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NASC Calls For Legal Change On ‘Competence’

  Responding to the recent government report by Professor Löfstedt on the review into existing Health and Safety legislation, the NASC (National Access & Scaffolding...

HMS Belfast’s Scaffolding Gangway Collapses

  The scaffold gangway to the London tourist attraction HMS Belfast has collapsed into the River Thames today injuring two and leaving 170 visitors stranded...

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,...

Firm fined after woman is struck on the head with scaffold tube

A Worthing scaffolding company has been fined after a grandmother suffered serious head injuries, after being struck by a falling scaffolding tube. The Worthing Herald...

Hastings scaffold firm fined for putting workers at risk

A Hastings firm has been fined after handing over unsecured scaffolding to a client, putting builders at risk. A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspector...

Block Scaffolding Ltd ruins wedding day

A Surrey-based company has been fined after the floor of a marquee collapsed just as 150 guests sat down to enjoy a wedding breakfast. The...

Firms told to get safe or face the tragic consequences after scaffolders death

Scaffolder Dean Marden died back in March (View our past report on this) while erecting scaffolding in Ryde, Isle of Wight. The investigation by the...

Poole builders fined after scaffold fall

A Poole construction company has been sentenced after a carpenter was seriously injured when he fell three metres off scaffolding while working on a...

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...

Flook Scaffolding only fined £4k after scaffolders death

Flook Scaffolding have been ordered to pay just over £4,000 for Health & Safety Breaches Shaun Stevens,41 fell 13ft to his death when dismantling racking...

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