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A fall from height can result in major injury and can be fatal. Sarah Baker provides an insight into choosing the correct equipment when working at height.
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newsFine after wasp nest removal results in fall
A PAINTER and decorator has been fined after an employee stepped off a working platform and fell two and a half metres through the fragile roof of a carport.
newsRepeated safety failings lands £50k fine
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Urban Living Constructions Limited, has been fined following a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspection which identified numerous health and safety failings.
newsFine after worker falls through roof
AN ASBESTOS removal company has been fined after a worker fell off a garage roof and fractured a vertebrae bone in his back.
news£50k fine after maintenance fitter’s fatal fall
A FORGING company has been fined after an employee suffered a fatal injury when he fell from height from a mobile tower scaffold.
newsHSE reveals agriculture has highest annual fatality rate
HSE HAS published a report detailing that agriculture has the worst rate of fatal injuries of all the major industrial sectors, around 20 times higher than the average five-year annual rate across all industries.
newsHSE releases annual workplace fatality figures
PROVISIONAL DATA released from the HSE shows that a total of 142 workers were killed at work in Great Britain in 2020/21, an increase of 29 from the previous year, though the number of deaths in 2019/20 (113) was low compared to other recent years.
newsUtilities company fined £100k after civilian fatally injured
A UTILITIES company has been fined after a member of the public suffered fatal injuries after falling into an excavation on a footpath.
newsDirector fined after young worker falls from height
WAYNE MCKNIGHT (trading as RJE Construction) has been fined for safety breaches after a 17-year-old worker fell from a mezzanine floor to the ground below.
productPrestigious role for managing director of TB Davies
DAVID GRAY, the managing director of TB Davies (Cardiff) Ltd has become the vice chairman of the Ladder Association.
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