If a worker you were responsible for was killed or injured at work, how would you feel about being interviewed under caution by health and safety inspectors?

Falls continue to be the biggest cause of fatal injury in Britain’s workplaces, and account for more than half of construction workplace deaths.  In 2012/13, 25 of the 47 worker deaths in construction were the result of a fall from height. On top of this, more than 4,000 major injuries such as broken bones or fractured skulls are reported to HSE each year by the construction industry.  More than half of these serious injuries involve falls from height or from tripping over materials on walkways and are easily preventable. CRS are offering the NEBOSH Certificate in Construction Health & Safety at three of their venues Burton on Trent, York and Colchester starting 6^th January 2014 at a special price of £2099 plus vat. www.crsrisk.com

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is inviting representatives of the construction industry to an event showing how company representatives may be interviewed should an employee be injured while working for them.

Working Well Together, a campaign put in place to improve health and safety in the construction industry, is organising the half day event – ‘Wrong Direction, Don’t Fall for It’ – at the Lumb Farm Country Club in Ripley, Derbyshire, on Friday 6 December.