articleIn the spotlight with Gail Hounslea
This month we put Gail Hounslea in the spotlight to find out how she became the first female chair of the Ladder Association and what she thinks are the greatest challenges in the working at height sector.
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newsConvicted waste crime offender to pay £2.1 million
A CONVICTED waste crime offender has been ordered to pay £2,101,708 following a confiscation case brought by the Environment Agency at Worcester Crown Court which concluded on Tuesday 22 December 2020.
newsNetwork Rail fined £135,000 after boy suffers electric shock
FOLLOWING Office of Rail and Road (ORR) investigation, Scotland’s Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has prosecuted Network Rail, who were fined £135,000 by Edinburgh Sheriff Court, for failing to maintain and improve the railway fencing near Musselburgh, East Lothian which left a 13-year-old boy with serious injuries.
newsPoor planning lands groundsworks company in the dock
A GROUNDSWORKS company has been fined after an employee was injured when he was struck by a metal bow shackle whilst laying a sewer pipe.
newsFine after welder develops respiratory illness
AN ENGINEERING company has been fined after a worker developed hypersensitive pneumonitis, a serious and irreversible respiratory illness, as a result of occupational exposure to welding fumes and metal working fluid over a 30-year period.
newsFine after apprentice’s near fatal accident
A PLANT hire company has been fined £220,000 after an apprentice avoided a potentially fatal crush injury from a mobile crane.
newsWorker falls from roof in adverse weather
A CONSERVATORY and window fitting company has been sentenced after a worker, who was replacing a conservatory roof in adverse weather conditions at a property in Nantwich, slipped and fell sustaining broken ribs and bruising.
blogTime to face facts
Carl Waring looks at five accident at work facts that every employer should know.
news£200k fine following machine operator’s leg injury
A TITANIUM supplier has been fined after an employee sustained multiple fractures to his leg while operating a metal cutting band saw machine.
productFirst female chair of the Ladder Association
2020 HASN’T brought great news at all for many of us, and sometimes it’s difficult to think positive after the year everyone has had. With this in mind we thought it’d be a perfect time to share some success stories and achievements. One of which is the managing director of Ladderstore, Gail Hounslea.
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