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Scaffolding lorry driver fined after scaffold crane injures worker
News sources have reported that a worker unloading scaffolding from a flatbed lorry was thrown from the vehicle and hit by its load of boards and tubes...
Scaffold boss fined for dangerous scaffolding
The owner of a small construction firm in Portsmouth has been fined after he erected a series of scaffolds in and around the town...
NASC Launches SG4:15
At a packed AGM in Leeds the NASC last night launched eagerly awaited SG4:15 'Preventing Falls in Scaffolding Operations' guidance.
As previously mentioned, many of...
XERVON Palmers launches health & safety initiative
Scaffolding contractor XERVON Palmers, has launched an in-house health and safety initiative – the Safety Recognition Scheme (SRS) – aiming to maintain and encourage the...
NASC 2017 Safety Report Reveals Another Fatality Free Year
The National Access & Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) has reported another fatality-free year in its highly regarded 2017 Safety Report.
The document analyses accident and injury...
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Video: 30ft Mobile scaffolding tower crashes down onto busy street
Video captures the scene as a 30ft mobile scaffolding tower came crashing down in a high street, narrowly missing cars.
Last Sunday shop owners and...
Scaffold company fined for safety failings
A Scaffold company in Bridgend has been fined for safety failings following a routine inspection.
Llanelli Magistrates’ Court heard how OW Scaffolding was working at...
Scaffolding firm admits responsibility for death of dad
A Merseyside scaffolding firm has admitted responsibility for the death of a Liverpool dad who fell while working on the roof of the companies...
Pedestrian Trapped After Scaffolding Collapses In Leicester
Two women were injured when scaffolding collapsed, leaving one of them trapped, in a Leicester street this morning (28th January 2015).
Scaffolding erected on a...
Business partners fined after worker falls from unsafe scaffold
Two construction business partners have been fined after a sub-contractor suffered multiple fractures when he fell from an unsafe scaffold.
In December 2018, sub-contractors were...
