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Inexperienced scaffolding worker killed in forklift accident
This sad and needless death was due to a failure to abide by established and obvious construction safety guidelines. An untrained young worker was killed when he was allowed to drive a forklift...
Construction worker escapes death from cutting live cable
If a building contractor is going to ask its workers to dig up or break through old services, it is imperative that it checks thoroughly that these have been disconnected before work begins....
HSE campaign targets deadly asbestos
In the construction safety sector, we are well aware of HSE campaigns to alert us to the dangers of working with asbestos when refurbishing or demolishing buildings.
These often take...
Suspended sentence for dangerous gas boiler work
There are all too many cases being reported of faulty and/or illegal gas installations or repair jobs. It is rare for any to be so serious as to warrant a jail sentence for the miscreant, albei...
Evidence of dangerous roof work
This is, sadly, not the first time that building safety lapses have been caught on camera – and given the explosion in smartphone use, we can expect the trend to increase. It all means that...