All Health & safety articles – Page 11
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CommentYou only live twice
Painting large areas can get tedious, so these two workers have decided to do it in true 007 style – teetering on a tiny ledge and leaning precariously over a drop.
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CommentThe last straw
Dean Walton spotted a disaster waiting to happen from his hotel room in Bangladesh
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Designing out risk
This is the first high-profile prosecution of an architect under the CDM regulations for a site death, and it shows how the onus is on designers to reduce health and safety risks
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NewsFirm found guilty in corporate manslaughter test case
Geotechnical Holdings failed to ensure the safety of a geologist crushed to death in a trench
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Councils call on pension funds to provide social housing
London councils say pension funds and insurance companies could help make up housing shortfall
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ODA investigation into Olympic accidents
Accident rate on the Village much higher than the park as a whole
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NewsWorker killed in mining museum
Contractor is believed to have been trapped by machinery at the museum in Wakefield
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NewsCouncil fined after OAP dies falling through access hole
90-year-old woman fell through an access hole uncovered by council workers
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NewsFirm fined £5,000 after three workers fall through skylights
HSE prosecutes Bizspace Investments after successive incidents leave one worker paralysed
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NewsGovernment rejects new timber frame rules
CLG rules out implementation of GLA demands to make timber-frame sites more safe
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NewsGLA calls for new rules for timber frame
Greater London Assembly wants new measures to reduce the risk of fire in timber framed developments under construction in the capital
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NewsEngineering firm prosecuted after worker crushed to death
Trevett Engineering fined £30,000 following HSE investigation
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Builder prosecuted for failing to provide toilet
HSE says Rochdale builder showed ’complete lack of regard’ for welfare of staff
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NewsHopkins and ISG win St Thomas' hospital job
Firms selected to reclad 13-storey tower in central London