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Merchant Homes has been fined £160,000 after a man was killed by a telehandler at a construction site in Glasgow.

A listed Georgian country house in Clackmannanshire is to be rebuilt after the building was demolished without permission. Carsebridge House in Alloa, known locally as the Dolls' House, suffered extensive damage including the loss of its roof as a result of a fire on 29 August.

Two non-executive directors have been appointed to the board of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Professor Christopher Johnson and Dr Cathie Mackay replaced non-executive directors Susan Johnson and John McDermid on 1 October and will be in their roles for the next five years.

A company has been fined £75,000 after a man died while working inside an excavation at a construction site in Glasgow. Derek Caddie lost his life when part of the excavation wall collapsed on 25 November 2019.

A builder has been given a suspended prison sentence after he put the lives of workers at risk on a construction site in London David Beadle, trading as Beadle the Builders, failed to comply with a prohibition notice issued by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in relation to unsafe working at he

A housing company has been fined more than £300,000 after a driver was crushed to death by falling concrete blocks at a construction site in South Lanarkshire.

BAM Nuttall Ltd has been fined following the death of a worker in Yorkshire. Gary Webster lost his life two days after drowning in the River Aire on 30 October 2017.

A family-run and owned skip hire, waste and recycling business in Scotland has been fined £24,000 after a worker sustained serious injuries to his left hand and forearm on the blades of a machine. Barry Edward Pae, formerly known as Barry Edward Vaughan, an employee of W M Russell & Sons L

To mark mental health awareness week, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) welcomes new partners from the construction and entertainment sectors to join its Working Minds campaign. In support of the Working Minds campaign, two new partners join the campaign to help promote support available to the

An engineering and services company has been fined following the death of a worker at a hospital construction site in Aberdeen.

The number of people who lost their lives as a result of a construction-related incident increased to 45 in 2022/2023 compared with 29 the previous year, according to new figures.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has concluded its investigation into the death of a worker at a hospital construction site in Aberdeen and submitted a report to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS).

An Aberdeen joinery and manufacturing company has been fined £9,400 after one of its workers suffered horrific injuries while cleaning a machine. Brian Strachan was working for Hall & Tawse Joinery Limited, a manufacturer of timber windows and doors, at their premises on Granitehill Road o

Moving and handling heavy or bulky objects on construction sites is needlessly harming the health of tens of thousands of workers every year, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned. Working in construction is a physically demanding job and many construction workers’ health is sufferi

A former shipyard worker is warning young tradespeople of the dangers of asbestos after losing around a third of his body weight since being diagnosed with mesothelioma. James Queen, 74, worked as a shipwright in Liverpool and Glasgow where he was exposed to asbestos. Last year he was diagnosed with