All Health & safety articles – Page 56
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A rubbish approach to safety
There's a high chance that this project will be peppered with blunders given the state of the site in the background
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Couldn’t he borrow one from next door?
So you buy your dream house in leafy Sussex. Then you get two high-performance vehicles and park them outside, letting everyone know you’ve really arrived. Is it any wonder you’ve got no money left to spend on a single, very long ladder? David George sent in the picture.Couldn’t he borrow ...
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Metronet safety blunder causes chaos at Kings Cross
Leaking construction grout leaves hundreds stranded at tube station
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Nonchalance in the face of danger- part two
Having a chat while the ladder bows in the middle is surely not a way to start the day
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Toes like talons
The only way is down when you've reach the heady heights of a safety blunder of this calibre
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Keith Clarke honoured at Health and Safety Awards
Atkins' chief executive and T5's Clive Johnson pick up the indvidual prizes at Building's Health and Safety Awards
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Victoria collapse threatens nearby buildings
The structural damage resulting from last week’s building collapse in Victoria, central London, may spread to neighbouring buildings, turning it into a much bigger problem than first anticipated.
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Clarke to take over reins as chairman of CIC
Keith Clarke will take over from chair Nick Raynsford next year and will act as deputy chairman in the interim
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Table for two?
The table cloths have obviously been kept on to prevent any marking from the makeshift scaffolding
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Welsh firms fined £58,000 after fatal electrocution
Miall Roberts was killed in 2004 when an overhead powerline came into contact with a concrete pump
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Striking a pose
There is a defiant nonchalance in the poses of these two workers enjoying a break
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Death race 2007
John Campbell sent in this photo from the South China Morning Post showing labourers demolishing a building in Nanjing.
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International sale of safety test sparks new CSCS row
Board fears export of CITB-owned test will encourage unqualified workers to come to the UK
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Crane collapse firm was warned
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) issued a warning in February to the firm whose crane collapsed in Croydon, south London, last week.
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Prohibition notice for crane firm involved in Croydon collapse
HSE orders Select Plant Hire to stop using 'inadequately trained staff'