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Amber heat alert puts scaffolding site welfare in focus

Scaffolding firms are being urged to review hot-weather controls as an amber heat-health alert remains in force across large parts of England. The alert covers...

Scaffolder ‘lucky to be alive’ after CCTV captures skylight fall

CCTV footage showing the moment a scaffolder fell through a warehouse roof skylight has been released by the Health and Safety Executive. The video captures...

NASC safety report shows zero member fatalities as workforce passes 20,000

NASC contractor members recorded zero operative fatalities in 2025, according to the organisation’s latest Safety Report. The 2026 NASC Safety Report, published today to coincide...

Pilosio brings UK scaffolding safety model into Italian conference spotlight

Pilosio is set to use its presence at GIC Piacenza, a major construction trade event in northern Italy, this week to push a broader...

Teen scaffolding labourer dies after fall through shaft on London site

A construction company has been fined after a teenage scaffolding labourer died in a fall from height on a London building site. Renols Lleshi, 19,...

Teen in coma after scaffolding accident on Fife housing project

A teenager remains in a coma after being seriously injured by falling scaffolding material while working at a housing block in Kirkcaldy. Brodie Thomson, 16,...

Safety crackdown follows boy’s death caused by unsecured scaffolding

New safety standards covering the transport of scaffolding and other construction materials have been introduced following the death of a schoolboy killed by an...

Scaffolding project manager convicted after temporary bridge collapse

A Finnish court has handed a suspended prison sentence to a scaffolding firm project manager over the collapse of a temporary pedestrian bridge in...

Cars damaged after scaffolding collapses on Hove residential street

Several vehicles were damaged yesterday after scaffolding collapsed onto a residential street in Hove. No one was injured. The industry body NASC has today...

Scaffolders urged to tighten safety as climate change brings fiercer storms

Extreme weather is exposing poor practices across the scaffolding industry, as insurance specialists urge contractors to tighten safety procedures in response to increasingly severe...

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