consultation banning the use of combustible cladding.
Working at height safety highlighted by HSE
13 Jun 18
Two companies have been fined following an accident which saw life changing injuries for a worker.
Apprenticeships to change workplace mental health
29 May 18
MPQC will work closely with Mates in Mind in a bid to change mental health attitudes in the sector.
