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2.2 million people work in Britain’s construction industry, making it the country’s biggest industry.

It is also one of the most dangerous.  In the last 25 years, over 2,800 people have died from injuries they received as a result of construction work. Many more have been injured or made ill.

Between April 2004 and March 2005, 71 workers died and thousands were injured as a result of construction work.

The main causes of the fatal accidents were:
  • Falling through fragile roofs and rooflights
  • Falling from ladders, scaffolds and other work places
  • Being struck by excavators, lift trucks or dumpers
  • Being struck by falling loads and equipment
  • Being crushed by collapsing structures
Is Health and Safety legislation threatening your business?

Being in construction, you will be faced with a huge amount of paperwork on most jobs with regard to Health and Safety. The HSE has been particularly severe on your industry and CDM has created a giant obstacle to most companies trying to carry out their business within the framework of the Law.

If you are not a large company, employing a full time H&S Manager is just not economic. Neither is getting a director to do it in his spare time. As “spare time” can soon become full time.

Health and Safety legislation results in an increasing number of prosecutions every year and Construction is a prime target.

And it is the owners who are always legally culpable.

If you are finding this something of a nightmare, you might benefit from an expert yet very friendly team. We have developed a service that is specially designed for the SME marketplace. And we have top expertise in CDM. And we also realise that money doesn’t grow on trees and that the service must be affordable.