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| £50,000 CLAIM FROM CARETAKER WHO FELL FROM LADDER |
| A SCHOOL caretaker is claiming £50,000 after falling from a ladder – saying Hampshire County Council failed to train him to use it. |
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| Fall shatters life of Rhondda carpenter: employers fined after HSE prosecution |
| A five-metre fall left Rhondda carpenter David Morgan with serious injuries which may well have ended his career. Following the prosecution of his employers for the incident, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning companies to ensure they have safe systems in place for working at height. |
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| HSE warn of the dangers of working at height after fall from height in Wellingborough |
| The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned companies that they must control the risks from falls in the workplace. This message follows the prosecution of Spray-Craft Coating Limited after an employee fell more than two meters from the top of a spray booth resulting in several fractures and bleeding to his brain. |
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| Health and Safety Executive warn of the dangers of working at height after Oldham MBC is fined |
| The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned of the danger of working at height without properly planning the work. The warning follows the prosecution of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (Oldham MBC) after an employee fell from a bowls pavilion and broke his arm. |
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| Building firm fined £10,000 after worker injured in fall |
| The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning employers to ensure they take appropriate measures to protect employees from falls, after a Sunderland building firm was fined £10,000 today following an incident in which one of its workers was injured. |
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| Health and Safety Executive reiterates message of the dangers of working at height - Fine for fatal fall is upheld by appeal court |
| The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has reiterated its warning to companies that they must control the risks from falls in the workplace. This follows the Court of Appeal’s decision today to turn down a company’s appeal after they were fined £260,000 and ordered to pay £80,000 by Nottingham Crown Court in October 2007, after an employee died after he fell during construction work at Bilsthorpe. |
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| Two companies fined for breaches of health and safety legislation after two workers seriously injured |
| The Health and Safety Executive has again urged construction companies to take sensible, effective precautions to protect employees and others affected by work at height. This follows a sentencing hearing today (Friday 15 February) at Aylesbury Crown Court, at which Environmental Reclamation Ltd (ERL) of St Albans, Hertfordshire, was fined a total of £30,000, and ordered to pay £21,360.11 costs for breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HSWA) and regulation 4(1) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005. |
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| HSE warns of the dangers of working at height |
| The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning of the importance of implementing safe systems for working at height following the HSE prosecution of a company after an incident in which a man died. |
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| HSE warns construction companies over trainee supervision following 17 year-old's death |
| The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) today reminded companies to ensure that they pay attention to trainees' health and safety needs and that they are supervised properly. The warning came after three companies and a manager were fined a total of £217,500 plus a total of £125,000 costs at Manchester Crown Court today for breaching health and safety law, following the death of a 17-year-old trainee scaffolder. |
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| Roofers urged to heighten awareness about falls |
| Roofing contractors in the North East are being invited to take a bite out of health and safety with a free breakfast seminar this month. Bacon sandwiches will be on offer at the event held in Newcastle as part of the Health and Safety Executive’s work to reduce the number of injuries as a result of falls from height |
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| HSE warns of the dangers of working at height after Herefordshire employee is injured |
| The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning company directors and owners of the importance of implementing safe systems for working at height. |
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| HSE warns construction companies to take the danger of working at height seriously |
| The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned construction companies to take the safety of their employees working at height seriously. |
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| HSE warns on dangers of work at height following prosecution of North Wales roofing contractor |
| The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning companies whose business involves working at height to ensure they provide suitable safety equipment and have appropriate procedures in place before allowing their staff to work in potentially dangerous situations. |
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| Ensure edge protection is adequate before working at height, warns HSE |
| The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) today warned employers that they must ensure proper edge protection is in place when working at height. |
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| HSE issues work at height warning after Stourbridge glazing firm fined |
| The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) today warned employers and the self-employed to ensure safe systems of work are in place when working at height. |
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| HSE warns employers to use safe systems at work when working at height after worker breaks arm |
| The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has today warned employers to ensure they have safe systems of work in place when working at height. |
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| HSE warns employers to ensure they comply with HSE enforcement notices following prosecution of company director |
| The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has today warned employers that they must comply with enforcement notices or risk prosecution. |
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| Guidance |
| Raising safety standards at Wansbeck height aware training day |
| A free workshop for local trades people is being held in the district later this month which aims to cuts the amount of accidents while working at height. |
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| Stockport builders merchants’ breakfast aims to help HSE reduce falls from vehicles |
| Stockport builders’ merchants Travis Perkins have joined forces with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to help reduce the risk of customers injuring themselves in falls from vehicles. |
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| Single HQ for Health and Safety Executive in Bootle |
| The Health and Safety Commission (HSC) today endorsed the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Board’s proposal to create a single HQ for HSE based in its Redgrave Court building in Bootle, Merseyside. |
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| HSC/E publishes Health and Safety Statistics for 2006/07 |
| The Health and Safety Commission (HSC) has today published the latest statistics on work-related ill health, and workplace injury in Great Britain. |
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| ‘Don’t set yourself up for a fall’ says HSE |
| The transport industry continues to have one of the worst records for major injuries due to falls from vehicles during the loading and unloading of goods. |
