The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) will be visiting construction sites in the West Midlands, Worcestershire and Warwickshire over the next 3 weeks.
The inspectors will target poor performance...
Nine people have been killed and 10 injured after a gallery under construction in a indoor stadium collapsed in India
Indian news websites have reported that the accident happened at...
Dixon Scaffolding (Transmission) Ltd has been purchased in a pre-pack administration after missing a payment due date with the taxman.
The administrators, David Hill, Julie Anne...
The Oxford Mail has reported that a scaffolder from Abingdon, Oxford is on his way to the top after winning a college prize.
Apprentice Shaw Miller,...
A contractor has been prosecuted for safety failings after an employee was seriously injured in a fall from dangerous scaffolding in Hertfordshire.
The 61-year-old, who...
A south London street was blocked for several hours yesterday after a 10-metre scaffolding tower collapsed onto a car.
The structure in Cambridge Road, Battersea,...
A new purpose built scaffold training and working at height facility has been opened and immediately put to use at Catch, Stallingborough, North East...
A news site in New Zealand (stuff.co.nz) have today reported that new height safety guidelines are expected to add thousands of dollars to the cost of construction.
Any work over 2.4...