newsFine after scaffolder’s fatal fall
WEMBLEY SCAFFOLDING Services Limited has been fined following an incident where a worker fell five metres and suffered a fatal head injury.
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newsSubcontractor slips from temporary platform
BREBNER 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.
newsNo Falls Foundation urges safety
AS 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.
newsPASMA responds to HSE unsafe tower prosecution
A 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.
newsEmployees injured in fall from height
CRYSTAL 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.
newsCharity reminds workers to stay safe
AS LOCKDOWN eases and people begin returning to work, the No Falls Foundation is urging workers to ‘Be Safe, Don’t Fall, Stay Alive!’
newsCouncil fined following fatality due to falling branch
WIRRAL BOROUGH Council has been fined after a branch from a tree fell and struck the vehicle of a pregnant mother while she was driving with her two children.
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Luton-based Stanley is advocating the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to protect workers.
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newsEmployee falls after scaffold collapses
JR SCAFFOLD Services Ltd has been fined after an employee fell eight metres to the ground and sustained severe injuries when the cantilever section of a scaffold he was erecting collapsed.
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