All Health & safety articles – Page 55
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Glass panel falls 60ft from Birmingham’s Beetham Tower
A glass panel has fallen from the eighth floor of architect Ian Simpson’s Beetham Tower in Birmingham.
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Roof collapses in Yorkshire flash flood
Collapse of housing block roof during torrential downpour leads to evacuation of 30 elderly residents
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One dead in New York steam explosion
Steam pipe used to heat and cool buildings ruptured during city's rush hour
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Ken Livingstone slams the HSE's 'barmy bureaucrats’
Mayor says ‘over cautious’ planning advise on gasometers could jeopardise 16,000 new London homes
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Union urges parties to unite on Manslaughter Bill
Unite says political parties must work togther to push through Bill next after Lords rejected legislation for fifth time
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What is wrong with this picture?
Stephen Davis of RPS Burks Green writes: “The eye wanders around until you find the guy balancing on a 230mm wide sheeting rail in the eaves, 6m above the deck.
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HSE investigates personnel link between crane collapses
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is investigating links between the crane collapse in Croydon last month and the Canary Wharf collapse in 2000, after it emerged that “a number of people” had worked at both sites.
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BBC sues over Elstree fault
The BBC is suing Land Securities Trillium (LST) over an electrical fault that caused serious damage at studios in Hertfordshire.
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Spot the scaffold pole
Saville Row - the home of the tailor-made suit and high-risk scaffolding
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Wrecking ball causes traffic havoc
Demolition ball snaps loose from crane causing mayhem on Pennsylvanian street
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Judith Hackitt appointed chair of Health and Safety Commission
Workplace health and safety specialist will take over from Sir Bill Callaghan from 1 October 2007
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Smash it up
A one-man demolition machine does a Pete Townsend to a reinforced brick building in Clerkenwell
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Asbestos victims set for compensation boost
New Bill proposes making it easier for victims of asbestos to claim compensation from government