All Health & safety articles – Page 63

  • Carillion
    News

    Network Rail lifts Carillion safety ban

    2007-02-20T08:47:00Z

    Carillion Rail picks up first Network Rail contract for six months after safety ban is lifted

  • Dangerous practice at Kenyan site
    News

    Museum of bad practice

    2007-02-19T14:45:00Z

    No one is sure how this worker managed to access this rainwater pipe on the the site of the National Museum of Kenya

  • Feet on fire on NG Bailey site
    News

    Morrisons drops NG Bailey after YouTube stunts

    2007-02-16T05:00:00Z

    Supermarket ‘steps back’ from 30-year relationship after workers’ pranks are shown on internet

  • Rescuers search the collapsed building
    News

    Rescuers search collapsed building

    2007-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Firefighters were searching a partially collapsed building in Whitechapel in east London for trapped victims, as ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø went to press.

  • News

    Contractor fined after work experience student badly injured

    2007-02-16T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Scaffolding safety blunder
    News

    Death wash

    2007-02-15T14:10:00Z

    When pressure washing a building four storeys up it is probably best not to balance on a wet and slippery scaffold pole

  • Thai safety blunder
    News

    Bangkok blunders

    2007-02-14T12:57:00Z

    Thai safety inspectors must have been on holiday judging by the number of blunders Frank Elliott spotted on a recent trip

  • News

    Walking the plank

    2007-02-13T15:19:00Z

    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.

  • chainsaw roof blunder
    News

    Off his tree

    2007-02-13T14:50:00Z

    If you haven't got a pole to balance yourself on a roof top why not use a chainsaw

  • HSE
    News

    Groundworks firm fined £3500 after drilling accident

    2007-02-12T10:03:00Z

    Livingston firm Consolidate is fined for health and safety breaches following accident on drilling rig

  • NG Bailey dangerous workers
    News

    NG Bailey hunts YouTube pranksters

    2007-02-09T06:00:00Z

    M&E contractor launches investigation after footage of workmen setting each other alight is uploaded on You Tube

  • News

    Unlawful killing verdict on Laing O'Rourke site

    2007-02-08T12:39:00Z

    HSE may pursue criminal prosecution after jury finds that Kieron Deeney was killed unlawfully when he fell through a hatch

  • stepladder blunder
    News

    Out of step

    2007-02-08T12:11:00Z

    If only the man on the stepladder had followed the example of the two harnessed workers on the roof

  • Jib and ledge
    News

    How did we get up here?

    2007-02-07T13:57:00Z

    The clue is the jib of the mechanical digger extended over the main road

  • HSE
    News

    Big fines after fall injures student

    2007-02-06T17:41:00Z

    Two partners at a Dover firm are fined £10,000 each after Martin Sankey fractures skull falling through an unprotected opening

  • dangerous work on air conditioning
    News

    Fool arrest system

    2007-02-06T14:32:00Z

    There are question marks over whether the man holding the jumper will offer a secure backup if the leg grip fails

  • News

    T&G joins crane campaign

    2007-02-02T06:34:00Z

    Union and 41 MPs back ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø's Safer Skyline campaign

  • Photo of amphibious and daring workers in Salford, Greater Manchester.
    News

    Taking the plunge

    2007-02-02T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • crane
    News

    T&G joins crane campaign

    2007-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Workers on hundreds of sites across the UK are set to back ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø’s campaign for crane safety.

  • Safety blunders Antigua
    News

    There's no PPE in paradise

    2007-02-01T10:08:00Z

    It's a beautiful setting for a blunder - HSE inspectors don't visit many sites like this