Safety information search results
Filter your results
Building or structure type
Building height
Materials
Project or lifecycle stage
Design
Operation or occupation
Codes, standards & regulations
Fire incident response
Project type
Construction period
Method of construction
Structural form
Elements & systems
Plant & equipment
Weather & natural hazards
Utilities
Safety reporting
Project delivery methods
Business practice
Risk management
Public incidents
Theme pages
Locations
Content type
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 1 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 4 (2)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 11 (2)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 15 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 17 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 20 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 25 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 26 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 27 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 31 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 33 (2)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 35 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 36 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 38 (3)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 39 (2)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 43 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 45 (2)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 46 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 52 (2)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 55 (2)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 58 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 59 (1)
- CROSS-UK [sub-heading only] (30)
- CROSS Newsletter (18)
- CROSS Safety Report (38)
- News [sub-heading only] (4)
- Safety information from CROSS [sub-heading only] (1)
- Safety information [sub-heading only] (1)
CROSS regions
Scaffold support overturns
A 5m high support scaffold screened with fabric overturned when airflow was introduced to a building.
1 January 2017
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 575
Region: CROSS-UK
Freeze and thaw of another RHS
Further to reports about the freezing of water in hollow sections a correspondent has sent photos of a section of mild steel RHS that was removed from a bridge and shows the bulging that can occur.
1 January 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 485
Region: CROSS-UK
Bolt failures due to hydrogen embrittlement
A reporter recalls how, in the 1970s while working on a bridge refurbishment project, several new zinc electro-plated bolts failed suddenly, and often shortly after installation.
1 April 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 490
Region: CROSS-UK
Cantilevered brickwork - fatal collapse during construction
A blade of 270mm cavity brickwork in a temporary condition fell and killed a bricklayer after sixteen scaffold planks were leant against the wall on the side remote from the bricklayer.
1 April 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 476
Region: CROSS-UK
Failure of high strength studs
A reporter raises concerns after several M12 threaded studs snapped not long after installation.
1 April 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 499
Region: CROSS-UK
Lack of lateral stability in steel frame
Concerns were raised after the steel frame of a building was found to have a lack of horizontal and vertical bracing.
1 July 2016
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 540
Region: CROSS-UK
Offshore tower failure
The top two thirds of a three part off-shore lattice mast failed due to problems with some of the connection bolts.
1 January 2014
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 358
Region: CROSS-UK
Collapsed section of dwelling built of cob construction
A reporter says that a traditional cottage built of cob construction collapsed without warning in 2016.
1 April 2017
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 609
Region: CROSS-UK
Nuts falling from tension glazing system
A reporter raises concerns about the fixings used in a tension glazing system.
1 July 2013
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 340
Region: CROSS-UK
Timber roof truss bracing problem
Lateral movement of the roof tiles on a two-storey mid-terrace house built approximately 35 years ago with a trussed rafter roof led to the discovery of broken bracing.
1 July 2014
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 354
Region: CROSS-UK