PP Construction Safety News Desk

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DIDCOT FATAL COLLAPSE: INVESTIGATION UPDATE

Posted on 1st February 2018

Police and HSE still seeking to understand why boiler house collapsed

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INCIDENT: UNDERGROUND CABLE STRIKE

Posted on 5th October 2017

Three treated for burns after power cable struck in London

Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, ELECTRICITY UG, INCIDENTS

MAJOR CONTRACTORS LAUNCH H&S ALERT SYSTEM

Posted on 19th July 2017

Build UK members share information for effective prevention of harm

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HSE SAFETY ALERT: TRACK TENSIONING INCIDENT

Posted on 30th June 2017

Workman died from hydraulic injection injury whilst tensioning track

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INDUSTRY BODIES STRUCTURE MEWP SAFETY ALERTS

Posted on 3rd April 2017

Strategic Forum Plant Safety Group publishes Safety Alert Protocol

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INCIDENT: SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE ON HIGH STREET

Posted on 22nd February 2017

Two workmen injured when falling with collapsing scaffold

INCIDENT: DRIVER SLIPS INTO CEMENT MIXER

Posted on 2nd February 2017

Firefighters rescue man from cement mixer during cleaning ops

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INCIDENT: FIRE DESTROYS NEW BUILD FLATS

Posted on 18th October 2016

Video shows dramatic effect of fire during construction

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COLLAPSE OF CONCRETE WALL CLAIMS FIVE LIVES

Posted on 8th July 2016

Dead workmen remain trapped under metal and concrete at recycling plant

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INCIDENT: WORKMAN FALLS 13M ON STADIUM PROJECT

Posted on 20th June 2016

Collapse of structure triggers fall from height

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HSE INVESTIGATES MASSIVE RACKING COLLAPSE

Posted on 9th May 2016

Fork lift truck operator found alive after warehouse storage collapse

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DIDCOT COLLAPSE: UPDATE ON RECOVERY

Posted on 3rd May 2016

Contractor disappointed to be replaced on recovery operation

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DIDCOT DISASTER: PRESS REPORT WARNINGS

Posted on 18th April 2016

Mirror and Mail tell of fears expressed by deceased demo workers

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SCHOOL CLOSURES TRIGGERED BY MISSING TIES

Posted on 12th April 2016

Operator and contractor statements on problem and progress

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INCIDENT: STEEL FALLS DURING LIFTING OPERATION

Posted on 17th March 2016

Two taken to hospital after being when struck by falling steel

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DIDCOT COLLAPSE: UPDATE ON RECOVERY OPERATIONS

Posted on 8th March 2016

Families express concern at delay and lack of hope from authorities

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DIDCOT COLLAPSE: EMERGENCY SERVICES UPDATE

Posted on 1st March 2016

Recovery of bodies and site investigation may take weeks to complete

Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, DEMOLITION, FATALITIES, INCIDENTS

DIDCOT COLLAPSE: CALL FOR FOUR MINUTE SILENCE

Posted on 1st March 2016

Coleman and Company request construction industry gesture of respect

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INCIDENT: FALLING OBJECT ON CITY CENTRE SITE

Posted on 23rd November 2015

‘Miraculous escape’ for men passing Manchester major project

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INCIDENT: WORKMAN ‘FIGHTS FOR LIFE’ AFTER FALL

Posted on 2nd November 2015

Contractor who fell through roof in ‘critical’ condition

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INCIDENT: TWO DIE IN MYSTERY EXPLOSION

Posted on 5th October 2015

Deaths in unoccupied unit where Police believe “work in progress”

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INCIDENT: EXCAVATOR STRIKES POWER CABLE

Posted on 1st October 2015

Operator taken to airlifted specialist burns unit

Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, ELECTRICITY UG, INCIDENTS

INCIDENT: SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE IN WEST LONDON

Posted on 1st October 2015

Traffic chaos caused after scaffolding collapses into road

MECCA DISASTER CRANE BOOM WAS NOT LOWERED

Posted on 24th September 2015

Findings of the crane experts investigation now available

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INCIDENT: SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE

