All Health & safety articles – Page 63
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Network Rail lifts Carillion safety ban
Carillion Rail picks up first Network Rail contract for six months after safety ban is lifted
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Museum of bad practice
No one is sure how this worker managed to access this rainwater pipe on the the site of the National Museum of Kenya
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Morrisons drops NG Bailey after YouTube stunts
Supermarket ‘steps back’ from 30-year relationship after workers’ pranks are shown on internet
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Rescuers search collapsed building
Firefighters were searching a partially collapsed building in Whitechapel in east London for trapped victims, as ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø went to press.
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Contractor fined after work experience student badly injured
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned firms to ensure the safety of those on work experience after a boy of 15 suffered injuries to his brain and back after a fall.
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Death wash
When pressure washing a building four storeys up it is probably best not to balance on a wet and slippery scaffold pole
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Bangkok blunders
Thai safety inspectors must have been on holiday judging by the number of blunders Frank Elliott spotted on a recent trip
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Walking the plank
This week’s exploration of the frailty of human life comes from Havana, courtesy of Ron Kay of the University of Cambridge’s Estate Management and ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Service.
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Off his tree
If you haven't got a pole to balance yourself on a roof top why not use a chainsaw
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Groundworks firm fined £3500 after drilling accident
Livingston firm Consolidate is fined for health and safety breaches following accident on drilling rig
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NG Bailey hunts YouTube pranksters
M&E contractor launches investigation after footage of workmen setting each other alight is uploaded on You Tube
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Unlawful killing verdict on Laing O'Rourke site
HSE may pursue criminal prosecution after jury finds that Kieron Deeney was killed unlawfully when he fell through a hatch
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Out of step
If only the man on the stepladder had followed the example of the two harnessed workers on the roof
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How did we get up here?
The clue is the jib of the mechanical digger extended over the main road
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Big fines after fall injures student
Two partners at a Dover firm are fined £10,000 each after Martin Sankey fractures skull falling through an unprotected opening
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Fool arrest system
There are question marks over whether the man holding the jumper will offer a secure backup if the leg grip fails
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Taking the plunge
This photo of daring (and hopefully amphibious) workmen was sent in by Stuart Holmes and was taken from his office window in Salford, Greater Manchester.
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T&G joins crane campaign
Workers on hundreds of sites across the UK are set to back ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø’s campaign for crane safety.
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There's no PPE in paradise
It's a beautiful setting for a blunder - HSE inspectors don't visit many sites like this