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Construction Infonet – January 2010

HSE — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:02:40 +0000

Construction Infonet is a free e-Bulletin from HSE for the construction industry, this issue: The notification of conventional tower cranes regulations 2010 – guidance for dutyholders, Bogus letter – corporate manslaughter…

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Construction firm fined after worker injures skull

HSE — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:09:41 +0000

A York-based construction company has today been fined £20,000 after one of its mobile elevating work platforms overturned, seriously injuring a worker and putting the public at risk.

Shepherd Construction Limited of Jockey Lane, Huntington, York, pleaded guilty to breaching Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 for its role in the incident at the Trinity Square construction site in central Nottingham.

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Slips, trips & falls cost two South West workers their lives

HSE — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:08 +0000

Slip, trip and fall incidents in the workplace cost two workers from the South West their lives last year, HSE warned today as it launched a hard-hitting campaign.

HSE figures show that slips and trips are the most common cause of major workplace injury in Britain and cost society an estimated £800 million each year. More workplace deaths are triggered by falls from height than any other cause, according to official statistics.

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Slips, trips & falls caused 1,117 injuries to workers in the East Midlands

HSE — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:30:50 +0000

Slip, trip and fall incidents in the workplace caused injuries to 1,117 workers and cost a worker’s life in the East Midlands last year, HSE warned today as it launched a hard-hitting campaign.

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Shattered Lives Campaign – Phase 3 launched

HSE — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:27:28 +0000

Simple mistakes can shatter lives – ‘Your actions could stop them happening’. Phase 3 of the award winning Shattered Lives campaign launches today (1 February), focussing on actions that employers can take to prevent slips, trips and falls at work.

Shattered Lives Campaign – Simple mistakes can shatter lives

Bolton company fined after builder falls to death

HSE — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:47:18 +0000

A Bolton house-building company has today been fined £7,500 after one of its workers fell to his death. DC Kennedy Homes Ltd was prosecuted by HSE after Ian Smith, 64, was killed when he fell from an unstable ladder.

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Notification of Conventional Tower Cranes Regulations

HSE — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:02:42 +0000

The Notification of Conventional Tower Cranes Regulations 2010 (the ‘Regulations’) come into force on 6 April 2010. The Regulations require certain information about conventional tower cranes used on construction sites to be notified to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

Notification of Conventional Tower Cranes Regulations

Edinburgh construction firm fined

HSE — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:03:51 +0000

An Edinburgh construction company has been fined a total of £3,600 for failing to ensure properly trained staff were managing a construction site in Galashiels.

Scotcare Preservation Ltd of Ettrick Road, Edinburgh, pleaded guilty to four health and safety charges at Selkirk Sheriff Court on Monday 18 January.

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£80,000 fine following young man’s crush death

HSE — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:44:45 +0000

A Wales construction company has been fined after one of its employees had his head crushed at a site in Gloucestershire.

Macob Administration Limited, based in Bridgend, was charged by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after 23-year-old. Lance Taylor from Thornbury, Bristol, was killed while working on a construction site at Chestnut Walk in Abbeymead, Gloucester on 11 February 2005

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Scotland Events

HSE — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:30:36 +0000

Details are now available of the following events in Scotland:

The Scottish Association of Building Standards Managers General Meeting, 21 January 2010, Golden Lion Hotel, Stirling.
Healthy Working Lives – Managing Stress in the Workplace, 4 February 2010, Ayr
Aquaculture Safety and Health Awareness Day, 16 February 2010, Stornoway
APSE Scotland building and housing seminar 2010, 17 & 18 February 2010, Peebles
Healthy Working Lives – Managing Stress in the Workplace, 2 March 2010, Monifieth
Healthy Working Lives – Awareness of Health Risks at Work, 22 April 2010, Glasgow
Healthy Working Lives – Awareness of Health Risks at Work, 9 June 2010, Glasgow

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Collapse of East London building leads to £10,000 fine

HSE — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:00:27 +0000

Clothing importer, Citytex UK Ltd, has today been fined £10,000 after part of its building collapsed in February 2007, with more than 20 people inside.

Citytex UK Ltd, of Greatorex Street, Tower Hamlets was sentenced at Westminster Magistrates’ Court this afternoon after pleading guilty to breaching sections 2(1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 on 25 September last year.

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Company fined £4,500 after telehandler overturns injuring worker

HSE — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:30:52 +0000

A construction company from Gateshead has today been ordered to pay £4,500 after one of its workers was seriously injured when a forklift truck telehandler he was operating overturned.

HSE prosecuted Meldrum Construction Services Ltd following the incident at its site at Holly Hall, Sandhoe, near Corbridge, in Northumberland, on 16 July 2008.

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Builder fined for using dangerous scaffolding

HSE — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:43:40 +0000

A Driffield builder whose negligence put his employees and sub-contractors at risk was today (7 January) fined £8,000 and ordered to pay £2,244 costs for using unsafe scaffolding.

Angus William Naylor pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 6(3) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005 at Bridlington Magistrates Court. Mr Naylor, of Main Street, Driffield is a partner in the firm trading as WM E Naylor & Son.

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Firm fined £16,000 after worker’s 5-metre plunge

HSE — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:42:18 +0000

A company has been fined a total of £16,000 after a worker fell five metres at a construction site in Tunbridge Wells and suffered severe injuries.

HSE prosecuted ECH Ltd – trading as Maple Timber Frames and registered in Preston, Lancashire – after an incident on 18 November 2008.

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HSE — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:01:43 +0000

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Construction Infonet – December 2009

HSE — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:00:47 +0000

Construction Infonet is a free e-Bulletin from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to provide a regular update on health and safety issues for all in the construction industry.

HSE Construction Division would like to thank you for all your support and positive feedback this year. The Construction Infonet e-Bulletin service continues to grow in popularity and now has over 41,000 members.

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M6 death prompts £65,000 fine for roadworks company

HSE — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:00:43 +0000

A road maintenance company has been fined £65,000 after a motorist was killed on the M6 in Lancashire.

Cumbrian Industrials Ltd was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in relation to the incident and appeared before Preston Crown Court on Tuesday 15 December.

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Contractor fined £750.00 after man dies in Wembley

HSE — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:05:54 +0000

A contractor has been fined today after a labourer drowned while building an extension at a domestic property in Wembley, Brent.

Chris Byrne, of Christchurch Avenue in Brent, was found guilty to breaching Regulation 5(2) of the Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996.

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Would you use a ladder like this?

HSE — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:18:24 +0000

Missing rungs and bent sides – these are just a small selection of the ‘dodgy’ ladders that have been surrendered so far under this year’s ‘ladder exchange’.

The exchange, led by the Health and Safety Executive, closes its doors on 31 December, so time is running out for businesses to trade in their old, damaged or broken ladders for some new ones

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Company fined following death of worker

HSE — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:15:17 +0000

A company has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive after an employee was hit and killed by a reversing telehandler at a construction site in Aylesbury.

P J Carey (Contractors) Ltd of Wembley, Middlesex, pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 15(2) of the Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996 at Aylesbury Crown Court on 2 December 2009.

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