All Health & safety articles – Page 29
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NewsFive killed on South African construction site
Preliminary investigations suggest site of trench collapse may not have been officially registered
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NewsTwo workers killed on Spanish construction site
Health and safety investigation is launched into fatal concrete collapse in Aragon
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NewsHSE tosses pancakes for fun
Chief Inspector for construction Stephen Williams flips pancakes to prove HSE isn't a curmudgeon
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NewsHSE targets developers in safety drive
Smaller firms are often unaware of legal duties, warns safety body as it launches new campaign
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NewsHefty fine follows fall from unsafe scaffolding
Partners of Birkenhead building firm put lives at risk by having untrained worker erect scaffolding
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NewsIndustry warned to heed safety in the downturn
HSE chief construction inspector says firms must not skimp on safety to cut costs
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NewsBuilder loses limbs in Newcastle chimney collapse
Victim in critical state after being crushed by falling chimney while working on roof joists in a pub
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NewsThree dead and eight hurt in Korean site collapse
Workers buried in rubble after 22m-deep pit collapses at chemicals research centre construction site
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NewsKier managers sacked for breaching asbestos rules
Workers violated health and safety procedures by dumping old tiles and cisterns in skip
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NewsArrest warrant issued following fatal scaffold collapse
Arrest warrant is issued for NNM Scaffolding director who fled country in 2006 after Milton Keynes accident
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NewsPolice detain CCTV head of construction for fire investigation
Project boss and 11 colleagues blamed for illegal fireworks display at Beijing tower
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NewsNew schools fail to meet acoustic standards
Deafness society calls for statutory requirements for acoustics after up to 40% of schools say their building are below par
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CommentClear laws without fuzz: Health and safety in the UAE
UAE confidential: Abu Dhabi’s response to on-site health and safety lapses has been to call in the cops. Thomas Van de Wijngaart and Emma Shepherd welcome early signs of change
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NewsDesigner reveals new school chair for all sizes
Newton chair is designed to encourage active sitting for today's 'taller and fatter' children
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NewsCouncil to dismantle Heatherwick's B of the Bang
Parts of Thomas Heatherwick's £1.42m Manchester sculpture could be recycled in new artwork
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NewsGet a grip!
Taking your sandals off so you can get a firm grip on the top edge of the stepladder with your toes doesn't really count as proper safety procedure, we suspect
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NewsFirms fined £80,000 after concrete death
HSE says simple risk planning would have prevented the accident and cost nothing
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NewsMan crushed to death on site in Scotland
Labourer on site of Lidl store was airlifted to hospital after accident
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NewsSite death co-workers had not read instruction manual
Inquest reveals scissor-grab machine that killed construction worker was being used inappropriately