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Posted on 17 December 2025

Reporting qualification fraud: CSCS, Ofqual and CITB press release

Construction workers ready to report signs of qualification fraud but need clearer reporting channels. Survey reveals 81% of construction workers recognise importance of reporting qualification fraud for site safety, but 78% unclear on how to report it Construction sector workers feel confident in spotting the signs of qualification fraud, but do not know how to report it, a survey conducted by construction sector partners reveals. While respondents to the survey overwhelmingly...

Posted on 17 December 2025

Social housing management firm fined for failing to protect workers

An East Midlands social housing provider has been fined £32,000 after multiple workers were diagnosed with vibration related ill-health conditions such as Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS). The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) launched an investigation after it received more than ten reports of vibration related ill-health in a short period of time. The workers affected had until recently been employed by Nottingham City Homes Limited, an arms-length management organisation that...

Posted on 17 December 2025

Construction firm fined after worker fell from barn roof

A construction company has been fined after a worker fell from the roof of a partially constructed barn in Shropshire. The man had been appointed by Dewi Williams Limited to complete the installation of roof sheets onto a barn that was under construction at a site in Oswestry. On 2 September 2023, he was stood on a roof sheet that he had recently installed, attempting to put the next one...

Posted on 17 December 2025

Third phase of plant training standards launching in March 2026

March 2026 will see the launch of phase three of CITB’s new plant training standards. CITB and the Plant Sector Representative Organisation (PSRO) have been working together closely to standardise plant training across the construction industry. This has seen the introduction of short-course training standards for plant categories that reflect the increased requirements and responsibilities for plant operators. Following updates to the phase one standards in December 2024, the second...

Posted on 18 November 2025

Sign fitting company and director fined after fatal fall from scaffolding

A shop sign making and fitting company and its director have been fined after an employee fell from an unguarded scaffolding tower and later died from his injuries. Mr Mughal, 64, was working for WH Metals Limited installing a metal sign to the front of the shop in Darwen, Lancashire on 22 November 2022. He was standing on the platform of a scaffolding tower without any edge protection in place,...

Posted on 18 November 2025

Two companies fined after worker falls through fragile rooflight

Two companies have been fined after a man fell through a fragile rooflight at a factory in Keighley, impaling his leg on machinery below. A.T. Lee Properties Limited and LJH Property Limited were fined a combined total of more than £95,000 following a prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Directors for each firm were also given conditional discharges and ordered to pay prosecution costs. The man fell through...

Posted on 18 November 2025

Construction company fined £1m following death of employee

A construction company that specialises in road resurfacing in London has been fined £1m after one of its employees was killed by a reversing road-sweeper. Robert Morris, 48, was working on the resurfacing of Pemberton Road in Haringey for Marlborough Highways Limited on 30 May 2022. A colleague was at the wheel of the vehicle and Robert was struck while it was reversing. A joint investigation was launched between the...

Posted on 5 November 2025

Contractor told to carry out unpaid work after ignoring HSE action

A London contractor has been given a suspended prison sentence after risking the lives of workers and ignoring action taken by Britain’s workplace regulator. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) ordered Mohammed Mehdi Ali to stop working at a construction site in Willesden on 7 September 2018. Inspectors visited the Willesden Lane site and found unplanned, unsupervised and unsafe work was putting people at serious risk of injury. Workers had...