Non-health related fatalities

The director of a scaffold firm has been handed a 12-month jail term, suspended for 12 months, after an operative fell five metres onto a concrete pavement and sustained fatal head injuries.

Motorists have let their driving standards slip during lockdown, new research has revealed.

Three construction companies have been fined a total of £256,000 after an employee died during a demolition.

A building contractor has been prosecuted after a self-employed subcontractor fell 15 feet from a youngman board

Two workers were seriously injured when a steel cage crashed into the platform they were working on

A total of 111 individuals lost their lives at work in the 12 months ending 31 March 2020, the lowest ever recorded number of workplace fatal accidents.

James Pomeroy considers the the indirect increase in road deaths due to people avoiding public transport during the pandemic

A refurbishment company has been prosecuted after an engineer lost half his bloodstream when he fell three metres from an extension ladder

A contractor has been prosecuted for failing to ensure two of its workers were sufficiently rested to work and travel safely.

Ward’s ‘chaotic’ risk management leads to £120,000 fine