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Simian Risk Wins Iraq Oil Field Training Contract

Scaffmag Newsdesk - May 22, 2012

WORKING at height specialist Simian Risk has won a contract to provide on-site training for Shell and the South Oil Company in Iraq. The North...

Health & Safety

Firm fined after scaffolding fall

Scaffmag Newsdesk - May 14, 2012

A construction firm has been sentenced for safety failings after a roofer was badly injured in a fall from scaffolding at a house in...

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School bus crashes into scaffolding

Scaffmag Newsdesk - May 10, 2012

SPECIALIST rescue teams are to dismantle scaffolding at the side of a house that was hit by a coach in Wigmore this morning. It is...

Companies

Rise in sales for scaffold group Pyeroy

Scaffmag Newsdesk - May 3, 2012

SCAFFOLDING and painting services group Pyeroy increased sales last year as it won more business in the growing UK offshore oil and gas sector. The...

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Southsea Hotel Scaffolding Collapses In High Winds

Scaffmag Newsdesk - Apr 25, 2012

Scaffolding on the front of a Southsea hotel collapsed this morning crushing six parked cars .Strong winds are thought to have brought down the independent scaffold on The Royal Beach Hotel, Southsea.

Companies

Harsco wins major European contracts worth over $35 million

Scaffmag Newsdesk - Apr 24, 2012

Harsco Infrastructure have today announced major wins in European orders totalling more than $35 million for the groups industrial and commercial sectors. BASF Group chemical complex in...

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Scaffolder died in 25ft fall was not wearing safety harness

Scaffmag Newsdesk - Apr 23, 2012

A accident inquiry has found that a scaffolder died in a 25ft fall from a house scaffold should of been wearing a harness. Dundee Sheriff...

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Cape Saudi Arabia Wins Gold RoSPA Award

Scaffmag Newsdesk - Apr 18, 2012

Cape’s Saudi Arabia operations are proud to have won a Gold award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) in the 2012 Occupational Health and Safety Awards.

Health & Safety

Scaffold collapse injuries lead to fine

Scaffmag Newsdesk - Apr 12, 2012

A former scaffolding company director has been fined after two employees were injured in a scaffold collapse. A 26-year-old man working for Robert Leslie Butler...

Health & Safety

Major Contractor Fined Over Scaffolding Works Failure

Scaffmag Newsdesk - Apr 11, 2012

Wates Construction and MPB Structures have been fined a total of £100,000 over an incident in 2007 when seven construction workers were injured after...

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