newsMan killed by falling penthouse window
TWO COMPANIES have been fined a combined £1.3 million after a window unit fell from the 26th floor of a luxury development in London, killing a coach driver on his break as he walked below.
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newsFather falls through unprotected stairwell
A DOMESTIC house builder in Sowerby Bridge was fined after a labourer sustained serious spinal injuries when he fell one storey onto concrete through a stairwell opening.
podcastHealth & Safety Matters Podcast – Episode 51
IN THIS episode, host Mark Sennett sits down with industry stalwart Debbie Airey to talk about her new book Kicking the Door Down.
articleLegal spotlight
FALLS FROM height continue as the main cause of work-related fatal injuries in Great Britain. Kevin Bridges provides an insight.
newsNew chair for BSI ladder committee
TB DAVIES technical director Francis Camilleri takes the helm of BSI’s B512 committee, overseeing UK and European ladder safety standards.
newsUnsafe roof work lands fine
A CONSTRUCTION company and a director have been fined after workers lives were put at risk with unsafe roof work in central London.
newsFloor Safety Awareness Month launches this September
NEW PIG Europe has launched Floor Safety Awareness Month, taking place throughout September, to help workplaces identify and control floor safety risks caused by leaks, drips, spills and wet surfaces.
newsCouncil fined £6k after stepladder collapse injures worker
WIRRAL COUNCIL has been fined £6k after an employee suffered serious injuries when a stepladder collapsed beneath him.
newsContractor fined after worker fell through fragile roof
A NORTH-East building contractor has been sentenced after a bricklayer broke his back after falling through a barn roof in Northumberland.
newsWorker left ‘physically ruined’ after fall
A PRINCIPAL contractor has been fined after a man was left ‘physically ruined’ after falling from a tipping bucket on a fork lift truck in Kent.
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