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LOW FALL COMES WITH HIGHER PRICE

Posted on 16th August 2010
Injury and unsafe working combine to land steeplejacks in court

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FAILED INSPECTION PROMPTS PRE-EMPTIVE PROSECUTION

Posted on 22nd July 2010
Firm ignored warnings from safety consultants and HSE Inspectors

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HIGH RISE RESCUE OF WINDOW CLEANERS

Posted on 22nd June 2010
Suspended platform incident leaves US cleaners stranded

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INJURED CONTRACTOR PROSECUTED AND FINED

Posted on 2nd June 2010
Contractor prosecuted after injury to himself and co-worker

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TV DOCUMENTARY FOOTAGE AIDS CONVICTION

Posted on 6th April 2010
Firm fined £1/4m after poor managements leads to scaffold fall death

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COLLAPSE OF ‘MAKESHIFT’ WORK PLATFORM

Posted on 23rd March 2010
Workmen fall into stairwell after collapse of temporary platform

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DANGEROUS ‘BRIDGE’ TO THE COURTROOM

Posted on 16th March 2010
South west hotel developer given short sharp shock for unsafe working

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SMALL BUILDER PROSECUTED FOR UNSAFE SCAFFOLD

Posted on 10th March 2010
Builder fined after workers on extension put at risk

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POOR SITE STANDARDS END IN COURT

Posted on 27th January 2010
Contractor fined after failure to heed warnings and poor conditions

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HOMES DEVELOPER FINED FOR DANGEROUS SCAFFOLD

Posted on 8th January 2010
Routine HSE inspection ends in £10k fine for builder

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SCAFFOLDING CONTRACTOR PROSECUTED

Posted on 9th September 2009
Inadequate scaffold ties causes collapse on busy industrial estate
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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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PLANT INSTALLATION CAUSES NEAR FATAL FALL

Posted on 3rd July 2009
Failure to plan, manage and monitor causes serious injury 

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JOINER DIED IN FALL FROM SCAFFOLD

Posted on 3rd April 2009
Incomplete working platform caused death of Blackpool joiner

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DISMANTLING NOT PLANNED PROPERLY

Posted on 2nd April 2009
Workman seriously injured in fall when dismantling factory floor  

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SCAFFOLD PROSECUTION

Posted on 13th March 2009
Scaffold deficiencies put user and erector before court

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HOMEBUILDER DENIES ALLEGATIONS

Posted on 9th March 2009
Date set for trial over death of child who fell from scaffold   

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UNSAFE SCAFFOLDING PROSECUTION

Posted on 6th March 2009
Ineffective inspections fail to detect insecure guardrail

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WEMBLEY DEATH PROSECUTION

Posted on 26th February 2009
Contractor to face legal proceedings after stadium fatality

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PROSECUTION FOLLOWS SCAFFOLD FALL

Posted on 20th February 2009
Pensioner falls 7m from scaffold constructed by untrained erector 

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PROSECUTION SCAFFOLD DISMANTLING

Posted on 6th January 2009
Developer fined after falling scaffold pole causes paralysis

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