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Scaffolding Firm In Court For Catalogue Of Safety Failings
A Hertfordshire scaffolding firm has been fined for a catalogue of safety failings – including throwing and catching fittings over the heads of shoppers...
Simian Risk Wins Iraq Oil Field Training Contract
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...
Scaffolding Firm Fined £5,000 For Dangerous Work Practices
London based JOS Scaffolding Limited was prosecuted on the strength of the photographic evidence and a subsequent HSE investigation into safety failings.
Carefree scaffolders put...
Bilfinger Salamis fined £100,000 after death of offshore worker
Bilfinger Salamis UK Ltd have been fined for serious safety failings following an incident in which a rope access worker died after plunging 23 metres...
Scaffold collapse injuries lead to fine
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...
HSE set to put scaffolding work under safety spotlight
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...
Scaffolding lorry driver fined after scaffold crane injures worker
News sources have reported that a worker unloading scaffolding from a flatbed lorry was thrown from the vehicle and hit by its load of boards and tubes...
Northampton Scaffolding Firm In Court After Worker’s Life-Changing Injuries
A scaffolding firm and the owner of a roofing company have been fined after a worker suffered serious injuries when he plunged nine metres...
Leaked HSE letter shows safety checks at risk from cuts
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is proposing to reduce unannounced workplace inspections by a third, the BBC has learned
A leaked letter from the...
Road Closed After Scaffold Collapse
Balham High Road, Wandsworth has been closed off after scaffolding erected outside a building on the street collapsed this morning.
Firefighters were called at 3.20am...
