All Health & safety articles – Page 18
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NewsTop 10 blunders of 2009
It's been a bumper year for safety stupidity - here are some of Building's favourites
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NewsIndian bridge collapse kills up to 40
Project managers are arrested after worker deaths on joint Hyndai Engineering and Gammon India project
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NewsLook: no scaffold!
Felix Loy was aghast to see this adventurous fellow scrambling about in strong wind above a cast iron gutter. Gulp
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NewsWell, oil be blowed!
David Crick spotted this precarious pile from his sun bed in Malta last summer - seems it's not only the Middle East relying on oil …
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NewsThis man must be stopped
No hard hat, no high-vis jacket, no harness, and I suspect his reindeer were doing more than 10mph too
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NewsWorker injured on Westfield Stratford City site dies
Employer 'deeply saddened' by death of Shaun Scurry one week after sustaining injuries on a scissor lift
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NewsBrace yourselves
Ingenious bracing on Argentina scaffolding with props supported by a tree, lamppost and nail banged into the pavement
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NewsWorker injured on Westfield Stratford City site
Man is said to be in critical condition after using scissor life near 2012 Olympic site
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CommentTimber frames: Warning bells are ringing
The blaze that swept through a Peckham street two weeks ago has left the timber-frame industry in little doubt that, next time, lives may soon be lost. But can the sector do more to ensure there is no next time?
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NewsSellafield Ltd fined after workers exposed to radiation
Company decommissioning nuclear facility pleades guilty after contractors inhale contaminated dust
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NewsFancy a quick game of bridge?
Stefan Barron came across this distinctly unsafe conduct when on holiday in Ljubljana, Slovenia. We suspect that, in addition to the obvious lack of a harness, EU regs may take issue with using mains electricity underwater
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NewsTimber frame industry in 'total denial' over fire risk
After Peckham blaze, fire chiefs accuse specialists and HSE of failing to police safety on sites
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NewsShine a light!
Traffic warning devices are conspicuously absent during this maintenance operation on London's roads
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NewsHSE forces nuclear industry to address safety flaws
Safety body announces plans to block all new reactors unless 'significant' design features are changed
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FeaturesFatal refurb: addressing refurbishment’s poor safety record
Refurbishment is an increasingly popular alternative to new build, but what can be done about its particularly poor safety record?
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NewsSouthwark council: flat fire started on housing site
HSE called in to investigate after blaze begins at Trafalgar London development
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NewsTower crane register rules established
Regulations, which will come into force on 6 April, follows three-month public consultation on crane safety
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NewsFirms fined £126k after fatal scaffold collapse
McAleer & Rushe and Lee Smith Carpentry order to pay after one man died and two others were injured in a site accident in Milton Keynes
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NewsUcatt slams HSE for undermining Donaghy report
General secretary announces plans to boycott meeting at Institute of Directors over concerns it will undermine safety recommendations
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NewsLondon property developer fined £10k for safety breaches
Lahrie Mohamed pleaded guilty to putting workers at risk on two schemes