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Scaffold Firm Fined 10K For No Scaffolding Licence
A company has been ordered to pay more than £10,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to erecting scaffolding without a licence.
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Scaffolders recieve suspended prison sentence for death of worker
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) confirmed recently that two scaffolders from St. Austell, Cornwall have both received suspended prison sentences following the death...
Road closed after truck smashes into scaffolding
A truck driver has been charged with careless driving after ploughing into scaffolding erected to protect a Scottish bridge.
The Daily Record reports that the accident happened...
Update: Electric Shock Scaffolder shows improvement
Scaffolder Jamie Mines who had to have his leg and hands amputated after a severe electric shock is no longer in an induced coma.
As...
HSE Inspector Numbers Cut By A Quarter
Numbers of Front-line health and safety inspectors have been cut by 25 per cent in six years according to figures obtained by the Unite...
Worker killed after falling from scaffolding in Kensington
A worker was killed yesterday at a construction site in Kensington.
The worker who has been rumored online to be a scaffolder, is believed to...
Scaffold firm fined 27K after untrained worker falls
A scaffolding company has been fined after a worker was left in a coma after falling from scaffolding.
Bristol Magistrates Court heard how an employee...
Worker falls from scaffolding on Surrey Quays development
An operative is currently recovering in hospital after falling 4m from scaffolding erected on a mixed-used development site.
A Health and Safety investigation is today...
Scaffolding firm fined 100K after apprentice joiner falls from loading bay
A scaffolding company has been fined £100,000 for safety breaches after a 16-year-old apprentice joiner fell four metres from a scaffold.
Sheffield Magistrates’ Court heard...
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...
