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HSE Issue Access Safety Alert

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a new safety alert expanding on existing scaffold guidance. The move is aimed at enhancing current...

Kent Based Scaffolder Given Suspended Jail Sentence

A scaffolder from Surrey has begun a suspended jail sentence and placed under curfew after breaking safety regulations and verbally abusing an HSE Inspector. Steven...

Companies Fined 65K After Subbie Falls Through Scaffolding

A contractor and scaffolding firm must together pay out almost £65,000 after their safety failings led to a worker plunging five metres from a...

Company fined for missing handrails after contractor fell from scaffold

Beaudecor Ltd pleaded guilty and has been fined after a worker fell from scaffolding. On 4 October 2016, a contractor fell from the third lift...

Scaffolding firm fined 100K after apprentice joiner falls from loading bay

A scaffolding company has been fined £100,000 for safety breaches after a 16-year-old apprentice joiner fell four metres from a scaffold. Sheffield Magistrates’ Court heard...

Scaffolder faces jail for not being clipped on

A scaffolder faces jail after being caught erecting scaffolding 60ft in the air without clipping on. Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court yesterday heard how on...

10K Fine After Scaffolder Fell Three Meters

A Scaffolding company has been fined after a worker fell three metres and lost consciousness. Peterborough Magistrates’ Court heard how, in February 2016, a scaffolder...

Scaffold Inspectors Prosecuted After Roofers Fall

The HSE have prosecuted two scaffold Inspectors after a worker fell through a gap between the scaffolding and the building, resulting in serious injuries. Greater...

Scaffold firm fined 27K after untrained worker falls

A scaffolding company has been fined after a worker was left in a coma after falling from scaffolding. Bristol Magistrates Court heard how an employee...

Scaffolding Firm Fined after Scaffold Collapse

A Dorset based company has been fined after a scaffold collapsed at an industrial unit in Wallisdown, Poole. Poole Magistrates’ Court heard how Swanage and...

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