Teenager dies after falling from scaffolding in Ilford

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Teenager dies after falling from scaffolding in Ilford

A 16-year-old died on Wednesday after falling from scaffolding on a two-story house in Wanstead, Ilford, UK Alfie Perrin from Enfield fell from scaffolding on a property in Camden Road on Wednesday afternoon. Ambulance staff and the London air ambulance were called to the property but later died from a head injury. An inquest has been opened and adjourned into his death, which is being treated as unexplained. One news source had reported speaking to a neighbour who said building work was taking place at the property where the incident happened.
He added: “I had gone out and seen builders looking at plans outside the property.
“I think they were working on a loft extension.”When I came back one of the builders stopped me and told me there had been an accident. “I asked what had happened and he said someone had fallen.” A joint investagation with the Health and Safety and Ilford police is now underway

By Daniel Norton

 

3 years on and we are still going strong !

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3 years on and we are still going strong !
Hi and welcome to this new section of the site The ScaffMag Blog here i will update monthly with news about the site and other things i find on my travels that just wont fit in the main sections of Scaffmag. I hope you will enjoy your stay here and find some useful information. When i had the idea for Scaffmag.com back in 2009 I never thought I would still be posting scaffolding news and information three years on but the site just seems to be going from strength to strength. Hopefully i am making it easier for scaffolders and other people in the industry to keep up-to date with the goings-on within our great scaffolding industry, if I’m not let me know in the comments. If you look at the very bottom of the site you will see the slogan “Powered by Scaffolders” this is truly the case I myself have over ten years experience within the industry as a scaffolder and still is spanner twirling day in day out. With visitor numbers to the site on the increase and our social media networks expanding I wanted to thank our ever growing list of fantastic sponsors to Scaffmag because without these guys none of this would be possible. Proud Sponsors Of ScaffMag.com
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Deborah Services Limited appoints new Group Business Director

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Deborah Services Limited appoints new Group Business Director

Industrial services company Deborah Services Limited (DSL) has appointed Peter Hughes as Group Business Development Director. Mr Hughes will have responsibility for developing new business opportunities for DSL, with a particular focus on growth into international markets. Mr Hughes previously worked for six years in the same role for Cape Plc, where he successfully led the company’s expansion into new markets across a wide international footprint. Last month former Cape Chief executive Martin May was appointed as Chairman of DSL, and as a non-executive director of DSL’s parent company Siteserv. Prior to working for Cape, Mr Hughes was Business Development Director for support services company Interserve Plc, where he led a strategy to build the company’s UK business and diversify revenue streams. Commenting on his appointment, Martin May, Chairman of DSL said: “Peter’s appointment is a key element of our ambitious growth strategy that will see DSL expand its operations across a number of international markets. Peter is an experienced business development professional who has an impressive background in the construction support services sector through his work with both Interserve and Cape” DSL is one of the UK’s leading industrial services and scaffolding supply companies, and now employs over 1,300 staff throughout the United Kingdom.    

Worker injured after scaffolding board gives way

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Worker injured after scaffolding board gives way
The scene of the incident, image via: Kentonline.co.uk
News sources have today reported of an indecent this morning on a building site in Blean near Canterbury UK, involving a carpenter falling through a scaffold board. Kentonline.co.uk reported that the 24-year-old man suffered a suspected back injury after a wooden board he was standing on gave way. Two ambulance crews and an ambulance responder were called to the site off Blean Common at about 11.30am following the accident. He was working on a Pettman Homes development of four chalet bungalows being built by Abbott Construction. Contract manager Mick Hughes said: “The scaffolding had a crash deck but when he stepped back, one of the boards snapped and his foot went through it. He didn’t actually fall right through – it was more of a jarring action. But we will be investigating how it happened.” The carpenter was taken to the QEQM hospital at Margate.

Business Leads: Kier on hunt for Midlands subcontractors

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Business Leads: Kier on hunt for Midlands subcontractors

Kier is looking for a raft of trade contractors to help with social housing repair deals across Market Harborough, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. The company is hosting a ‘meet the buyer’ event on Wednesday 21 November between 8am and 5:30pm at Market Harborough RUFC on Northampton Road, Market Harborough LE16 9HB. Kier is looking to meet local suppliers and subcontractors to discuss available opportunities with the following expertise: ·            electrical works ·            plumbing and heating ·            plastering ·            aids and adaptations ·            general builders ·            demolition contractors ·            Bricklaying ·            asbestos removal ·            roofing ·            scaffolding ·            tiling ·            property clearance and cleaning ·            glaziers ·            painting and decorating ·            joiners ·            multi-skilled trades Kier regional managing director, Simon Bullen, said: “Kier is a leading provider of maintenance and facilities management across the country and we will work together with local suppliers and subcontractors to put efficiency, service improvements and customer excellence as our top priorities.” The event is free and all business owners are welcome. To register for a place please email [email protected] Via: constructionenquirer.com

Time Lapse Video: Manchester Central Library Scaffolding

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Time Lapse Video: Manchester Central Library Scaffolding

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On our travels around the web we found this little beauty of a quick time lapse video from 2010 of the erection of what looks like a large birdcage scaffold inside the Central Library in Manchester UK. The video was uploaded in October by LAR Ltd.

