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Company and director sentenced for exposing workers to asbestos

Construction Safety Posted on 15th July 2021 by Sonya Parker15th July 2021

July 2021 A wood working company and its director have been fined after an inspection by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found a series of failings and risks associated with significant quantities of asbestos-containing materials within the premises. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorised | Tagged access, asbestos, asbestos hse, construction, construction site, health and safety, health and safety executive, hse, HSE inspections, hse safety alert, inspection

Construction company fined after an employee dies after being run over by a dumper truck

Construction Safety Posted on 22nd June 2021 by Sonya Parker22nd June 2021

An organisation has been fined after an employee was run over by a dumper vehicle. The Court heard that in October 2016, an employee was changing over a blade on a piece of work equipment at the side of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorised | Tagged access, construction, construction site, enforcement, health and safety, health and safety executive, hse, HSE inspections, hse safety alert, operative

Director fined after young worker injured in fall from height

Construction Safety Posted on 28th May 2021 by Sonya Parker28th May 2021

27th May 2021 A Director of a Construction company has been fined for safety breaches after a 17-year-old worker fell from a mezzanine floor to the ground below. The Court heard that, on February 2019, the worker and two others were … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorised | Tagged access, construction, construction site, construction sites, covid 19, health and safety, health and safety executive, HSE inspections, site operating procedures, working at height

COMPANY FINED £50,000 AFTER VEHICLE STRUCK AN OVERHEAD POWER CABLE

Construction Safety Posted on 28th January 2020 by Admin Construction Safety28th January 2020

A stone merchant has been fined for safety breaches after a vehicle made contact with an uninsulated overhead electric power line. The court heard that in July 2018, a wagon delivering materials to the company’s ready-mix plant was directed to … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged access, accidental contact, avoiding danger from overhead power lines, barriers, clearance, clearance distance, clearance distances, close approach, close proximity, combines, cranes, diversion, diversions, electricity at work, electricity at work regulations, electricity at work regulations 1989, exclusion, flashover, goal posts, hiabs, high vehicles, high voltage, insulate, irrigation pipes, isolation, ladders, live, live overhead line, long equipment, lorry mounted cranes, materials handlers, mewps, mobile elevated work platforms, modifications, ohpl, ohpls, overhead electric power cable, overhead electric power cables, overhead electric power line, overhead electric power lines, overhead line, overhead lines, Overhead power cable, overhead power cables, overhead power line, overhead power lines, palingers, polytunnels, power cable, power cables, power line, power lines, scaffold poles, sprayer booms, telephone wires, tipper vehicles, uninsulated, warning notices, wooden poles

Preventing unauthorised access onto scaffolding and other work platforms

Construction Safety Posted on 6th September 2019 by Admin Construction Safety20th September 2019

Issue Date: 11/07/2018 Introduction Scaffolding on all construction sites, but especially in residential areas, can seem like an inviting playground for children – who do not have the ability to perceive danger in the same way as adults.  Clients and … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged access, access ladders, children, climbing, construction site, construction sites, ladders, perimeter fencing, scaffold, scaffolding, site assessment, unauthorised access, work platforms

 

 

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