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Premier Security Glazing Ltd fined £5k for worker’s scaffold fall

A GLAZING firm from Yorkshire has been fined more than £5,000 after an employee broke his wrist while working on a York house. Philip Pears...

Scaffolder’s fatal fall ‘a tragic accident’

The death of a Highland scaffolder who fell 130ft from an oil rig was an “unforeseeable tragedy” that could not have been prevented with...

Lightning bolt hits scaffolding on nuclear site

A lightning strike caused temporary damage to the Dounreay nuclear site in Caithness, it has emerged. No-one was hurt, but a number of electronic systems...

Mini Walsall industrial estate project will create new scaffolding jobs

A derelict showroom in the Black Country will be converted into a mini industrial estate creating dozens of jobs, it can be revealed today. Four...

Scaffolder wanted by police

THIS man is wanted by police. Tony Cook, 28, of Westfield, has been released on police bail after being arrested on December 10 on suspicion...

Ladder ban lands city council taxpayers with £1m scaffolding bill

THE cost of using scaffolding at Stoke-on-Trent’s council houses and public buildings has rocketed by £1 million in just 12 months – after health...

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

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,...

Death fall companies in court for sentencing

TWO companies have pleaded guilty to health and safety breaches after an experienced steeplejack fell 300ft to his death from the top of a...

Man taken to hospital with head injuries following scaffolding fall in Harpenden

A MAN was rushed to hospital after falling from scaffolding in Harpenden yesterday. The air ambulance landed close to the scene, on the Common, at...

Former scaffolder dies after tragic plunged off faulty ladder

A safety conscious window cleaner and former scaffolder suffered fatal head injuries after falling from his ladder, an inquest heard. Roland Jungbauer, 43, was a...

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