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The new TG20:13 headlines the NASC 2014 Yearbook

Scaffmag Newsdesk - Nov 14, 2013

The National Access and Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) has published its 2014 Yearbook, with the imminent launch of it's TG20:13 guidance taking center stage. The annual yearbook features 90 pages of scaffolding...

Companies

GKR Ltd win prestigious safety award on South Bank Tower project

Scaffmag Newsdesk - Nov 11, 2013

The GKR team currently working on the prestigious London, South Bank Tower development continue to prove safety is their top priority by winning the...

Health & Safety

No Investigation into Scaffolding Collapse By HSE

Scaffmag Newsdesk - Nov 3, 2013

A long run of scaffolding collapsed outside shops in Francis Road, Leyton, London on Monday as a storm battered the UK The length of the...

Health & Safety

Warning: High winds expected in the UK

Scaffmag Newsdesk - Oct 27, 2013

High winds have been forecast for this evening (27th October) across the southern half of the UK A Met Office amber alert for high winds in southern...

Health & Safety

Scaffolding firm fined after labourer’s death fall

Scaffmag Newsdesk - Jul 11, 2013

A scaffolding firm has been fined £75,000 after a 42 year-old scaffolders labourer fell 12 meters to his death. Father-of-one 42-year-old Anthony Causby, who worked...

Health & Safety

Scaffolder’s lack of safety measures put lives at risk

Scaffmag Newsdesk - May 29, 2013

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'...

Health & Safety

Company boss fined after scaffolder fell to his death

Scaffmag Newsdesk - May 13, 2013

Walesonline.co.uk has reported that the boss of a building company was given fines and costs totalling £25,000 today after one of his workers fell...

Health & Safety

Man injured after falling through scaffolding trap door

Scaffmag Newsdesk - May 7, 2013

A man has fallen through a ladder trap door from the third lift of scaffolding near Newton Abbot, Devon. The man fell through the third lift of...

Health & Safety

Scrapping of hard hat laws could lead to more deaths

Scaffmag Newsdesk - Apr 14, 2013

Construction workers could be left without hard hats on sites after life-saving laws were scrapped last week. This is the warning from leaders of the...

Health & Safety

One in four London construction sites fail safety inspections

Scaffmag Newsdesk - Apr 7, 2013

One in four of the construction sites visited in London during a month-long inspection initiative failed health and safety checks, according to results released...

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