All Health & safety articles – Page 40
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Construction worker crushed by steel girder
Seriously injured subcontractor was working on £350m Marchwood power station project for Siemens
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Yorkshire firm fined over £4k after worker suffers electric shock
HSE issues advice on underground services after worker suffered burns to hand and face
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NewsIgnoring the signs
Okay, so it's not a safety blunder, but clearly somebody chose to disregard this public notice or has a particular hatred of trees
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NewsLiverpool crane death puts European safety standards in doubt
Coroner to write to minister to warn of inadequacy in rules after HSE finds crane was in compliance
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Haringey council fined after worker falls through skylight
Court fines council £10k after plumber falls 10ft injuring his spine
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NewsCampaigners slam government decision on crane register
Calls for national register of tower crane to improve safety standards have been formally rejected
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NewsAsbestos halts work on Olympic Stadium
Foundations work on stadium site is halted as precautionary measure after asbestos material found in ground
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NewsInvisible scaffolding
No, it's not a trick of the light - this man really is trying to demolish a chimney stack while crouching on the roof
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Lafarge fined £200k after cement worker loses ear
Cement firm admits health and safety violations caused accident leading to severe facial injuries
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NewsTotal insanity
Thankfully these mad men are fenced off from the crowds attending the Le Mans 24 hour race
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NewsConstruction worker death defies downward trend
Construction worker killed by excavator but site deaths show slight dip
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NewsWalking the plank
These chaps may be sure-footed but they could do with some clamps and harnesses just in case
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NewsScaffolding boss receives prison sentence
Rotherham scaffolder sentenced to three months after 6m fall seriously injures untrained employee
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NewsTrevor Walker honoured at Health and Safety Awards
Building's annual ceremony hands outstanding achievement prize to chairman of Constructing Better Health
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Worker trapped under skip in central London
Man in critical condition in hospital after accident during lifting operation at Statton House site
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NewsWorkplace injuries outnumber those from crime
Ucatt welcomes new report arguing that self-regulation has decriminalised death at work
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NewsWilson James worker killed on Sky TV site
HSE is investigating fatality at Bovis Lend Lease site
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New York cracks down after 15 site deaths in six months
Mayor Bloomberg launches a package of tough legislation as crane inspector is arrested
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Call for earthquake-proof regs
Research body the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has called for changes to building codes to protect against earthquake damage.