Articles tagged with "construction"
Scaffolding Guidelines meet widespread approval
In the Summer of last year, the NASC (National Access & Scaffolding Confederation) published a booklet entitled ‘Guide to Appointing and Managing Scaffolding Contractors’. The free document...
Is the UK economic environment contributing to construction site safety standards?
As a safety consultant with many years knowledge of the law, construction sites, power distribution systems, civil engineering, electro-mechanical engineering and film & television...
Disastrous City Centre Crane Collapse
A crane driver was left paralysed from the waist down when his machine collapsed onto Kings Dock Mill, a new 8-storey hotel and apartment complex being constructed in Liverpool.
This...
Construction site safety – is noise a problem?
One of the less-reported ailments due to work is Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL). In the construction sector there is...
Warning given about HSE Construction Safety Crackdown
February/March 2012
Ever since HSE announced its prioritisation policy for 2012, it has been apparent that the construction sector was going to be at the top of their list for...