All Health & safety articles – Page 24
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Donaghy deaths inquiry: Make construction minister full-time
Long-awaited report into site deaths also says Gangmasters Licensing Regulations should be extended to cover construction
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Rock till you drop
And it probably won't be long until you do drop, if your scaffolding rests on a pile of stones on a sloping roof
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Donaghy report on construction deaths due tomorrow
Government says report, which is believed to recommend extension of Gangmaster Licensing Act, will be released on Wednesday
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Publication of Donaghy report mired in confusion
Department of Work and Pensions refuses to confirm release date for report into construction deaths that unions are understood to have seen already
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Ascent into heaven
Not clear at this point whether the heavenward journey will take an upward or downward trajectory…
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Crane collapses in Liverpool city centre
Four-storey building is evacuated after crane falls onto block of flats
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Table top rock
Not sure if this is what is meant by 'stackable furniture'… and there must be easier ways to put up a satellite dish
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Investigation starts into fatal Camberwell flats blaze
Questions raised over original design and recent refurb of London block where six died last week
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Police investigate Wimpey flats fire
Glasgow construction site blaze took five teams of firefighters to bring under control
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Trouble at the top
Our thanks to Martin Sheaf of Briggs & Forrester Engineering Services. He writes: “I saw this on a recent trip to Mohammad Ali’s mosque in Cairo. I spent more time amazed at their complete lack of health and safety than the tour we were having.”
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Two companies fined over forklift driver death
MB Plastics and Birse Integrated Solutions must pay £200,000 for safety breaches resulting in worker being crushed
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Two members quit safety group to maintain independence
Two of the founding members of a safety umbrella body have dropped out, less than two months after it formed
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Operators demand expansion of crane safety register
Trade body calls for inclusion of ‘more accident-prone’ mobile and crawler cranes on HSE list
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Life on the ledge
Standing in the gutter is handy – if hardly safe – for cleaning that particular storey, but how's he going to do the next one up?
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This ain't the school gym
If your workers are that good at shinning up a rope, what's the need for scaffolding?
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Site deaths drop 26% to record low
But HSE figures show construction remains among the most dangerous industries
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Stuck in a bucket
It's clear enough how they got up there, but – as the driver appears to have vanished – we're wondering how they'll get down again
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Eurolift (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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Court hears UK's first corporate manslaughter case
Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings and its director faces charges if gross negligence manslaughter
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Reshuffle delays construction death report
The publication of an inquiry into construction deaths is to be delayed as a result of the Cabinet reshuffle