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VIDEO: Northamptonshire firm fined after scaffold collapse

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Northamptonshire shoppers were forced to run for safety as a scaffold collapsed and fell some 20 metres towards them, a court has heard. Nobody was...
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Builder Sentenced After Colleague’s Scaffolding Fall

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A building worker suffered life-changing injuries in a fall after a colleague loosened a scaffolding guardrail which later gave way, a court has heard...
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Scaffolder’s lack of safety measures put lives at risk

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A scaffolder has been prosecuted for neglecting vital safety measures that put himself, his staff and passing members of the public at risk. Truro Magistrates'...
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Scrapping of hard hat laws could lead to more deaths

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Construction workers could be left without hard hats on sites after life-saving laws were scrapped last week. This is the warning from leaders of the...
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One in four London construction sites fail safety inspections

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One in four of the construction sites visited in London during a month-long inspection initiative failed health and safety checks, according to results released...
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10K Fine For Scaffolding Firm After Apprentice Breaks Back

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A scaffolding company has been fined after an inexperienced 18-year-old apprentice broke his back when he fell more than three metres. Kidderminster magistrates heard today...
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HSE launches month-long national safety clampdown

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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have today released details of a month-long safety clampdown on construction sites across the United Kingdom. The purge on...
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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...
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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...
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Worker injured after scaffolding board gives way

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News sources have today reported of an indecent this morning on a building site in Blean near Canterbury UK, involving a carpenter falling through a scaffold board. Kentonline.co.uk reported that...
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