W G Carter has been fined £120,000 after carpenter Richard “Felix” Roper suffered fatal injuries in a fall during building work, with HSE pointing to safer access and work sequencing.
A Queensland coroner has called for mandatory additional controls on freestanding tower scaffolds in public places after finding that the industry’s accepted height-to-base rule of thumb was not enough to protect against strong winds.
W G Carter has been fined £120,000 after carpenter Richard “Felix” Roper suffered fatal injuries in a fall during building work, with HSE pointing to safer access and work sequencing.
A Queensland coroner has called for mandatory additional controls on freestanding tower scaffolds in public places after finding that the industry’s accepted height-to-base rule of thumb was not enough to protect against strong winds.
W G Carter has been fined £120,000 after carpenter Richard “Felix” Roper suffered fatal injuries in a fall during building work, with HSE pointing to safer access and work sequencing.
A Queensland coroner has called for mandatory additional controls on freestanding tower scaffolds in public places after finding that the industry’s accepted height-to-base rule of thumb was not enough to protect against strong winds.
W G Carter has been fined £120,000 after carpenter Richard “Felix” Roper suffered fatal injuries in a fall during building work, with HSE pointing to safer access and work sequencing.
A Queensland coroner has called for mandatory additional controls on freestanding tower scaffolds in public places after finding that the industry’s accepted height-to-base rule of thumb was not enough to protect against strong winds.
A West Yorkshire housebuilder has been fined £300,000 after a scaffolding labourer suffered serious spinal injuries in a fall through an unprotected stairwell opening.
Scaffolding has moved from sixth to fourth in OSHA’s latest ranking of the most commonly cited workplace safety standards in the US, with 1,725 violations recorded in preliminary FY2026 figures.
An Australian court has awarded a scaffolding worker more than A$752,000 in damages after finding his former employer negligent over a fall through an unprotected skylight at a defence site in Canberra.
A wall-climbing robot has completed ultrasonic testing across a 70m rotary kiln at Cemex’s Rugby cement plant, removing the need for personnel to work at height and avoiding a conventional scaffold or rope-access operation.
The Oldbury-based provider has opened a dedicated tower training area and recruited 3 instructors after gaining approval to deliver PASMA-accredited courses.
Fatal incidents at construction sites in London and Birmingham have prompted separate investigations involving police and the Health and Safety Executive.
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...