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jobsafe calls on construction firms to make real-time incident reporting standard as HSE investigation costs climb
jobsafe, the health, safety, security and environmental (HSSE) incident reporting platform, has called on construction firms to put the jobsafe app on every worker’s phone. The company argues that the single biggest factor in the cost of a safety investigation is not the incident itself, but the quality of the record left behind. Construction remains one of the UK’s most
closely watched industries for health and safety enforcement. HSE’s latest annual figures show 25 construction workers were killed in Great Britain in 2025/26 – still the highest total of any sector, even after a sharp fall from 35 the previous year – with falls from height accounting for around half of all construction deaths. A further 50,000 construction workers self-reported a non-fatal injury over the three years to March 2025, a rate significantly higher than the all-industry average. Wendy Dalton, CEO of jobsafe said:
“These headline numbers are concerning, but they only tell part of the story. In practice, most incidents and near-misses on UK construction sites are still logged the
way they always have been: from memory, on paper or in a phone note, hours or days after the event. By the time an HSE inspector, insurer or solicitor asks exactly what happened, the site team is often reconstructing events from recollection rather than record – and that gap is precisely where investigations lengthen, disputes harden, and costs escalate. “Once HSE identifies what it terms a ‘material breach’, every hour of an
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inspector’s time becomes chargeable to the business under the Fee for Intervention scheme, now set at £188 an hour and invoiced every two months for as long as the investigation runs.” jobsafe claims that a case that takes even
a few weeks of inspector time can add five figures to a firm’s bill before any fine is considered, and recent HSE prosecutions against construction firms have ranged from £50,000 for a fall through an unglazed window to £800,000 after an apprentice was injured in a stairwell collapse. Cases involving a fatality or serious injury routinely take anywhere from eighteen months to five years to reach court, with legal fees and civil compensation claims running alongside the fine itself. jobsafe is designed to close that gap.
Every worker on site can log an incident or near-miss directly from their own phone the moment it happens, with a timestamp, GPS location and photo evidence captured automatically rather than reconstructed from memory the next morning.
www.jobsafe.cloud
P C Henderson relaunches Securefold Pro – Now accredited to the latest PAS 24 Standard
Sliding and folding door hardware manufacturer, P C Henderson, has recently re-tested its trusted external folding door hardware system, Securefold Pro, to the latest PAS 24 2022+A1:2024 security standard. Designed for residential and commercial applications with doors up to 100kg each, Securefold Pro has been enhanced to
support specifiers, fabricators and developers working on upcoming housing projects. What is PAS 24 and why does it matter? PAS 24 is the UK’s benchmark standard for enhanced security performance of door sets and windows. The standard defines how products must perform under a range of manual and mechanical attack methods
commonly associated with forced entry. The testing process simulates real world burglary techniques and includes stringent assessments of strength, durability, and overall hardware reliability. What has changed in the latest PAS 24:2022 + A1:2024? The newest standard reflects a significant shift in how security is assessed – moving beyond traditional forced-entry tests to address the latest burglary techniques. This includes modern burglary methods such as super glue, freeze sprays and water as well as clearer testing procedures and more accountability for assembly and installation. Crucially, the latest PAS 24 standard is also the primary route to compliance with Approved Document Q (ADQ) of the Building Regulations. What this means for Securefold Pro The reintroduction of Securefold Pro with PAS 24:2022+A1:2024 certification demonstrates P C Henderson’s ongoing commitment to delivering products that meet the highest levels of security and compliance. This allows fabricators to have confidence in delivering certifiable solutions, and for specifiers and developers it supports compliance with Approved Document Q.
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