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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

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MOBILE OVERTURNS LANDING ON NEARBY HOME

Workman trapped and injured as mobile crane lifting operation goes wrong

GOVERNMENT REVIEW OF HEALTH AND SAFETY

Major contractors call for changes in HSE approach on larger projects

HSE ASSISTANCE FOR SMALLER CONSTRUCTION FIRMS

Safety and Health Awareness Day in Leeds offers free advice and support

JOINER BURNED IN ELECTRICAL EXPLOSION AND FIRE

Workers overalls catch fire after electrical short-circuit sparks fire

HSE SAFETY NOTICE: CRUSH RISK ON POWERED GATES

Death of two children prompts HSE gate safety standard update notice

HOME BUILDER AND DIRECTOR PROSECTUTED AFTER FALL

Director and company failed to prevent falls or provide safe system of work

HSE ENFORCEMENT WEEKLY UPDATE 1st SEPTEMBER 2010

Prosecution cases and enforcement notices added to HSE register

SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE ON ESSEX HIGH STREET

Pedestrians narrowly avoid injury as scaffold topples in Chelmsford

CDM 2007 DESIGNER ‘TRAFFIC LIGHT’ GUIDANCE

HSE publish red, amber and green lists for greater safety through design

DRIVING FOR WORK INNOVATION ON NORTH WEST MOTORWAY

State-of-the-art M6 motorway message signs have been switched on by the HA

FRAGILE ROOF RISK AGAIN IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Partners prosecuted after boy falls to his death through fragile rooflight

TELEHANDLER LIFTING OPERATION NOT PROPERLY PLANNED

Falling beam on homebuild project leaves workman in quadriplegic condition

MOBILE CRANE OVERTURN PUTS OPERATOR IN HOSPITAL

Lifting steelwork on new office project ends with mobile crane toppled

DUMPER TRUCK OVERTURN FATALITY ON MAJOR PROJECT

Driver crushed after dumper overturns on major drinks industry project

FALSEWORK DISASTER POTENTIAL WORTH REMEMBERING

UK structural safety committee updates reminder on falsework safety

HAULIER FAILED TO COMMUNICATE VITAL INFORMATION

Workman brain damaged after machine falls from lorry during unloading

MEWP INCIDENT ON MAJOR AUSTRALIAN TOWER PROJECT

Workman critical after apparent MEWP trapping incident on Brisbane site

TIMBER FRAME CONSTRUCTION FIRE SAFETY DEBATE RAGES

Government fire monitoring statistics 2009/10 on timber frame building fires

INDUSTRY BODY GUIDE ON HANDLING METAL DECKING

BCSA guidance sets the standard for safer handling of metal decking

MAJOR CONTRACTOR FINE FOLLOWS FALL FROM SLAB

Falsework removal at wrong time triggered platform failure and 21m fall

HSE ENFORCEMENT WEEKLY UPDATE 25th AUGUST 2010

Prosecution cases and enforcement notices added to HSE register

FATALITY ON POWER STATION CONSTRUCTION SITE ROAD

Collision involved minibus and motorcylist on power station project

SCAFFOLDER FATALITY DURING DOCKED OIL RIG REFURB

Fatal accident Inquiry told of scaffolder fall through corroded grating

BUILDER FAILED ON ASBESTOS MANAGEMENT IN SCHOOL

Warnings not communicated to unsuspecting workforce working with ACMs

EXCAVATOR FATALITY ON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE

‘Bobcat digger’ reported to be involved in fatal incident in Lancashire

ASBESTOS EXPOSURE RISK DURING SHIPBREAKING

Ship breakers failed to survey, assess risk and manage asbestos exposure

INJURED WORKMAN RESCUED FROM MAJOR PROJECT SCAFFOLD

Traffic halted as emergency services rescue injured construction worker

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT FATALITY ON MOTORWAY

Workman dies during placing signs on westbound M4 at Hungerford

BOARD FELL DURING SCAFFOLD STRIKING

Patient calls for ’inquiry’ after scaffold board near miss at Southend Hospital

PRE-STRESSED CONCRETE WORKER SPEARED BY CABLE

Worker left with hole through shin after impaling accident at concrete works

SHOPFITTERS AND CLIENT STAFF EXPOSED TO ASBESTOS

Presence of asbestos not revealed to shopfitters on Manchester Arndale Centre

MAJOR FIRE ON GLASGOW APARTMENT BLOCK PROJECT

Dramatic footage as flats under construction are razed to the ground

SMARTER PHONES FOR TIDIER CONSTRUCTION SITES

Mobile phone application available to help manage site housekeeping

HSE ENFORCEMENT WEEKLY UPDATE 18th AUGUST 2010

Prosecution cases and enforcement notices added to HSE register

MAJOR CONTRACTOR FACES CROWN COURT SENTENCING

Prosecution follows 21m fall from working platform on hospital project

ALARM BELLS SOUND ON CONSTRUCTION FIRE RISKS

HSE targets inadequate fire precautions and anticipates further action

HSE UPDATE ON LONDON 2012 CONSTRUCTION SAFETY

Olympic projects ‘well managed’ despite late 2009 dip in performance

CONSTRUCTION FATAL INJURY REPORTS 2010/11

Monthly overview of construction project fatal injuries June 2010

DEMOLITION WORKER INJURED BY FALLING TREE

Site manager struck by tree during demolition project on new flats project