All Health & safety articles – Page 62
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How do we get down again?
It makes you wonder - are people actually trained on some sites to shimmy up scaffold poles
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The human cost of an extra bedroom
No upscale Victorian terrace extension is worth risking life and limb
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A ladder in my sights
Neil Herbert whipped out his camera when he saw this dangerous ladder work at an Australian fudge emporium
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HSE stops hiring as deaths pass last year’s total
Government funding cuts force health watchdog to halt recruitment in construction division despite rising death rate
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HSE stops hiring as deaths pass last year’s total
Government funding cuts force health watchdog to halt recruitment in construction division despite rising death rate
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Black hole of Cricklewood
Prospective buyers of this North London home risk life and limb negotiating the garden path
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The thin blue line
Not as dangerous as it looks - these two are tethered to the chimney by a piece of blue string
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Why ladders work best from the ground up
An important lesson in checking that the ladder you are using isn’t 50ft shorter than the building you’ve decided to hang it from.
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Faulty points blamed for train crash
Network Rail offer unreserved apology after bolts are found to be missing on points in Cumbria
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How did they paint that?
No unsafe practice here until you realise this flat was painted eight storeys up with no scaffolding
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NG Bailey calls for help over video nasty
M&E contractor investigate dangerous stunts revealed on YouTube
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Vandals to be struck off doctors’ registers
Vandals in Merseyside could be removed from the registers of their doctors under measures to combat damage to an NHS Lift site.
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CDM regulations move closer to the statute book
The revised CDM regulations were laid before parliament this week, in the final legislative step before they come into force in April.
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The MPs who back us
Building’s campaign to tighten the regulations governing crane safety, including annual MOTs and a public register, has so far won the support of these 54 members of the House of Commons.
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Smile for the camera
These Costa Rican danger men took time out from bad working practice to pose for Vanessa Allen
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Proposal to protect vulnerable workers from rogue companies
DTI launches consultation on protecting agency workers as two pilots projects to educate vulnerable workers are announced