All Health & safety articles – Page 44
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FeaturesTragedy at Tesco
In September 2006 a three-year-old girl was killed when the roof of a Tesco store in Turkey caved in. The retail group blamed the collapse on ‘extreme weather conditions’, but 18 months on, Building has obtained a report filed by senior figures at Tesco soon after that cites poor construction ...
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NewsRevealed: the Tesco collapse that killed a three year old
Building obtains a report that cites ‘poor construction’ in fatal 2006 accident in Turkey
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CommentCDM regs: A question of principal
State your case — Defra seems to be instigating the use of the title of principal contractor in both SWMP regulations and CDM 2007. Is this joined-up thinking or just plain confusing, asks Gillian Birkby
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FeaturesManslaughter: Bosses beware
From 6 April, if a worker is killed in the workplace, it’s no longer the men in suits from the HSE that will come knocking on your headquarters’ door. Instead, warns Michael Glackin, it’s more likely to be the police, who will be asking you some serious and searching questions
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NewsA lesson in spelling
Such safety notices must do little to inspire confidence in the coNstruction industry
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NewsHundreds trapped in London Eye
Engineers halted London Eye for over an hour on Monday evening leaving passengers stranded mid-air
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NewsSlip slidin' away
This glazer's totally unsecured and alarmingly angled platform could become a highly dangerous roof-toboggan at any moment
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Two workers killed by crane collapse in Miami
Seven-tonne section of crane falls 30 storeys onto a house, killing two and injuring five others
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NewsNew Manchester development gutted by site fire
Investigators are looking into causes of fire on site of new five-storey development in Burnage
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NewsFamily of New York crane collapse victim sues city
Brother's £15m claim is first legal action in wake of accident that killed seven
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NewsColas fined £90k after two workers killed by overhead powerline
HSE issues warning after contractor pleads guilty to breaching Health and Safety at Work Act
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NewsNew York crane collapse
At least seven people died and 17 were injured after a crane collapsed on a construction site in New York last Saturday.
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NewsCrane collapses prompt school site fears
Safety fears for children at Pimlico school in wake of recent spate of UK crane accidents
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JCB group hit by £450k fines after site deaths
Two companies in the group found to have breached safety laws after separate site accidents
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Appeal court upholds £260k fine for site death
FJ Chalcroft (Construction) ruled at fault after unsecured rail let worker fall to his death
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NewsNew York crane collapse prompts safety review
Site inspection and procedural review to follow crane collapse that killed six
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Asbestos likely cause of teacher's death
A coroner in North Wales says asbestos in Flintshire's schools was the likely cause of the death of art teacher Renee Blodwen Eden