NEW CRITICAL GUIDANCE ON ROOF ‘OVER-NETTING’
Posted on 5th September 2016
FASET launches HSE backed practical safety netting guidance
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Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, FRAGILE MATERIALS, ROOFWORK, WORK AT HEIGHT
INCIDENT: RESCUE FROM CITY CENTRE ROOF
Posted on 19th June 2013
Photographs show fire service rescue from major museum rooftop
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INCIDENT: ROOFWORKER SERIOUSLY INJURED
Posted on 14th May 2013
Workman left ‘fighting for life’ after roof fall
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HSE SPELL OUT CLIENT DUTY ON FRAGILE ROOF RISK
Posted on 30th November 2012
Clients must take action to avoid perennial cause of construction deaths
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Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, CDM: CLIENTS, FRAGILE MATERIALS, ROOFWORK
INCIDENT:WORKMAN ON SCHOOLS ROOF PROJECT INJURED
Posted on 10th August 2011
Builder working on a school roof airlifted to hospital after fall
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SAFETY NET FALL ARREST SYSTEM SAVES TWO LIVES
Posted on 17th July 2011
Freak just of wind put fall arrest and rescue plan to the ultimate test
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FATAL FALL FROM INDUSTRIAL ROOF EDGE
Posted on 10th January 2011
Workman died in fall from partially constructed roof over Xmas break
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Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, FATALITIES, ROOFWORK
COLLAPSE OF ROOF TRUSSES INJURES WORKMAN
Posted on 4th August 2010
Man rescued from height by fire crews after trusses tumble on new homes site
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SILICA RISK DURING CONCRETE CUTTING
Posted on 7th June 2010
Guidance to Inspectors illustrates risk, precautions and enforcement policy
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Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, ROOFWORK, SILICA
ROOFING COMPANIES COME UNDER PRESSURE
Posted on 11th May 2010
HSE fear firms deliberately cutting costs by not using scaffolding
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Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, REGULATION, ROOFWORK, WORK AT HEIGHT
STANDARDS FOR SAFETY NETS
Posted on 4th December 2009
Definitive standards for testing and repairing fall arrest safety nets
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INCIDENT FALL FROM ROOF
Posted on 28th January 2009
Workman taken to hospital after 6m fall from apartment block
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ROOFWORK GUIDANCE UPDATE
Posted on 18th December 2008
‘Health and Safety in Roofwork’ new edition now published
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WORKING ON ROOFS
Posted on 11th December 2008
User friendly guidance for working on roofs now available
Posted in ALL LATEST NEWS, FRAGILE MATERIALS, ROOFWORK, WORK AT HEIGHT