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| HSE warns employers to undertake risk assessments after worker dies falling from a lorry |
| The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) today warned employers of the need to make proper risk assessments to manage their employees’ health, safety and welfare. |
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| Father and son roofers prosecuted for endangering themselves and others |
| The Health and safety Executive (HSE) has today warned individuals and companies that failure to ensure the safety of those who work at height and the public will not go unpunished. |
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| Reports |
| Falls and trips in construction are no laughing matter |
The latest injury statistics show that 40% of all worker deaths in construction
are caused by a fall from height and in the last 5 years there have been 13 such deaths involving construction workers in the Eastern Region. |
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| Companies fined after fatal fall from height |
| The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has today warned companies to ensure employees are properly trained and precautions are taken when working at height. The warning comes after a worker died following a fall through a fragile roof on a farm in West Wales. |
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| 'Life on Mars' star scales new heights for HSE's ladder safety campaign in North Yorkshire |
| The Health and Safety Executive has teamed up with York Theatre Royal to promote the HSE's 2007 ladder safety campaign. |
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| Nationwide inspections tackle biggest cause of death in construction |
| Last year 24 of the 59 worker deaths in construction were caused by a fall from height. A further 4000 major injuries such as broken bones or fractured skulls were reported by the construction industry, half of which involved a fall from below head height or tripping over materials on walkways. |
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| Tynedale businesses urged to get rid of dodgy ladders! |
| Businesses in Tynedale are being urged to dump their dodgy ladders and exchange them for a new safe version – at a discount. |
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| General News |
| HSE to remove 4000 'dodgy' ladders through a 'ladder exchange' |
Every month nearly 100 people fall off a ladder at work and suffer serious injuries costing the economy £60 million each year. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will promote ladder safety messages through a ‘ladder exchange’ which aims to remove 4000 'dodgy' ladders from workplaces in Great Britain. |
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| General News |
| North West contact centres and the HSE take action to prevent costly slips, trips and falls |
| Slips, trips and falls by staff in contact centres across the North West are costing the industry dearly. Now industry leaders have come together with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to draw up new guidance to make contact centres safer. |
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| Prosecutions |
| Welsh brewery fined £15,000 following worker injury |
| The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning of the dangers of working at height after the prosecution of brewer for an incident where one of its workers fell more than four metres onto a concrete floor at its Monmouthshire brewery. |
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| HSE warns of the dangers of working on fragile roofs |
| Fines of £68,000 imposed after workman dies in fall |
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| Elgin company fined after worker injured in fall on building site |
| The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has today reminded companies of the dangers posed by working at height. The warning follows an incident in which employee Gary Gray suffered serious head injuries after a fall. |
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| Hertfordshire man prosecuted following the death of a construction worker who fell four storeys while replacing windows |
| The HSE is warning the construction industry of the dangers of working at height following the death of a man who fell while replacing windows. Christopher Lucas from Bennetts End, Hemel Hempstead has been fined £15,000 at City of London Magistrates Court yesterday (27 November) following the death of Steven Sinclair from Watford in a prosecution brought by the Health and Safety Executive. |
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| Mcfarlane Telfer fined £5,000 after welder fabricator breaks neck in fall |
| Maintenance firm McFarlane Telfer was fined £5,000 yesterday and ordered
to pay £5,556 costs in a prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive
after a welder fabricator fell 3.2 … |
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| Reports |
| HSC/E publishes health and safety statistics for 2005/06 |
| The Health and Safety Commission (HSC) has today published the latest statistics
on work-related ill health, workplace injury and enforcement in Great Britain.
‘Health and Safety Statistics … |
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| Construction firms warned to take care when working at height after young worker's fall |
| The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has today warned construction firms of the dangers of working even at relatively low heights after a young worker suffered multiple fractures when he fell from … |
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| Crane worker falls to death |
A Worker was killed this morning after a double decker bus knocked him off a cherry-picker crane and then ran over him.
The UK North bus was travelling along Wilmslow Road in Rusholme when it is … |
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| Brick giant fined after quarryman's fall |
Hanson faces total payout of more than £100,000
Brick company Hanson has been fined £95,000 under health and safety laws after a workman fell from a tower and injured his spine at a Stewartby … |
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| Shock as council foots the bill |
THE town hall has been landed with a bill of more than £20,000 after an employee was left in a coma from an electric shock received while changing a street lamp light bulb.
Steve Yamoah was thrown … |
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| BT CLEARED OVER DEATH OF ENGINEER |
| An Engineer who died after falling from a telegraph pole near Trowbridge had not been the victim of health and safety breaches, a jury has decided.British Telecom was acquitted of failing to ensure … |
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| HSE prosecutes employer after Rugby worker injured |
| The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned companies to ensure that adequate precautions are being taken to prevent injuries due to falling from height - which claim around 50 lives a year. … |
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| Southport company pays over £7,000 for Health and Safety offences |
| A Southport company has been fined a total of £5,000 and ordered to pay full costs of £2,145 after pleading guilty to two criminal charges brought by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) at … |
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| Sewage tank fall company fined |
A Suffolk construction firm has been fined £13,000 after a worker fell five metres from the roof of a sewage tank.
David Baker, of Wombwell, Yorkshire, suffered multiple injuries in the accident in … |
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| Denbigh fined after man falls through roof |
| The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is reminding businesses about the dangers their employees and contractors face in working at height and are urging them to ensure proper safety measures are … |
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| Tree firm's £1.7k fine after fall |
An out-of-work actor saw the curtain come down on his new career as a tree surgeon when he plunged 23 feet from a conifer.
Daniel Borchard, from London, was working on parkland at Conniburrow last … |
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