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MOBILE OVERTURNS LANDING ON NEARBY HOME
Workman trapped and injured as mobile crane lifting operation goes wrong
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Updated on 3rd September 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, CRANES MOBILE, FATALITIES & INCIDENTS
GOVERNMENT REVIEW OF HEALTH AND SAFETY
Major contractors call for changes in HSE approach on larger projects
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Updated on 2nd September 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, REGULATION
HSE ASSISTANCE FOR SMALLER CONSTRUCTION FIRMS
Safety and Health Awareness Day in Leeds offers free advice and support
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Updated on 2nd September 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS
JOINER BURNED IN ELECTRICAL EXPLOSION AND FIRE
Workers overalls catch fire after electrical short-circuit sparks fire
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Updated on 2nd September 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS
HSE SAFETY NOTICE: CRUSH RISK ON POWERED GATES
Death of two children prompts HSE gate safety standard update notice
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Updated on 2nd September 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, PUBLIC RISK
HOME BUILDER AND DIRECTOR PROSECTUTED AFTER FALL
Director and company failed to prevent falls or provide safe system of work
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Updated on 1st September 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, PROSECUTIONS, falls platforms
HSE ENFORCEMENT WEEKLY UPDATE 1st SEPTEMBER 2010
Prosecution cases and enforcement notices added to HSE register
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Updated on 1st September 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS
SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE ON ESSEX HIGH STREET
Pedestrians narrowly avoid injury as scaffold topples in Chelmsford
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Updated on 1st September 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS
CDM 2007 DESIGNER ‘TRAFFIC LIGHT’ GUIDANCE
HSE publish red, amber and green lists for greater safety through design
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Updated on 31st August 2010 | Posted in CDM 2007 DESIGNERS
DRIVING FOR WORK INNOVATION ON NORTH WEST MOTORWAY
State-of-the-art M6 motorway message signs have been switched on by the HA
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Updated on 31st August 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, DRIVING FOR WORK
FRAGILE ROOF RISK AGAIN IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Partners prosecuted after boy falls to his death through fragile rooflight
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Updated on 31st August 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, FRAGILE MATERIALS, PROSECUTIONS, falls fragile
TELEHANDLER LIFTING OPERATION NOT PROPERLY PLANNED
Falling beam on homebuild project leaves workman in quadriplegic condition
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Updated on 31st August 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, CRANES OTHER MATTERS, PROSECUTIONS, TELEHANDLERS, telehandler
MOBILE CRANE OVERTURN PUTS OPERATOR IN HOSPITAL
Lifting steelwork on new office project ends with mobile crane toppled
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Updated on 26th August 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS
DUMPER TRUCK OVERTURN FATALITY ON MAJOR PROJECT
Driver crushed after dumper overturns on major drinks industry project
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Updated on 26th August 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, FATALITIES & INCIDENTS, MOBILE PLANT
FALSEWORK DISASTER POTENTIAL WORTH REMEMBERING
UK structural safety committee updates reminder on falsework safety
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Updated on 26th August 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, STRUCTURAL SAFETY
HAULIER FAILED TO COMMUNICATE VITAL INFORMATION

Workman brain damaged after machine falls from lorry during unloading
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Updated on 26th August 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, DRIVING FOR WORK, PROSECUTIONS, vehicles
MEWP INCIDENT ON MAJOR AUSTRALIAN TOWER PROJECT
Workman critical after apparent MEWP trapping incident on Brisbane site
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Updated on 25th August 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, FATALITIES & INCIDENTS, MEWPS
TIMBER FRAME CONSTRUCTION FIRE SAFETY DEBATE RAGES
Government fire monitoring statistics 2009/10 on timber frame building fires
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Updated on 25th August 2010 | Posted in ACCESS EQUIPMENT, FIRE & EXPLOSION
INDUSTRY BODY GUIDE ON HANDLING METAL DECKING
BCSA guidance sets the standard for safer handling of metal decking
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Updated on 25th August 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, MANUAL HANDLING
MAJOR CONTRACTOR FINE FOLLOWS FALL FROM SLAB
Falsework removal at wrong time triggered platform failure and 21m fall
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Updated on 25th August 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, PROSECUTIONS, falls platforms
