All Health & safety articles – Page 9
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Cemex fined £200,000 over explosion death
Firm pleaded guilty to breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act
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London contractor fined £19,300 for asbestos failings
Fadil Adil failed to protect workers from asbestos on a restaurant demolition job
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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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Developers fined for fire safety breaches
Two Manchester housing developers fined for breaching rules on student accommodation scheme
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Feel 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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Timber frame company fined after man loses thumb
Kestrel Timber Frame fined £6,700 after guard is removed from circular saw
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Welsh politician takes aim at Steve Morgan
Redrow boss slammed for ‘cynical’ remarks on sprinkler plans
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UKTFA alleges timber frame report is biased
The UKTFA is calling for the report by lobbying body RISCAuthority to be withdrawn
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Forklift 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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Firm fined after electrician engulfed in fusebox fire
Cumbrian packaging firm fined for health and safety breaches
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M&S prosecuted for asbestos failings
Retailer and two of its contractors convicted for putting public in danger
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Ucatt's Chris Tiff dies
Well-known union official on London’s big construction projects dies of suspected heart attack
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A 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
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Olympics death 'natural causes'
Sixty-five year old Laing O’Rourke crane operator may have had heart attack
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Crane operator dies at Olympic Village site
ODA confirms death which is the first fatality on the Olympics project
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Firm fined £8,000 after falling cladding nearly severs pensioner's foot
Firm used wrong type of nails, says Health and Safety Executive