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GKR scaffolders help save woman’s life at London project

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A GKR Scaffolding site team has been praised after helping to save the life of a woman who collapsed outside a live London project. The...

Scaffolding firms urged to review RIDDOR procedures as HSE consults on changes

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The Health and Safety Executive has launched a consultation on proposed changes to the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013, known...

Two workers killed in Spain after mast climbing platform collapse

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Two workers have been killed following the collapse of a twin mast climbing work platform in Benidorm, Spain. The incident happened on Wednesday, 22 April,...

Scaffolder died nine months after building site fall, inquest told

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A four-day inquest has opened into the death of a scaffolder who died nine months after falling more than three metres while working on...

Two taken to hospital after building collapse in Oldham

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Two people have been taken to hospital after a building partially collapsed in Oldham town centre. Emergency services were called to King Street at about...

Teen scaffolding labourer dies after fall through shaft on London site

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A construction company has been fined after a teenage scaffolding labourer died in a fall from height on a London building site. Renols Lleshi, 19,...

Safety crackdown follows boy’s death caused by unsecured scaffolding

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New safety standards covering the transport of scaffolding and other construction materials have been introduced following the death of a schoolboy killed by an...

Women say ill-fitting PPE leaves them unsafe at work

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Tens of thousands of women across the UK feel unsafe, embarrassed or scared at work because they are required to wear personal protective equipment...

Trapped load drags labourer from scaffold as firms fined £800k

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A labourer suffered life-changing injuries after being pulled from scaffolding during an unplanned lifting operation on a London refurbishment project. Two companies have been...

North Sea worker dies after incident on Valaris 121 rig

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A 32-year-old worker has died following an incident on an offshore drilling rig in the North Sea. Police Scotland and the Health and Safety...
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