newsMarking the National Workplace Day of Remembrance
MARKING THE National Workplace Day of Remembrance, which took place on 12 December 2024, Werner calls for heightened workplace safety.
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productRaising standards
ALAN MURRAY offers an overview of the new Personal Fall Protection Equipment Standard, BS 8681, and outlines its implications for the industry and those it impacts.
articleDon’t fall short
Slips, trips and falls remain the biggest cause of non-fatal injuries at work – Emma Willison explains how to mitigate the risk.
newsCompany and director sentenced for putting workers at risk
A ROOFING firm has been fined while its director has been handed a suspended prison sentence after putting the lives of workers at risk during a roof renovation in Surrey.
newsCompanies fined after worker falls through skate park roof
TWO COMPANIES have been fined more than £100k after a man fell 30 feet through a fragile skylight as he was working on a roof.
newsFather of three paralysed after fall
A FATHER-of-three was left paralysed from the chest down after falling through a ceiling at a house renovation in Derbyshire.
newsFarm owner fined after roofer’s fatal fall
A CHESHIRE farm owner has been fined after a man fell to his death from a forklift truck while attempting to repair the roof of a packing shed at his premises in Tarporley.
newsGrandad dies after fall through unguarded hole
A GRANDFATHER died after falling through a hole in his own bathroom that had been left by workers.
newsHeritage railway painter falls from height
SEVERN VALLEY Railway has been fined £40,000 after pleading guilty to offences under the Work at Height Regulations 2005, which followed an investigation and prosecution by industry regulator, Office of Rail and Road (ORR).
productArco launches working at height range
ARCO HAS launched its own range of working at height equipment, designed and developed with experts from its safety services division, along with its fall protection manufacturing partners.
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