Posted on 15th September 2015

Public escape uninjured as structure falls on high street

LONDON EXPLODING PAVEMENTS ON THE RISE

Posted on 24th August 2015

Eighty fires in last five years with forty incidents in 2014

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INCIDENT: MOBILE CRANE COLLAPSE CAUGHT ON FILM

Posted on 5th August 2015

Two cranes collapse injuring twenty on project in Holland

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FATALITY: ELECTROCUTION AT SUB-STATION

Posted on 9th July 2015

Cause of incident unknown as Police and HSE start enquiry

Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, electricity, ELECTRICITY OTHER, INCIDENTS

INCIDENT: BUILDER FELL FROM ROOF

Posted on 22nd June 2015

Workman ‘fighting for life’ after fall on domestic project

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INCIDENT: LIFT SHAFT FALL ON MAJOR PROJECT

Posted on 16th June 2015

Workman survives 60ft fall from height

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FATALITY: TIPPER DRIVER ELECTROCUTED

Posted on 16th June 2015

Driver died exiting truck after overhead cable strike

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FATALITY: COLLAPSE OF TEMPORARY STRUCTURE

Posted on 15th June 2015

Death on new biogas facility in Cornwall

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INCIDENT: BUILDING COLLAPSE MYSTERY

Posted on 1st June 2015

Upper floor of car showroom collapses on workshop

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INCIDENT: SCAFFOLD FALL ON DOUBLE DECKER BUS

Posted on 4th March 2015

High street pavement scaffold ‘held up’ by passing London bus

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INCIDENT: SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE INJURES TWO

Posted on 30th January 2015

Two passers-by injured after collapse in Leicester city centre

INCIDENT: WORKMAN FELL 30FT THROUGH ROOFLIGHT

Posted on 29th January 2015

Workman hospitalised with serious injuries after roof fall

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VIDEO CAPTURES WOMEN INJURED BY SCAFFOLD POLE

Posted on 22nd January 2015

Man arrested by Police after pole falls from height on City street

INCIDENT: BOLT FALLS FROM CITY ‘CHEESEGRATER’

Posted on 6th November 2014

Full investigation underway as safety cordon created around structure

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INCIDENT: PLANT OVERTURN ON MIXED DEVELOPMENT

Posted on 3rd November 2014

Town house damaged after plant topples on City centre project

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INCIDENT: FIRE ON 10th FLOOR OF LONDON PROJECT

Posted on 28th October 2014

Scaffolding blaze on city demolition site

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INCIDENT: FIVE INJURED IN CABLE EXPLOSION

Posted on 20th October 2014

Another electrical link box explodes on a London street

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MOBILE CRANE COLLAPSE INJURES WORKMAN

Posted on 20th October 2014

Failure during controlled dismantling operation on massive mobile

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INCIDENT: WORKMAN RESCUED FROM HEIGHT

Posted on 14th October 2014

Injured man rescued by fire fighters using aerial ladder platform

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INCIDENT: COLLAPSED HOARDING ON MAJOR PROJECT

Posted on 26th September 2014

Pedestrians seriously injured when “crushed” by site fencing

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INCIDENT: BUS COLLIDES WITH CONSTRUCTION PLANT

Posted on 25th September 2014

Upper deck of bus damaged whilst passengers escape uninjured

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INCIDENT: CRUSHED BY HEAVY MACHINERY

Posted on 9th September 2014

Contractor employee injured on Network Rail project

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INCIDENT: 30FT FALL THROUGH ROOF

Posted on 29th August 2014

Investigation over café worker offering tea to workmen

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DRAMATIC VIDEO OF COLLAPSE DURING DEMOLITION

Posted on 21st July 2014

Structure topples onto busy West London high street

Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, DEMOLITION, INCIDENTS

DRAMATIC VIDEO OF VEHICLE EXPLOSION IN LEEDS

Posted on 16th June 2014

Demolition group acetylene gas cylinder involved in van blaze

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