Actavo Achieves 20 Years of RoSPA Gold Award Recognition
Actavo has cemented its reputation for health and safety excellence, securing three prestigious awards from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).
The...
NASC Calls For Legal Change On ‘Competence’
Responding to the recent government report by Professor Löfstedt on the review into existing Health and Safety legislation, the NASC (National Access & Scaffolding...
Business partners fined £13K for scaffolding collapse
Two scaffolding business partners that erected unsafe scaffolding were sentenced on Wednesday 16 November.
Scaffolding Systems South West bosses were fined a total of £13,000,...
Scaffolder’s lack of safety measures put lives at risk
A scaffolder has been prosecuted for neglecting vital safety measures that put himself, his staff and passing members of the public at risk.
Truro Magistrates'...
Property firm fined after worker’s scaffold fall
A London property development company has been sentenced after a migrant worker suffered severe head injuries when he fell from scaffolding at a Hackney...
Scaffolders increase but incidents fall by 20%
The NASC (National Access & Scaffolding Confederation) has launched its latest annual Safety Report. The report which is an audit of all NASC ‘Contracting’...
Government Cutbacks Hit The HSE
Budget pressures prompt HSE to close offices
Faced with a 35-per-cent government-funding squeeze, the HSE has decided to close two of its offices in the...
Concern over safety at construction sites
Four workers died and 645 were injured in construction accidents across the East Midlands in a year, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has...
