All Health & safety articles – Page 9
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NewsNFDC suspends demolition contractor after site death
Trade body suspends Essex-based Micor’s membership
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NewsCompany fined £15,000 after worker loses finger
Lifting operation at modular building company was disorganised and could have had much worse consequences, said health and safety inspector
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NewsJoiner breaks leg after scaffolding hit by bus
Panther Scaffolding fined £15,000 and ordered to pay £3,739 costs
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NewsCemex fined £200,000 over explosion death
Firm pleaded guilty to breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act
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NewsLondon contractor fined £19,300 for asbestos failings
Fadil Adil failed to protect workers from asbestos on a restaurant demolition job
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Comment
Work related deaths: Swift justice
The third version of the Work Related Deaths Protocol came into effect on 1 October, and it could see firms responsible for a fatality on their site prosecuted a lot quicker
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NewsDevelopers fined for fire safety breaches
Two Manchester housing developers fined for breaching rules on student accommodation scheme
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CommentFeel the burn
If this worker was pushing the car, perhaps this much effort would be justified. But a lamp? He’s not going to win the World’s Strongest Man competition like this. Thanks to David King for the photo
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NewsTimber frame company fined after man loses thumb
Kestrel Timber Frame fined £6,700 after guard is removed from circular saw
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NewsWelsh politician takes aim at Steve Morgan
Redrow boss slammed for ‘cynical’ remarks on sprinkler plans
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NewsUKTFA alleges timber frame report is biased
The UKTFA is calling for the report by lobbying body RISCAuthority to be withdrawn
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NewsForklift driver dies on Costain site
A forklift truck driver has died after an accident at Costain’s Parkway site in Newbury
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NewsFirm fined after electrician engulfed in fusebox fire
Cumbrian packaging firm fined for health and safety breaches
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NewsM&S prosecuted for asbestos failings
Retailer and two of its contractors convicted for putting public in danger
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NewsUcatt's Chris Tiff dies
Well-known union official on London’s big construction projects dies of suspected heart attack
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CommentA room with a view
Thanks to these workers, guests at the Hotel Tauernhof can enjoy a picturesque Alpine scene enhanced by the drama of a man teetering on the edge of a roof. Colin Burdon captured the scene