Manchester Firm Fined £3,000 for Dodgy Scaffolding
RS Rendering Specialists Limited, a Manchester-based rendering company, has been fined £3,000 following a serious breach of safety regulations that put its workers at...
Safety Alert Issued On Defective Scaffold Boards In Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland’s Health & Safety Executive (HSENI) have issued a Safety Alert.
Broken scaffold boards have recently caused an increase in serious accidents on construction sites in...
House Builder And Scaffolding Firm Fined For Scaffold Collapse
A scaffolding firm and house builder have been prosecuted after two bricklayers were injured after falling from scaffolding that collapsed.
Cathedral Scaffold Company Ltd had...
Contractors sentenced after 18-year-old is crushed to death
Two contractors and two people have been sentenced after an 18-year-old worker was crushed to death in a manhole while working on a house-build...
Cape Wins Outstanding HSE Performance Award In Abu Dhabi
Global industrial services firm Cape have today announced they have received an outstanding HSE Performance Award from Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA OPCO) for the...
PPE and safety product buyers urged to CHECK-SELECT-PROTECT
The British Safety Industry Federation (BSiF) is urging buyers and end users of PPE and safety equipment to follow a simple process when specifying...
Charity publishes support pack for workers who fall from height
UK charity launches free support pack helping people affected by a fall from height.
THE NO FALLS FOUNDATION, the UK charity dedicated to preventing falls...
Simian Risk Wins Iraq Oil Field Training Contract
WORKING at height specialist Simian Risk has won a contract to provide on-site training for Shell and the South Oil Company in Iraq.
The North...
Safety Alert Issued over defective double couplers
A Health & Safety alert has been issued jointly by construction firms Kier | BAM (KBJV) over defective double coupler scaffold fittings.
The KBJV...
Massive fine given after lifting operation goes wrong
Two construction companies have been fined more than £350,000 after a worker was seriously injured when a part of an air conditioning plant fell...
