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Day to remember dead workers to be officially recognised
Workers’ Memorial Day will be officially marked in the UK from this year, the Government has announced. Work and Pensions Secretary Yvette Cooper hailed the decision as “a tribute to all those who have campaigned long and hard” for it, and said it is a “spur to greater efforts to improve health and safety for today’s and tomorrow’s working population”....
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Aircraft-refurb incident was 'waiting to happen'
An aviation company has been criticised for failing to put in place fall-protection equipment, after a worker fell five metres while painting an aeroplane. Bristol Magistrates’ Court heard that Robert Lupton was re-painting an aircraft at Air Livery plc’s base in Filton, Bristol. He was working with a colleague to wrap the plane’s wing in plastic...
Man survives 25-foot fall into concrete vault, rescued by crane
FOREST GROVE – A construction worker survived a fall of an estimated 25 feet from a ladder Monday afternoon, a fire department spokesman said. The man, whose identity was not released, was apparently climbing up the ladder, out of a concrete vault being built at the Fernhill Wastewater Treatment Plant, when he fell off, said David Nemeyer, a Fore...
£280k fine after oil worker is left paralysed
Three companies have been fined a total of £283,332 after a contractor was paralysed during refurbishment work at a Shell oil refinery in Cheshire. Warrington Crown Court heard that the incident took place on 9 February at the Stanlow Manufacturing Complex, near Ellesmere Port. Dalprop Ltd had been contracted to refurbish a regenerator unit, which...
