Construction Industry Kept On Its Toes
New CDM Regulations 2014 – what to expect I recently wrote a blog post about the proposed changes to the CDM Regulations scheduled for 2014. The idea of making these…
Assessing The CDM Regulations 2014
As I have said before through this blog, the construction industry remains one of the most accident and incident-prone sectors in terms of health and safety, and in response to…
Veritas Consulting triumphed over “Big Player” CDM Coordinators
Veritas Consulting a birmingham based Health and safety consultancy has triumphed over a host of “big players” in the CDM Consultancy sector by landing a Framework agreement with BAM PPP one…
Worker Trapped at Leisure Park
Drainage work trench collapse An employee at the Dawlish holiday Park, Lady’s Mile Farm, suffered terrible injuries when he became trapped while working in a trench. Grzezgorz Waluszowski had been…
Has Health and Safety Taken a Step Too Far?
A Case of the Wrong Type of Rescue Equipment Alison Hume’s Life Could Have Been Saved. Has Health and Safety Taken a Step Too Far? In the news last week…
Collapse of Scaffolding Seriously Injures Nottingham Worker
A scaffolding company which is based in Kirkby in Ashfield has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety executive. They were found to be responsible for a collapse of the…
Health and Safety Demonstration Goes Wrong and Becomes a YouTube Hit
Healthy and Safety gone wrong goes Viral Viral videos zoom over the Internet thanks to sites like YouTube. Once a video has been caught it spreads quickly, amassing thousands of…
Olympic Construction Praised on Health and Safety Record
All health and safety consultants will inform you that the construction industry is one of the most dangerous industries as far as health and safety is concerned. However, the Olympic…
CDM Coordinators an essential piece of the Risk Management puzzle.
The construction trade have long been known for the hazardous nature of the work. In an effort to dampen down the accident rate on construction projects, the Construction Design and…
Fall from Height Results in Serious Head Injury
As health and safety consultants we often try to point out the dangers involved in working in construction. Falls from height are one of the most common forms of injuries…
Improving Construction Safety Economically
CDM regulations Construction safety has to improve. Fast. There has been an increase in accidents and deaths globally on construction sites with about 1,200 people dying each year in the…
CDM Regulations 2007: The right advice for Clients
Construction Design and Maintenance Regulations As a client if you are about to alter or extend a building or structure, thinking of putting up a new one or demolishing an…