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Construction Safety Today briefing: Friday 30 October 2026
Two stories from the last 24 hours and one date for the week ahead.
Stories from the last 24 hours
Vehicle recovery firm fined £28,000 after worker crushed by reversing truck in Highworth
Cotswold Vehicle Recovery (Swindon) Limited pleaded guilty at Bristol Magistrates' Court after HSE found no suitable traffic management system at its yard, where a worker suffered life-changing injuries.
IOSH chief executive Vanessa Harwood-Whitcher to leave in January 2027
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health has announced its chief executive will leave at the end of January 2027 for a not-for-profit role in social housing procurement, with trustees to start a search for her successor.
This week
Constructing Excellence National Awards
Takes place on Friday 6 November.
About this briefing
Published on weekday mornings. Every item comes from a story Construction Safety Today has already published and checked against its sources, from dates organisers have published, or from our data trackers. See the events and awards calendar, or get the week's stories by email with the weekly newsletter.