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Cape plc shares fall by 30% after profit warning

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Cape plc shares fall by 30% after profit warning
Cape's Cape plc which provides scaffolding and industrial services for energy and oil companies across the globe saw it’s shares plunge after they announced today their third profit warning in 12 months. The firm also announced today its chief financial officer Richard Bingham, had resigned with immediate effect and is expected to receive a contractual one-years pay-off. The reason for the profit warnings comes after a downturn in work and lack of new projects in it’s onshore oil operation in Australia. Cape are continuing an ongoing review of the onshore Australian business which would likely be complete before year-end. According to the London Evening Standard Cape shares, which stood at 465p ahead of the November 2011 profit warning, crashed by a third today, falling 87p to a six-year low of 175p.

 By Daniel Norton

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Southsea Hotel Scaffolding collapse [Video]

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Southsea Hotel Scaffolding collapse [Video]
In April we reported about this collapse Southsea Hotel Scaffolding Collapses In High Winds but with help from our good friend @sc4ffolder on twitter we have managed to find a video published by the  showing the scene of the collapse.

Scaffolding collapses due to high winds by PressAssociation

On the morning of April 25 2012 the scaffolding that was erected for painting on The Royal Beach Hotel collapsed in high winds. Five lifts of scaffolding came crashing down onto parked cars below. Luckily nobody was injured in the collapse.

Innovations: Advanced Guard

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Innovations: Advanced Guard

The Advanced-Guard’s Easy-Fit system is a simple, two part guard-rail system, designed with strict safety and speed of installation in mind. It’s unique ‘overlap and slide’ fittings give ultimate flexibility and do not require qualified scaffolders for installation. Once in place, Easy-Fit system allows guardrails on subsequent lifts to be installed from the safety of a fully guarded safe zone, keeping installers safe at all times. A unique patent applied for (PCT/GB2011/051896) stanchion post system is fixed to the scaffold standard from the lift below. Easy-Fit guardrail panels slide up the stanchion posts, whilst locators fix the panel in place. At all times, scaffolding operatives are working from behind a safe barrier. The Easy-Fit panels are left in-situ for the duration of the project, resulting in a finished scaffold, with fully guard-railed lifts and a completely gap free working platform. Scaffold inspectors can easily see that the scaffold has been installed in accordance with SG4.10 and will be confident that the scaffold can be dismantled safely. The Easy-Fit panels incorporate a built in toeboard and brickguard which prevents tradesmen interfering with the units. When using conventional equipment, brickguards are regularly removed, rendering the scaffold platform unsafe and unfit for use. The Easy-Fit system is the most flexible, total-security, scaffolding system available. Not only does it provide you with a single system solution to all your scaffolding needs, but saves you labour time and does not require qualified scaffolders to erect the safety zones on each lift. Easy-Fit Posts There are two simple to install support fittings. One Easy-Fit post is for use exlusively with tube & fitting scaffolding (A), the other, for either tube & fitting or system scaffold (B). Easy-Fit Panels There are three sizes of easy-Fit panel, designed to overlap and slide-to-fit, providing a fully braced safety-zone, from which further lifts can be erected in full safety. The 3 sizes and the unique ability to overlap panels, provides ultimate flexibility. However, should you require it, bespoke panels can also be provided. Health & Safety  The Easy-Fit system has also been rigorously tested and complies with all current legislation and best practise recommendations within the scaffolding and construction industry, including:
  • The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
  • The Work at Height Regulations 2005
  • The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
  • NASC; SG4;10
  • Edge barrier strength tests: EN13374:2004e Class A Edge Protection
Contact
 Web: www.advanced-guard.com |Email:  [email protected] | Tel: 0844 858 4084
 

Trainee scaffolder suffered life-changing injuries after scaffolding fall

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Trainee scaffolder suffered life-changing injuries after scaffolding fall
The scene of the accident via: ppconstructionsafety.com
A scaffolding company and its director have been fined for safety failings after a worker suffered life-changing injuries in a 2.5 metre fall from a scaffold platform at a property in Kent. The worker, who was untrained, fell from the first lift of the scaffold as it was being dismantled. He was passing boards down to another worker when he lost his footing and fell to the concrete below. The man, from Rainham, Kent, who does not wish to be named, suffered severe head injuries and needed surgery to remove the frontal lobe of the brain. He spent many weeks in hospital and is unlikely to be able to work again. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) today (6 Nov) prosecuted Paramount Scaffolding Ltd and director Luke Jessup, both of Gillingham, Kent after investigating the incident at the house in Meopham, near Gravesend, on 25 January this year. Sevenoaks Magistrates’ Court heard that Paramount Scaffolding had a three-man team on site to dismantle the scaffolding. Director Luke Jessup was the only trained scaffolder among them. The injured worker was standing on the first level of the scaffold and was lifting the boards and passing them to a colleague below. The platform had been six boards wide and was down to three when he lost his footing and fell. The edge protection had already been removed. Paramount Scaffolding Ltd of Wigmore Road, Gillingham, and Luke Jessup of Wigmore Road, Gillingham, both pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 4(1) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005. Both Paramount and Mr Jessup were fined £2,000 with £1,000 costs each. After the hearing HSE Inspector Melvyn Stancliffe said:
“This is a very stark example of the tragedy that can result from a task carried out at height without proper thought and planning. It has resulted in life-changing injuries for the worker and has had a devastating impact on his family. In addition, Mr Jessup was a personal friend, and he also has to live with the consequences of his role in the incident. “What happened that day was totally preventable if simple working methods had been followed and the untrained workers had been more closely and better supervised to ensure they carried out the work safely. “The scaffolding industry has produced guidance on the safe working methods to follow and this case sadly reflects the harsh reality of not doing so.”

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