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Scaffolding Collapses In The Center Of Chorley

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  Scaffolding collapsed on a busy market street throwing a 45 year old worker 15ft to the ground. AN eyewitness said “it was a miracle nobody...
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Falling scaffold tube kills smoking worker

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  A Coroners Court heard how a  scaffold tube fell like a ballistic missile before killing a worker on his smoke break. On August 6, 2010,...
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Strong start to 2012 for Simian Risk

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  Leading scaffolding health and safety consultancy Simian Risk Group has announced a strong start to 2012 with continued growth forecast for the coming year. The...
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HSE Clampdown On Construction Sites

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  Construction sites are being put under the spotlight as part of an intensive inspection initiative aimed at reducing death, injury and ill health. Between 20...
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Scaffolding Firm Fined 30K After Scaffolder’s Fall

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By Daniel Norton Fred Lewis Scaffolding Ltd has been prosecuted after a scaffolder fell seven metrers through a roof in Stoke-on-Trent. Father of three Gary Hampton,28,...
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Scaffold Firm Fined £85,000 After Worker Is Paralysed

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  A scaffolding company faces fines and costs totalling £85,000 following an accident which paralysed a worker. Father-of-three David Collins was unloading behind Argos, in Festival...
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NASC Calls For Legal Change On ‘Competence’

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  Responding to the recent government report by Professor Löfstedt on the review into existing Health and Safety legislation, the NASC (National Access & Scaffolding...
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Business partners fined £13K for scaffolding collapse

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  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,...
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NASC withdraws safe height tables for Vol 2 of TG20:08

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  Due to the impending review of TG20:08 Volume 2, which is necessary following the introduction of the European Wind Code and the publication of...
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Scaffolders increase but incidents fall by 20%

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The NASC (National Access & Scaffolding Confederation) has launched its latest annual Safety Report. The report which is an audit of all NASC ‘Contracting’...
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