All Health & safety articles – Page 65
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The art of scaffolding
This creatively assembled scaffolding looks more like an exhibit in the Tate than a safety platform
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MCG launches safety film for migrant workers
Contractors’ group produces multilingual DVD to combat growth in site accidents
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Balancing act
Save on scaffolding - straddle a 10ft drop by planting your big toe on a 2in door head
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Breaking out
'If I teeter dangerously on a narrow beam I should be able to stop waste falling on bystanders below'
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Bamboo racing
Hong Kong workers in a world record attempt at scaling a skyscraper by bamboo
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Another safety fudge?
Neil Herbert was mistaken as the local HSE rep when he took this picture in Tilba Tilba, Australia
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Workers do lunch after Kensal Rise tornado
Scaffolders take a perilous break on the roof top of a house affected by the recent tornado in London
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Safety regulators set to merge
HSC launches consultation into merging with HSE into one organisation
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Officials advise firms how to avoid planning gain levy
Communities Department civil servants tell developers and councils to fast-track schemes
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HSE probed crane safety before Battersea collapse
The HSE says it was investigating the safety of cranes long before crane collapse at Battersea
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Design institutes tackle site deaths
Design experts launch joint strategy to cut number of workplace fatalities
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Starting out
For managers on site, taking responsibility for health and safety can be a matter of life and death. And for graduates in their early twenties, that responsibility can weigh very heavily indeed.
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Rate of deaths and serious injuries falls over past year
The rate of deaths and serious injuries in construction has fallen over the past year, according to the latest report from the Health and Safety Executive.
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New CSCS for professionals
The Construction Skills Certification Scheme was extended this week to cover professional occupations, including engineering, quantity surveying and architecture.
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McCarthy tipped for Communities England
Senior civil servant Richard McCarthy has been lined up to head Communities England, the body that would be formed from a merger of English Partnerships and the Housing Corporation
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HSE cracks down on Hull sites
Inspectors halt work on several sites in the city because of poor safety standards
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HSE reports fall in fatalities and major injuries
Latest statistics show a 36% drop in fatal injuries in construction over the past six years
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Timber firm fined £25,000 after fatal fall
Timbnet Rochdale pleaded guilty to charges after an employee fell ten metres to his death