articleIn the movies slipping on a banana skin can be very humorous, but Alistair Simpson recognises that it is no laughing matter if it happens in the workplace and can be very costly both for the individuals and companies involved.
articleIn the latest webinar, Sam Thomas explored the common, and sometimes overlooked, risks and challenges of working at height in the industrial sector. He was joined by Alan Murray of the BSIF.
newsFOLLOWING HIS retirement from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on 30 September, the No Falls Foundation is delighted to announce that Ray Cooke has kindly agreed to serve as the Foundation’s first Health & Safety Advisor.
newsSCOTTISH WATER has been fined after an employee, working alone at night, fell through insecure flooring into a storm channel and was seriously injured suffering life threatening and lifelong debilitating injuries.
newsWEMBLEY SCAFFOLDING Services Limited has been fined following an incident where a worker fell five metres and suffered a fatal head injury.
newsBREBNER AND Williamson Limited has been fined following an incident where John Niven, a self-employed subcontractor fell 15 feet from a youngman board, which had been used to create a temporary platform. He sustained multiple fractures and a brain injury.
newsAS PEOPLE return to work, the No Falls Foundation – the UK charity dedicated to working at height – is urging workers to ‘Be Safe, Don’t Fall, Stay Alive!’ The charity is keen to ensure that height safety remains a priority despite the understandable pressures to kick-start the economy.
newsA RECENT prosecution at Glasgow Sheriff Court has highlighted both the human and financial consequences when work at height is not properly planned, designed and managed.
newsCRYSTAL ARCHITECTURAL Aluminium Ltd has been fined following an incident where two employees suffered serious injuries after falling from height whilst removing large window frames from a school hall at St Saviour RC Primary School in Ellesmere Port.
newsAS LOCKDOWN eases and people begin returning to work, the No Falls Foundation is urging workers to ‘Be Safe, Don’t Fall, Stay Alive!’
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