Articles tagged with "falls from height"
Fake Trial to be staged by HSE for building safety professionals
In these columns we often report upon the court cases that are brought by the Health & Safety Executive: and building safety professionals and contractors alike have good reason to fear having...
Risk assessment ignored: worker falls from roof
This is one of those frustrating building safety cases where the right specification was set out for the work but this was then ignored in practice. A man was injured due to a fall from height...
Flawed Method Statement leads to serious injury
Here is an example of how the construction Health & Safety guidelines and procedures can all be applied according to the letter of the law; but if the content of the chosen method of working is...
Unprotected drops – has the Ha Ha had its day?
The always interesting debates between construction health and safety consultants and building contractors, in the Discussions pages of the This incident drives home the need for edge protection to be in place at all times to protect workers on building sites against falls from height. It took place at a new Odeon cinema complex in...
Worker falls when working on cinema staircase