articleWhen working at height, it is important to consider all potential requirements such as height safety PPE, provision for rescue, safe access, installed lifeline systems, dropped object prevention, training and inspection. Peter Upcott provides an example of height safety simplified.
newsA COMPANY has been fined after an electrician died in fall of approximately eight metres when an access panel on the raised walkway of an overhead crane gave way beneath him.
newsA COMPANY has been fined after an electrician died in fall of approximately eight metres when an access panel on the raised walkway of an overhead crane gave way beneath him.
newsA ROOFING contractor has been sentenced after an unpaid casual labourer fell through a skylight during the renovation of an old asbestos cement roof, at an industrial building in Exeter.
newsA ROOFING company owner has been given a suspended sentence after a member of the public reported a concern regarding unsafe work at height.
productSLIP RESISTANCE for workplaces in the catering industry is regulated according to DIN 51130 and is divided into the slip resistance classes R9 to R13, with R13 being the highest slip resistance class.
productArco Professional Safety Services has officially opened a new Safety Centre in Trafford Park, Manchester.
newsA PLANT hire company has been fined for leaving workers at risk of a fall from height and failing to provide minimum welfare facilities.
newsA company has been sentenced after an employee of a Powys construction company was fatally injured in Liverpool when he fell six metres through a roof while working on a replacement roof project.
newsA CONSTRUCTION firm and its director have been sentenced after carrying out unsafe work on the roof of a multi-storey building in Manchester.
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