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Scaffolder fined after woman is injured by unguarded scaffolding tube

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A Scottish court yesterday fined a self employed scaffolder after he failed to apply numerous safety precautions resulting in the head injury of a pedestrian. The Health & Saftey Executive (HSE) reported that Thomas...

Safety warning over fake hard hats

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We are back on the subject of hard hats after a construction website reported a shocking safety warning. The Construction Enquirer reported today that experts...

Scaffolding firm caught on camera risking lives

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A Trafford firm has appeared in court after workers were spotted taking down scaffolding without safety measures to prevent them being injured in a...

NASC Release SG6 Manual Handling In The Scaffolding Industry Guidance

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The National Access & Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) have today released a SG6 Manual Handling In The Scaffolding Industry training DVD and pocket User Guide. This...

Skaftray: “Were you one of the 2647”?

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Two thousand six hundred and forty seven. Small words, big number. Number of what? We are quoting directly from the HSE’s own statistics, which show...

Cape announce recruitment drive for offshore scaffolders

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Cape today announced a large recruitment drive for a new £multi-million high profile North Sea offshore maintenance project. The news was announced this morning on...

Five dead after scaffolding collapses at Philippines power station

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Five construction workers have been confirmed dead after the scaffolding they were using on a 228ft smokestack of a coal power station collapsed in...

Astra Access Safety training to launch FREE scaffolding course

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A NEW training course for would-be scaffolders is to be launched. Astra Access Safety Training is offering unemployed people in the Yorkshire area the opportunity...

Scaffolding firm faces prosecution after scaffolders death fall

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S&S Scaffolding based in Atherton, Manchester is to be prosecuted following the death of one of the firms scaffolders who fell through the roof of...

Scaffolding or one Giant Sail ?

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A large scaffold erected on a four story apartment block in South West Norway was incredibly close to collapse over the weekend. According to reports emergency services and the...
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