Business partners fined £13K for scaffolding collapse
Two scaffolding business partners that erected unsafe scaffolding were sentenced on Wednesday 16 November.
Scaffolding Systems South West bosses were fined a total of £13,000,...
NASC withdraws safe height tables for Vol 2 of TG20:08
Due to the impending review of TG20:08 Volume 2, which is necessary following the introduction of the European Wind Code and the publication of...
Scaffolders increase but incidents fall by 20%
The NASC (National Access & Scaffolding Confederation) has launched its latest annual Safety Report. The report which is an audit of all NASC ‘Contracting’...
Property firm fined after worker’s scaffold fall
A London property development company has been sentenced after a migrant worker suffered severe head injuries when he fell from scaffolding at a Hackney...
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...
Concern over safety at construction sites
Four workers died and 645 were injured in construction accidents across the East Midlands in a year, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has...
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,...
Government Cutbacks Hit The HSE
Budget pressures prompt HSE to close offices
Faced with a 35-per-cent government-funding squeeze, the HSE has decided to close two of its offices in the...
