Shield Environmental, one of the UK’s largest asbestos removal contractors, has signed up to Constructing Better Health (CBH).
The ProCure21 Framework for the delivery of capital schemes for the NHS, has signed up to the Constructing Better Health (CBH) Client Charter.
Retail giant, ASDA has signed up to the Constructing Better Health Client Charter to encourage a sound occupational health culture in their company’s retail development programme. The agreement was finalised in early May 2010.
Demolition specialists, Erith Contractors is tackling the issue of work related ill health head on by signing up to the Constructing Better Health (CBH) scheme which provides members with impartial advice, information and software to help with the management of employee work related health data and fitness for task outcomes.
Musculoskeletal injuries cost the UK economy an estimated £5.5 billion per year and most of this occurs in the construction industry.
Constructing Better Health (CBH) has launched its new website, providing occupational health advice and information to the construction industry. The website has been redesigned to be more informative, engaging and easier to use.
Bedford-based asbestos removal company, FibrecleanUK.com is putting the health of its employees first by signing up to the Constructing Better Health (CBH) scheme, which offers information and software to help with the management of employee work related health data.
Health and safety specialists, Carney Consultancy and Northern Counties Safety Group (NCSG) are helping their clients to recognise the benefits of a healthy workforce by becoming affiliate members of the Constructing Better Health (CBH) scheme.
Construction and refurbishment specialists, AxisRDB has signed up to the Constructing Better Health (CBH) scheme, which provides members with information and software to help with the management of employee work related health data.
Use the APC approach to reduce the risk and prevent skin problems.
Under current health and safety legislation, employers have a duty of care to prevent the ill-health of their workers.
Constructing Better Health (CBH), the not for profit not-for-profit organisation set up to improve the health of the construction industry workforce, has welcomed the launch of new cross-industry standards for occupational health service providers (OHSPs) from the Faculty of Occupational Medicine (FOM).
Jackson Civil Engineering has signed up to the Constructing Better Health scheme, which offers information and software to help with the management of employee work related health data
In a new white paper, Constructing Better Health (CBH) outlines a strategic framework for managing occupational health in the construction industry. Titled ‘New Health Horizons’, the paper sets out how to improve workers’ conditions and health to reduce risks of future litigation.
In a recent case heard at Luton Crown Court (Regina vs Biryah Biryah and Singh) the three defendants (Karmjit Biryah, Harnek Biryah and Tejpal Singh) were found guilty of forging CSCS cards in order to secure work for illegal immigrants and were given jail sentences of between three and a half and five and a half years each.
Healthcare Connections, which holds the UK's largest independent stockpile of antiviral medication outside of the Government, has confirmed that a major bank has this week registered all 20,000 of its staff for swine-flu pandemic preparation plans.
With a year-long occupational health programme across 50 sites in the UK, Sainsbury’s is showing a good picture of health in its initiative to improve the occupational health of its construction supply chain.
Chamber of Commerce and Enterprise Customer Care and Service Award Winners 2009
Constructing Better Health (CBH) and the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) have merged to add further value to the CSCS Scheme and to support the needs of the construction industry for the management of proof of competency and work-related health.
Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008 comes into force - 16 January 2009
HAVS in construction Training to be held at the HSL on Thursday 22 January 2009
HAVS payout £262,000 for 25 year old roadworker
CBH shortlisted in Occupational Health Journal Awards 2008
Trevor Walker, Constructing Better Health chairman, received the outstanding achievement prize at the 2008 Health and Safety Awards.
This Manual for the UK construction industry is targeted at both the construction industry employers, and occupational health service providers to construction employers. The aim of the Standards is to cover workers not only in the safety-critical and increased risk workers category, but across the board.
Every week 20 tradesmen die from this hidden killer.
The construction industry’s first ever ‘fitness for task’ occupational health card – the CBH Card – was presented on 20 August at Sainsbury’s, Emersons Green, near Bristol.
Dudley & Sons Ltd is the first construction company to sign up to the Constructing Better Health (CBH), employer member scheme.
Healthcare Connections is the first occupational health service provider to be successfully registered and accredited to the CBH industry standards.
A total of 50 Sainsbury’s refurbishment and development sites across the UK will be involved in a programme of health surveillance checks and raising awareness of work-related health issues for construction personnel.
Every year 4000 people die of asbestos which is more than those in road traffic accidents. In Great Britain we are in the middle of an epidemic and it is expected that asbestos deaths will to peak to nearly 5000 which is a legacy from years gone by.
HSE has launched a new web site based tool to help construction contractors understand and manage occupational health risks more effectively. The tool is called the Construction Occupational Health Management Essentials (COHME).
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