All Health & safety articles – Page 25
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NewsEurolift (Towercranes) fined over crane collapse deaths
Case against second plant firm involved in incident is adjourned after it goes into administration
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NewsCourt hears UK's first corporate manslaughter case
Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings and its director faces charges if gross negligence manslaughter
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NewsReshuffle delays construction death report
The publication of an inquiry into construction deaths is to be delayed as a result of the Cabinet reshuffle
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NewsKidnap cases rise as firms venture further afield
One in 10 says kidnapping has affected their firm, as construction crime rises in the downturn
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NewsBouygues fined £160,000 for worker death
Contractor pleaded guilty to breaching regulations after man was killed by a reversing vehicle
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NewsHow the Trojan War was won
Clearly at least these Greeks are utterly fearless – even gravity holds no terrors
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NewsRoll out the barrel
So, the ladder's too short - just put it on the bin. Hmm, that's got wheels - no problem, just wedge a pallet against it and weigh that down with a barrel…
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NewsScottish construction firm fined £5k over worker death
Company director fined additional £4k after health and safety breaches cause death of 53-year-old
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NewsHeathrow fined after worker suffers 'life changing injuries'
Airport fined £10,000 following contractor's fall into unprotected gully
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NewsFatality rate predicted to be lowest since records began
Preliminary Health and Safety Executive figures indicate 25% drop in construction death rate
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NewsCampaign group slams HSE safety drive
Families Against Corporate Killers says strategy, launched yesterday, offers 'mostly empty words'
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NewsBouygyes UK fined £18,000 after carpenter's 5m fall
HSE slates contractor's 'poorly supervised and inadequately trained system of harnessing'
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NewsHSE pre-empts safety budgets cuts
Safety body launched strategy to cut number of deaths and injuries in the workplace today
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NewsStroll in the sky
This chap looks remarkably chilled, given that he's atop the roof ridge of a three-storey house with no visible means of support
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NewsDaredevil craze hits Glasgow's newest bridge
Police step up patrols to prevent dangerous antics on 'squiggly bridge'
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NewsBored of boards
What a bore it is putting up scaffolding boards – and why bother one can manage fine without them, as this picture shows?
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NewsEco-ventilation health scare prompts regulation change
Government to issue guidance in Part F as draft BRE study finds widespread failure to maintain filters
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NewsStress drives industry to drink
Survey reveals that one-quarter of construction workers feel pressurised to consume alcohol by colleagues
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NewsPlonker on a plank
Balanced precariously on a single board atop a five-storey building, this Austrian builder is just one wobble away from a very nasty end
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NewsStone Age safety
'I hope the handbrake's on!' remarks the spotter of this latest example of dubious safety practice in the roofing trade