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Scaffold Firm Fined £85,000 After Worker Is Paralysed

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  A scaffolding company faces fines and costs totalling £85,000 following an accident which paralysed a worker. Father-of-three David Collins was unloading behind Argos, in Festival...
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NASC Calls For Legal Change On ‘Competence’

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

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  The scaffold gangway to the London tourist attraction HMS Belfast has collapsed into the River Thames today injuring two and leaving 170 visitors stranded...
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Business partners fined £13K for scaffolding collapse

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

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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...
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Hastings scaffold firm fined for putting workers at risk

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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...
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Block Scaffolding Ltd ruins wedding day

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

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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...
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Poole builders fined after scaffold fall

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A Poole construction company has been sentenced after a carpenter was seriously injured when he fell three metres off scaffolding while working on a...
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Property firm fined after worker’s scaffold fall

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A London property development company has been sentenced after a migrant worker suffered severe head injuries when he fell from scaffolding at a Hackney...
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