Safety news
The dangers of working at height have been highlighted to painters liability insurance holders after a steeplejack firm was prosecuted. Rafferty Chimneys Engineering, of Nash...
Sponsored jointly by Quartz Publishing & Exhibitions Limited and South Thames College – and admirably organized by the IMPACT43 Group – the Windex 2010 Exhibition Awards are d...
An architectural practice and a construction company involved in the development of a conference centre in Somerset have been fined a total of £195,000 following a fatality at...
Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool and Arsenal are the highest-profile clubs to announce that the plastic horns will not be allowed inside their stadia. The instrument came to promi...
On 29 August 2008, Alan Seviour, who worked as a delivery driver for John Wainwright & Co Ltd, was carrying out some relief work on a road in Monkton, Heathfield. There are se...
Several cars were damaged after an 85-metre scaffold collapsed during high winds in a residential street in Middlesbrough. Teesside Magistrates’ Court heard that William Bedf...
A plastics manufacturer has been fined £140,000 in relation to the death of a cleaner at its depot in Rochdale. Manchester Crown Court heard that the incident took place at T...
An incident in which a worker was critically injured in an eight-metre fall from a barn roof resulted in fines for three men involved in the project. Trafford Magistrates’ Co...
A farm worker suffered serious injuries while cutting a tree when the chainsaw he was operating dropped on to his elbow. Lowestoft Magistrates’ Court heard how Keith Dennis, ...
The accident happened at 2:30 p.m. The call was reported from 1524 Savage St., where the victim reportedly lives. A neighbor identified the fall victim as Richard Waring. Acco...
