PP Construction Safety News Desk

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SCAFFOLDING STANDARDS UPDATE

Posted on 2nd July 2010

HSE announce European scaffold performance test to replace British Standard

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SCAFFOLD FALL ON SOUTH COAST SITE

Posted on 29th June 2010

Workman reported to have suffered neck and spinal injuries

INDUSTRY BODY REVIEWS ACCESS TOWER STANDARDS

Posted on 8th June 2010

PASMA undertakes fundamental review of tower assembly methods

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SCAFFOLDING SAFETY STANDARDS UPDATE

Posted on 29th May 2010

Updated NASC scaffold falls prevention standard available later in 2010

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PREVENTING THE COLLAPSE OF SCAFFOLDS

Posted on 5th May 2010

Useful website provides source of guidance on securing scaffolds

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GUEST ARTICLE: COMPLIANT SCAFFOLD DESIGN

Posted on 19th April 2010

Scaffold planning and selection issues under spotlight

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SCAFFOLD BOARDS SAFETY ALERT

Posted on 15th March 2010

NASC issues Safety Alert concerning defective scaffold board dangers

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SCAFFOLD TAMPERING CAUSES WALKOUT

Posted on 17th February 2010

Power plant workers lay down tools over scaffold safety

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SCAFFOLDING CONTRACTORS FALL SHORT

Posted on 17th November 2009

Industry body membership applicants failing to meet the standard

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ABERDEEN SCAFFOLD FALL FATALITY

Posted on 1st September 2009

Workmen falls from scaffold in second Scottish death in two weeks

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NEW SCAFFOLDING COMPLIANCE TOOLS

Posted on 1st September 2009

Trade association launches useful tools for scaffolders and managers

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FATAL FALL FROM TOWER SCAFFOLD

Posted on 27th August 2009

Major electrical contractor fined after tower scaffold fall in school

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SAFETY NET CLOSES ON ROGUE SCAFFOLDERS

Posted on 24th August 2009

Major property group announces NASC member only policy

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SCAFFOLD FATAL FALL ON REFURB PROJECT

Posted on 11th August 2009

Scaffold fall during refurbishment work on south coast home

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UNACCREDITED SCAFFOLDERS UNDER PRESSURE

Posted on 21st July 2009

Yet another major contractor pledges support for NASC members

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USE OF REGULATED SCAFFOLDERS IS WIDENING

Posted on 1st July 2009

NASC members now operating across all construction projects

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SCAFFOLDER COLLECTIVE PROTECTION

Posted on 24th June 2009

Australian construction worker invention is spotlighted on TV

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SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE VIDEO FOOTAGE

Posted on 24th June 2009

Lawyers puts together interesting material on scaffold collapses

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US SCAFFOLD COLLPAPSE THREE DEAD

Posted on 16th June 2009

Scaffold collapse on residential tower claims lives of three workmen

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INCIDENT LEAVES SCAFFOLDER INJURED

Posted on 16th June 2009

Cause of injury uncertain as scaffolder suffers serious head injury

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‘LIVE’ SCAFFOLD CAUSES FIVE DEATHS IN INDIA

Posted on 22nd May 2009

Five persons electrocuted on Indian construction site

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SCAFFOLDING CONTRACTS IN SPOTLIGHT

Posted on 5th May 2009

Main contractor insists on NASC membership for scaffold contractors

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MILTON KEYNES SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE UPDATE

Posted on 22nd April 2009

Two construction companies committed for trial after scaffold death

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SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE IN EXETER

Posted on 31st March 2009

Property damaged and public in shock after scaffold falls

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SCAFFOLD POLE INJURES PASSER-BY

Posted on 24th March 2009

Contractor fined after scaffold pole hits pedestrian

MISSING EARTH CAUSES SCAFFOLDER DEATH

Posted on 24th March 2009

Council fined after scaffolder electrocuted by faulty light

Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, ELECTRICITY OTHER, PROSECUTIONS, SCAFFOLDING, electricity

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MAJOR CONTRACTOR COMMITS TO NASC

Posted on 20th March 2009

NASC member only policy for scaffold contractors

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PROSECUTION AFTER SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE

Posted on 18th March 2009

Workforce and public put at risk by scaffold falling on railway

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SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE CAUSES INJURY

Posted on 16th March 2009

Woman injured as scaffold falls in strong winds

SCAFFOLD PROSECUTION

Posted on 13th March 2009

Scaffold deficiencies put user and erector before court

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AUSTRALIAN SUSPENDED PLATFORM DEATH

Posted on 11th March 2009

Painter dies and worker hangs in harness as platform collapses

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UNSAFE SCAFFOLDING PROSECUTION

Posted on 6th March 2009

Ineffective inspections fail to detect insecure guardrail

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SCAFFOLDS TO BECOME WORKS OF ART

Posted on 3rd March 2009

Sydney set to ban ‘ugly building sites’ across the city

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SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE IN AUSTRALIA

Posted on 2nd March 2009

Workman survives four-storey fall in Melbourne scaffold collapse

SCAFFOLDING BODY WARNS OF BOGUS ‘MEMBERS’

Posted on 13th February 2009

NASC promises legal action to defend membership status

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SCAFFOLDING UPDATE EVENTS

Posted on 4th February 2009

Safe scaffolding events to be held in Midlands and Marches

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SCAFFOLDING ADVICE ON STANDARDS

Posted on 26th January 2009

New tube and fitting scaffolding standard published by NASC

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INCIDENT SCAFFOLD ACCESS HOIST

Posted on 26th January 2009

Workman in ’serious condition’ following scaffold access hoist fall

PROSECUTION SCAFFOLD DISMANTLING

Posted on 6th January 2009

Developer fined after falling scaffold pole causes paralysis

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SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE PROSECUTION

Posted on 15th August 2008

Scaffold collapse injures three workers and contractor fined

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