National Highways makes plea for caution after workers put at risk11/07/2025 National Highways workers carrying out ‘essential’ night maintenance work on the M6 have been put at risk by road users driving into the work site. |
Push a button and INSTABOOM: Remote control is an instant hit08/07/2024 Reading Borough Council has hailed a significant improvement in the safety of its highways crews after successfully integrating Solar Gates UK’s INSTABOOM Go system into its Traffic Operations Department. |
Core wins A-star for safety frame21/03/2024 Core Highways has launched an innovation that could dramatically reduce the risk of injury to workers handling A-Frame signs. |
Milestone forms working group to share safety insights17/11/2023 Milestone Infrastructure has formed its own Road Worker Safety Group, to share knowledge between the company’s various highway maintenance contracts. |
WJ's automated Thermoprint marking system set to change the game17/02/2023 Road marking giant WJ has launched what is thought to be a UK-first innovation designed to save lives and revolutionise the road marking sector. |
New app to inform roadworkers as cable strikes surge11/02/2021 HAUC(UK) has launched a new app to help road workers avoid damage to underground assets from cable strikes. |
Kier reaches safety milestone on smart motorways schemes15/08/2019 Two Kier Highways all lane running smart motorway projects have worked over one million hours without a reportable injury. |
New slimmer barrier gets to work in Wales15/02/2019 The first installation project has been announced for a new HC350 concrete barrier, which offers a narrow footprint of 350mm. |
Safety boss links fatality increase to austerity and 'Brexit paralysis'10/07/2018 The head of a leading safety charity has linked the recent rise in workplace deaths to austerity policies and cuts in funding for inspections. |
Progress stalls on site safety as 38 construction workers killed in the last year05/07/2018 Thirty-eight construction workers were killed in the last year, more than a quarter of all fatal industrial injuries. |
HTMA in road worker safety plea09/12/2016 The executive director of the Highways Term Maintenance Association (HTMA) has called on the sector to do more to improve road worker safety. |
Footage shows driver ignoring motorway closure09/12/2016 CCTV footage released by Highways England shows road workers chasing after a motorist who ignored a road closure on the M60 in Eccles. |
SIB 2016: WJ engineering staff present vintage truck to directors09/11/2016 Staff from WJ Group have presented a vintage truck to directors Martin Webb and Wayne Johnston at this year’s Highways SIB (Seeing is Believing) event. |
SIB 2016: Blakedale unveil new IPV09/11/2016 Blakedale is showcasing its latest 18 tonne Impact Protection Vehicle (IPV) at Highways SIB (Seeing is Believing) from 9-10 November. |
Ingenious road worker safety initiatives to showcase at Highways SIB next week03/11/2016 Visitors to next week’s Highways SIB (Seeing is Believing) will receive not just first-hand, but an interactive, experience of various new products designed to ensure operatives and engineers keeping our road network maintained are kept safe themselves – a basic right when going to work. |
Health and well being of road workers highlighted at HE event05/10/2016 Operatives working on the M60/62 smart motorway project in Greater Manchester got together to raise awareness about road worker health, safety and wellbeing. |
Blakedale adds multi-camera system to safety vehicles24/08/2016 Blakedale has reinforced its commitment to road safety by installing a fully recordable multi-camera system as standard to all new 7.5 tonne traffic management and 18 tonne crash cushion (impact protection) vehicles. |
Incursion warning technology recognised by Highways England17/08/2016 The value of safety systems that instantly alert road workers to incursions has been recognised by Highways England in their latest (July 2016) Raising the Bar document (Managing Temporary Traffic Management Incursions). |
HTMA: Report all incidents of road worker abuse27/07/2016 The Highways Term Maintenance Association (HTMA) has called on the highways sector to collate and report all incidents of road worker abuse. |
Road worker taken to hospital after being hit by car12/07/2016 A road worker was taken to hospital with a leg injury after being struck by a car on the A56 in Lancashire last week. |
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