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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...

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,...

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...

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’...

Property firm fined after worker’s scaffold fall

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A London property development company has been sentenced after a migrant worker suffered severe head injuries when he fell from scaffolding at a Hackney...

Leaked HSE letter shows safety checks at risk from cuts

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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is proposing to reduce unannounced workplace inspections by a third, the BBC has learned A leaked letter from the...

Concern over safety at construction sites

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Four workers died and 645 were injured in construction accidents across the East Midlands in a year, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has...

HSE Press Release: Firms sentenced after Bolton steeplejack falls to death

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Two companies have been fined a total of £85,000 after a steeplejack fell 50 metres to his death from an Edwardian chimney in Bolton,...

Government Cutbacks Hit The HSE

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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...
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