Articles tagged with "falls from height"
HSE Working at height clampdown for Scotland – will you be next?
In August, we learned of a blitz that was being conducted by HSE Inspectors across the Midlands in England. Now in September it is the turn of construction safety in Scotland to fall under thei...
Construction company ignore structural engineers resulting in bad fall
Surrey-based Landmark Groundworks have just been heavily fined in court because they ignored the design proposals of two structural engineers: if they had followed their guidance, it is likely...
Croydon contractor ‘unsafe’ due to risk of falls
Having recently in this column highlighted serious safety issues in a Croydon building site, we have to return to the area again because a Croydon-based construction firm has been fined for...
Focus Firmly on Fall from Height
This is always one of the most hazardous aspects of construction health and safety: the need to work at height, and consequent falls from height, are even more in the spotlight this year...
Building firm prosecuted for safety lapse as worker falls and is hit by a bus
A leading building contractor was this month fined £12,000 plus substantial costs after one of its workers fell from a cherry picker causing him to be...