Make sure scaffolding is safe, says HSE
Workplace Law Network (subscription) - Cambridge ,UK
The HSE has sent out a warning to the construct ion industry to ensure that, when construct ion sites start up again after the Christmas break, scaffolding is ...

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Half of building sites close in swoop on safety
Yorkshire Post Today - Leeds,Yorkshire,UK
... safety standards. One of the biggest causes of concern was unsafe scaffolding and poor planning with regard to working at height. The ...

Building sites fail safety test
Yorkshire Post Today - Leeds,Yorkshire,UK
One of the biggest causes of concern was unsafe scaffolding. The way heavy materials were handled was also a cause for concern. ...

Scaffolding Accidents in the UK
Best Syndication - Pinon Hills,CA,USA
We all know how hazardous shoddy scaffolding can be. Insecure bracing, poor materials, unsafe construction, lack of attention to ...

Deborah Services fined heavily after scaffold collapse
Contract Journal - UK
Deborah Services of Wakefield was fined £110,000 last week for a scaffolding collapse in May 2005 in Edinburgh in which a worker fell and was injured ...

Scaffolding firm faces fresh probe after second collapse
Scotsman - United Kingdom
THE scaffolding firm involved in a near-fatal accident in the Capital is facing a fresh investigation after a second of its structures collapsed. ...

Company's Olympic bid
Shropshire Star - Telford,England,UK
A Shropshire-based scaffolding company which has completed a £2 million contract on Warwick Castle is now tendering for the 2012 Olympic Stadium. ...

Joiner loses fight for life
This Is Lancashire - Blackburn,England,UK
A JOINER from Thornton Cleveleys, who plunged 20ft from a building site when scaffolding collapsed, has died. ... "You don't expect scaffolding to collapse. ...

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HSE issues scaffolding alert to contractors following collapse
Contract Journal - UK
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has today (Tuesday) issued a safety alert to contractors following the major collapse of scaffolding in central Milton ...

Scaffolding collapse death: Inquest opened
24dash.com - Hereford,Herefordshire,UK
An inquest has been opened and adjourned in the case of a carpenter who died after scaffolding he was working on collapsed. Forty ...

Scaffolding rules and regulations
BBC News - UK
Three workers have suffered serious injuries after the collapse of scaffolding at a Milton Keynes construction site. But what safety ...

Safety breaches cost firm £32,000
Cambridgeshire Times - March,England,UK
Wisbech magistrates heard there were unsecured ladders, scaffolding had no guard rails, stairwells were unprotected, and there was no hot water, drinking water ...