Health, safety & environment

Expectations. A recent survey of 256 health and safety leaders from companies employing 11m people globally by sustainability consultancy ERM has highlighted that 63% of respondents anticipate increased use of contractors in the next three years. Yet almost 66% said that contractor health and safety is harder to manage than that for their own employees. Tip. For the full report, see The next step . ...

Three companies have been fined after a lift truck engineer was seriously injured whilst working. What were the failings and what should have been in place to prevent this accident from occurring?

You may have been referred to as a client when you are scoping a project, but what exactly does this entail under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM)?