HSE ENFORCEMENT WEEKLY UPDATE 25th AUGUST 2010
Prosecution cases and enforcement notices added to HSE register
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Updated on 25th August 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS
FATALITY ON POWER STATION CONSTRUCTION SITE ROAD
Collision involved minibus and motorcylist on power station project
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Updated on 24th August 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS
SCAFFOLDER FATALITY DURING DOCKED OIL RIG REFURB
Fatal accident Inquiry told of scaffolder fall through corroded grating
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Updated on 24th August 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS
BUILDER FAILED ON ASBESTOS MANAGEMENT IN SCHOOL
Warnings not communicated to unsuspecting workforce working with ACMs
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Updated on 24th August 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, ASBESTOS, PROSECUTIONS, asbestos
EXCAVATOR FATALITY ON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
‘Bobcat digger’ reported to be involved in fatal incident in Lancashire
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Updated on 24th August 2010 | Posted in EXCAVATORS, FATALITIES & INCIDENTS
ASBESTOS EXPOSURE RISK DURING SHIPBREAKING

Ship breakers failed to survey, assess risk and manage asbestos exposure
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Updated on 24th August 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, ASBESTOS, PROSECUTIONS, asbestos
INJURED WORKMAN RESCUED FROM MAJOR PROJECT SCAFFOLD
Traffic halted as emergency services rescue injured construction worker
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Updated on 24th August 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, FATALITIES & INCIDENTS, WORK AT HEIGHT
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT FATALITY ON MOTORWAY
Workman dies during placing signs on westbound M4 at Hungerford
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Updated on 20th August 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, FATALITIES & INCIDENTS, ROADWORKS
BOARD FELL DURING SCAFFOLD STRIKING
Patient calls for ’inquiry’ after scaffold board near miss at Southend Hospital
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Updated on 20th August 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, FATALITIES & INCIDENTS, SCAFFOLDING
PRE-STRESSED CONCRETE WORKER SPEARED BY CABLE
Worker left with hole through shin after impaling accident at concrete works
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Updated on 20th August 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, PROSECUTIONS, machinery
SHOPFITTERS AND CLIENT STAFF EXPOSED TO ASBESTOS
Presence of asbestos not revealed to shopfitters on Manchester Arndale Centre
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Updated on 19th August 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, ASBESTOS
MAJOR FIRE ON GLASGOW APARTMENT BLOCK PROJECT
Dramatic footage as flats under construction are razed to the ground
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Updated on 19th August 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, FATALITIES & INCIDENTS, FIRE & EXPLOSION
SMARTER PHONES FOR TIDIER CONSTRUCTION SITES
Mobile phone application available to help manage site housekeeping
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Updated on 19th August 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS
HSE ENFORCEMENT WEEKLY UPDATE 18th AUGUST 2010
Prosecution cases and enforcement notices added to HSE register
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Updated on 19th August 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS
MAJOR CONTRACTOR FACES CROWN COURT SENTENCING
Prosecution follows 21m fall from working platform on hospital project
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Updated on 18th August 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, FATALITIES & INCIDENTS
ALARM BELLS SOUND ON CONSTRUCTION FIRE RISKS
HSE targets inadequate fire precautions and anticipates further action
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Updated on 18th August 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, FIRE & EXPLOSION
HSE UPDATE ON LONDON 2012 CONSTRUCTION SAFETY
Olympic projects ‘well managed’ despite late 2009 dip in performance
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Updated on 18th August 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, OLYMPICS
CONSTRUCTION FATAL INJURY REPORTS 2010/11
Monthly overview of construction project fatal injuries June 2010
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Updated on 17th August 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, FATALITIES & INCIDENTS
DEMOLITION WORKER INJURED BY FALLING TREE
Site manager struck by tree during demolition project on new flats project
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Updated on 17th August 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS
SECURING CONSTRUCTION PROJECT SITES OVER SUMMER
Youths captured risking lives climbing scaffolding on church refurb project
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Updated on 16th August 2010 | Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, PUBLIC RISK