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MECHANICAL FAILURE ON LORRY MOUNTED CHERRYPICKER

Posted on 26th December 2011
Cracks undetected by failure to implement thorough examination requirements

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MAJOR HIGHWAYS MAINTENANCE FIRMS PROSECUTED

Posted on 1st December 2011
Fatal fall from ‘cherry picker’ caused by lack of checks and maintenance 

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WORKMAN CATAPULTED FROM TELEHANDLER BUCKET

Posted on 22nd September 2011
Dismantling operation involved work from an ‘unsuitable attachment’

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TWO WORKMEN SURVIVE MEWP OVERTURN AND 7m FALL

Posted on 29th June 2011
Inadequately trained workmen used overloaded MEWP on major project

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MAJOR CONTRACTOR PROSECUTED OVER MEWP INCIDENT

Posted on 6th May 2011
Fall from mobile platform left workman paralysed from the waist

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OVERHEAD CRANE CAUSED CHERRY PICKER INCIDENT

Posted on 20th January 2011
Steel firm prosecuted after workman fell when crane struck MEWP

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UNSAFE DISMANTLING OF STEEL FRAMED BUILDING

Posted on 28th September 2010
Workmen stepped out of cherry-picker provided for safe access to job 

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ELECTRICIAN DIED AFTER MOBILE PLATFORM FALL

Posted on 18th June 2010
Investigation found training and assessment failings led to fatal fall

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FATAL FALL CAUSED BY UNSTABLE CHERRYPICKER

Posted on 25th March 2010
MEWP overturned during lighting erection on Manchester memorial

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MOBILE ELEVATING PLATFORM OVERTURN

Posted on 3rd February 2010
MEWP toppled as concealed manhole cover failed under load

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PROSECUTION FALL FROM MEWP

Posted on 27th December 2008
Mobile elevating platform hit by passing lorry

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FALL FROM HEIGHT PROSECUTION

Posted on 7th October 2008
Contractor prosecuted for allowing unsafe industrial roofwork

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