Consultation on replacement of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007

This Consultation Document seeks views on HSE’s proposal to replace the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM 2007) and withdraw the Approved Code of Practice. The proposed Regulations implement in Great Britain the requirements of Directive 92/57/EEC on the implementation of minimum safety and health requirements at temporary or mobile construction sites, apart from certain requirements…

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Unsafe Wall Collapses on Homeowner

A 61-year-old woman was  badly injured when a wall collapsed in her garden on top of her. The woman, from Waterloo, who does not wish to be named, suffered a broken jaw, a double fracture to her right ankle, plus cuts and bruises, when she was struck by the collapse of the two-metre, earth-retaining wall….

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Logistics company fined for workers’ fall from height

A logistics company, which operates worldwide, has been prosecuted after two Margate employees were left badly injured when they were knocked nearly five metres to the ground one of the workers suffering severe life changing injuries, following the incident in 5 May last year. During the prosecution it was heard that one of the men…

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Workers Injured Tackling fire – Employer Fined

Two workers suffered burns, one seriously, when hot material from an industrial drier hit them as they tried to tackle a fire at a factory in South Wales, a court has heard. The employees were trying to fight fire at a coal briquette plant in December 2012 when they were hurt. One of the employees…

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