Three workers injured due to failures. Homeowner left with £200k bill to rebuild home. HSE guidance on structural works available. A builder has been given a suspended prison sentence after a roof collapse destroyed a home and injured three workers in Windsor. Jack Savva, 70, was given a 13-month custodial sentence, suspended for two years, […] read more
Mr Iftikhar Ahmed Mughal, 64, died four days after falling from unguarded platform. Fall of just six feet proved fatal due to serious head injuries. Inspector highlights work at height as leading cause of workplace deaths. HSE guidance on tower scaffold protection readily available. A shop sign making and fitting company and its director have […] read more
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched 1,000 targeted inspections of motor vehicle repair businesses across Great Britain to tackle occupational asthma. Many skilled vehicle paint sprayers develop this life-changing and debilitating disease each year, forcing them to leave their profession permanently. This inspection campaign will focus on workplaces that use isocyanate-containing paints and […] read more
Gary Anstey, 57, had just become a grandad Inspector slams lack of planning that is “all too common” HSE guidance on temporary structures is available A building company has been fined after an employee was crushed to death when a 1.8m high retaining wall collapsed onto him. Gary Anstey, 57, from Bristol, was working for […] read more
A construction company and its director have been fined after being found guilty of safety breaches that resulted in a five-year-old child being injured by a falling cast iron pipe. Sage Homes Limited and its director were convicted on Monday 4 August 2025, at Southampton Crown Court, for failing to properly assess a foreseeable risk. […] read more