newsTHE TEAM at Test & Research Centre, the not-for-profit testing facility for work at height equipment, was asked to examine a suspicious shipment of ladders intercepted by Trading Standards at the Port of Felixtowe in February 2021 and were shocked at how dangerous these products turned out to be.
newsCOUNTRY STYLE Foods has been sentenced for safety breaches after a worker was impaled upon a set of ‘airline’ style steps.
articleThis 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.
articleNASC Members’ excellent safety statistics are no accident. Simon Robinson gives details of the latest safety report, which shows that members are working to the highest standards.
newsPROPERTY PARTNERSHIP Alex Brewster and Sons has been fined £4,000 after an employee fell through a roof light.
newsA FOOD warehouse has been fined £60,000 after pleading guilty to four offences under health and safety legislation at Birmingham Magistrates Court.
newsTWO COMPANIES have been fined after a worker sustained serious injuries by falling approximately three metres through a hole cut into a floor during the refurbishment of a property at in Aldeburgh, Suffolk.
newsA ROOFER was fatally injured when he fell six metres whilst working on a replacement roof at a property in Kirkdale, Liverpool.
newsTHE NO Falls Foundation has published a Support Pack signposting organisations and resources that can provide advice and assistance following a fall from height in the workplace.
newsTHE GOVERNING body of Christ the King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre in Southport has been fined after an employee fell from height whilst performing routine maintenance duties.
HSM publishes a weekly eNewsletter, delivering a carefully chosen selection of the latest stories straight to your inbox.
Subscribe here
Western Business Media,
Dorset House, 64 High Street,
East Grinstead, RH19 3DE
01342 314 300
[email protected]
© Western Business Media, 2026. All rights reserved.
