All Health & safety articles – Page 8
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NewsHSE delays introduction of charging scheme
Scheme which could see contractors hit with fees of up to £124,000 put back to at least October
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NewsBattersea crane owner cleared of unlawful killing
Jury returns narrative verdict after coroner rules out possibility of unlawful killing
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NewsBattersea crane deaths inquest begins
Inquest begins after police say they will not lay manslaughter charges
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NewsSt John Ambulance calls on construction firms to train staff in first aid
Organisation working with HSE to improve site safety and highlights importance of firms having first aid training
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NewsHSE launches new construction site clampdown
Health & Safety Executive warns safety of staff working ‘at height’ will be a prime focus of latest drive
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NewsThree Scottish companies fined after fall from height
Electrician’s labourer and athlete left with serious injuries after Dundee fall, court hears
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NewsMulti-storey tower collapses
Tall building in Rio collapses killing at least two following reports of gas explosion
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NewsFirm fined for worker's horrific head injuries
Van Elle Ltd to pay £43,000 after accident on M1 widening job
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NewsCameron under fire over health and safety ‘myths’
Shadow construction minister says PM should look at reducing fatalities and injuries
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NewsScaffolding firm to pay out £85k after worker left paralysed
Man crushed under one and a half tonnes of scaffolding will never walk again
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NewsConstruction still worst for deaths at work, HSE confirms
Health & Safety Executive planning new safety campaign after grim stats show rise in fatalities
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NewsBrain damaged demolition worker gets £1.75m
Christopher Kaye, 57, will receive damages from former employer Euro Dismantling Services
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NewsContractor fined after labourer fell from balcony
Preseli Construction & Maintenance admitted failing to ensure work was properly planned and supervised
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NewsOxford Street works cause road closures amid crush fears
Westminster council closed parts of the London shopping street on Saturday and Sunday
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NewsHalf of health and safety laws to go in three years
Employment minister promises to ‘put common sense back at the heart of health and safety’
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NewsTimber frame industry tackles fire safety
UK Timber Frame Association and HSE have joined forces to promote more fire resistant time frame systems
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NewsMother slams crane safety plans
Mother who lost son in Battersea crane disaster hits out at HSE plans to scrap tower crane register
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NewsCommons: we're tackling asbestos
Bercrow has given details of how Parliament is tackling its asbestos problem
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NewsThird of basement construction sites branded unsafe
HSE inspectors visited 109 London sites in a series of raids, issuing 76 enforcement notices
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NewsRockwool wins British Safety Council prize
BSC awards the insulation company its Sword of Honour prize for 2011