All Health & safety articles – Page 38
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NewsSpeedy Hire offers to exchange old or faulty ladders
Equipment hire firm launches ladder exchange campaign with HSE in bid to cut falls from height
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NewsDemolition firm fined £15k after electrician suffers serious injuries
HSE warns companies to undertake risk assessments properly after a fall from height
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NewsMan on the edge
Thanks to Chris Tallant who while on holiday in Vancouver earlier this month took this picture of a man working on the 19th floor of a new building.
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NewsGovernment orders inquiry into construction deaths
Department of Work and Pensions commissions investigation by HSE into recent fatalities
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NewsUcatt targets ministers in pleural plaque campaign
Abestos activists and union members will take fight for compensation to the constituencies of Jack Straw and Hilary Benn
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CORGI warns students of carbon monoxide risks
Gas safety watchdog launches online campaign against the 'slient killer' in student accomodation
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Building boss jailed after fatal fall
Judge said Alcon director Sharaz Butt showed a 'cycnical disregard' for workers
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Fatal fall on Morgan Est site in Macclesfield
HSE investigating after employee of Morgan Est subcontractor killed by 10m fall into storm drain
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Launch of occupational health standards
Constructing Better Health publishes first set of standards for the industry
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Strategic Forum puts safety advice on website
Information on health and safety best practice from across the industry is now available online
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NewsGustafson Porter follows Diana Memorial with paddling pool in Woolwich
Greenwich council names Diana fountain architect as winner of competition to redesign General Gordon Square and Beresford Square
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NewsKier honours crane recovery team for safety excellence
Silver clocks awarded to team that safely dismantled fire-damaged crane looming over Edinburgh homes
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NewsHuman error caused Liverpool Street rail bridge collapse
Report concludes subcontractor error in positioning Teflon plate caused bridge accident that led to rail rush-hour chaos
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NewsBlack Widow spider terrifies workers on Newcastle site
South American deadly spider found in crate on building site is donated to Durham University
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NewsExcessive toilet flusher faces eviction
Council house neighbours take tenant to court for repeatedly flushing her toilet at night
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NewsA tottering tower of blunders
Take your pick as to the worst blunder here. Angle grinding on driveway, lack of PPE and guard rail, tower supported by timber offcuts....
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NewsFirms fined £120,000 following 'preventable' death
Spanclad and Westminister Building Company are fined following fatal fall from tower scaffold