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The HSE has published its new draft strategy for health and safety in the UK, with a clear message that it wants employers and industry bodies to share responsibility for reducing injury and ill health rates ... read more >> More than 2800 construction workers have been killed in the industry in the past 25 years, prompting the Department for Work and Pensions to launch an inquiry into the underlying causes of construction deaths. Do you think the new inquiry into construction fatalities will help reduce the number of deaths in the sector? Cast your vote in this week's poll.
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