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• Building sites closed over safety - 12 June 2008
  Construction workers were ordered to down tools at seven sites on Merseyside because of serious safety concerns.
• Inquest finds roofer’s death was accident - 10 June 2008
  A popular father-of-two died after plunging through a roof light as he did casual work for a company, an inquest heard.

• Fall shatters life of carpenter - 6 June 2008
  A five-metre fall left a carpenter with serious injuries which may well have ended his career. Following the prosecution of his employers for the incident, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning companies to ensure they have safe systems in place for working at height.
• HSE warn of dangers of work at height - 5 June 2008
  The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned companies that they must control the risks from falls in the workplace. This message follows the prosecution of a company after an employee fell more than two meters from the top of a spray booth resulting in several fractures and bleeding to his brain.
• HSE warn of work at height dangers - 3 June 2008
  The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned of the danger of working at height without properly planning the work.  The warning follows a prosecution after an employee fell from a bowls pavilion and broke his arm.
• Safety warning for those using fixed rail fall arrest systems - 01 October 2007

• Lack of edge protection costs - 6 June 2008
  A double glazing and roofing firm has been fined for repeatedly exposing its workers to the risk of falling from height.
• Cradle maker’s ‘knew of its faults’ - 5 June 2008
  The manufacturers of a cradle which broke, killing a tower block painter, knew of its ‘deadly design faults but failed to act’, a court heard.
• Sawmill fined after worker is injured - 4 June 2008
  Sawmill owners have been fined £6000 after an employee broke two ribs in an accident at the plant.
• Fine after roofers put at risk - 30 May 2008
  A roofer and two workmates were caught by a passing eagle-eyed health and safety official working 30 feet up without any scaffolding.
• HSE inspection initiative to combat raising death toll on building sites - 30 May 2008
  Health and Safety Executive inspection initiative to combat rising death toll on construction sites.
• Well fall man fights for life - 22 May 2008
  A man was left fighting for his life after plunging 20ft down a well at a sewerage works on Wednesday afternoon.
• Millimetres from death spike fall man’s miracle escape - 21 May 2008
  A 53-year-old was millimetres from death after falling from a ladder and impaling himself on his own fence.
• Sentencing over worker’s death fall - 9 May 2008
  Two men and two companies were today being sentenced for breaches of safety regulations which led to a worker's death.
• Roofing boss jailed after death fall - 6 May 2008
  A roofing firm boss was jailed for 10 months today for the manslaughter of a teenage apprentice who plunged to his death through a skylight in his first week at work
• Roofing company owner charged with manslaughter - 02 May 2008
  The owner of a roofing company has been charged with the manslaughter of a 20-year-old employee who plunged to his death through a skylight.
• Firm fined over safety lapses - 01 May 2008
  A home improvement company has been fined £6,000 and ordered to pay more than £15,000 costs after pleading guilty to breaching health and safety law.

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