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Ladder Exchange - email updates

HSE — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:00:44 +0000

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Primary care trust fined after patient falls 4 metres from window

HSE — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:30:17 +0000

North East Essex Primary Care Trust was today fined £10,000 and ordered to pay costs of £4,972 after a vulnerable and partially-sighted patient it was responsible for fell 4.3 metres from a first floor window at Clacton & District Hospital.

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HSE urges employers to keep those working at height safe

HSE — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:30:25 +0000

HSE has today prosecuted a Lincoln firm after one of its workers fell four metres from a roof, breaking eight ribs and sustaining a back injury.

James Theaker, 50, from Lincoln was employed to clean windows at Lincoln College, when the incident happened on 4 November 2008. Mr Theaker had climbed onto a flat roof at the college to clean the windows of a neighbouring building, when he over reached and fell.

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HSE Newsletter (October/November)

HSE — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:30:48 +0000

Subscribe to HSE’s Health and Safety Newsletter and you’ll find out the best ways to tackle today’s key health and safety issues. For example, in the latest issue you can read about how Big Brother star and professional builder Craig Phillips launched the Ladder Exchange scheme.

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HSE warns demolition firms after employee breaks his spine in fall

HSE — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:50:57 +0000

A Norwich employer has today been fined £7,500 after one of his workers broke his spine in a fall at the former RAF Watton site in Norfolk. HSE prosecuted Tim Philpott, trading as Philpott Demolition and Recycling, of Spinney Close, Long Stratton, Norwich, for his role in the incident on 20 April 2007.

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HSE warns building firms after worker is seriously injured in fall

HSE — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:30:04 +0000

HSE is urging employers to ensure their workers are protected when working at height after a man fell from the first floor of a building he was working on, suffering life-threatening injuries.

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Warehouse worker breaks ribs in 10ft fall

HSE — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:27:41 +0000

A Tipton-based firm has been fined £10,000 for breaching health and safety laws following a worker’s fall at a warehouse.

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Firm fined £20,000 after worker’s three-metre fall

HSE — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:00:08 +0000

HSE has again warned of the dangers of working at height without the proper safety precautions after a worker’s potentially life-threatening fall.

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Scaffolding warning after Liverpool worker injured in fall

HSE — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:00:43 +0000

A safety warning has been issued to construction companies after a Liverpool worker was seriously injured in a fall from unstable scaffolding.

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Ladder Exchange - using ladders safely

HSE — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:40:01 +0000

Launched the on 1st September Ladder Exchange Initiative is intended to help reduce the number of deaths and injuries resulting from falls from height. Using ladders safely tells you what you need to know? and what you need to do?

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Fragile roofing warning after firm fined for worker’s seven-metre fall

HSE — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:40:38 +0000

HSE warns of the dangers of working on fragile roofs, this follows the conviction of a Lancashire-based company and a director for breaching the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, after a worker fell seven metres whilst carrying out refurbishment work on the roof of a building..

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Businesses urged take proper precautions after worker fractures skull in fall

HSE — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:00:46 +0000

Businesses are being warned to take correct precautions when their staff work at height, after a roofer sustained serious head injuries when he fell nearly four metres through a roof he was working on.

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Construction company fined after fall from height

HSE — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:44:11 +0000

HSE is urging construction companies to prevent falls from height after a contractor fell over three metres while working on an airbridge at Heathrow Terminal 4.

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HSE warns those responsible for people working at height

HSE — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:01:01 +0000

A Glasgow-based construction company has been convicted of failing to ensure proper health and safety standards after an apprentice joiner was severely injured.

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Warning to scaffolding companies after collapse prosecution

HSE — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:59:36 +0000

Scaffolding companies need to double check their structures are safe and secure, the HSE has warned following the collapse of scaffolding at an industrial unit in Caerphilly.

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Ladder Exchange - free updates

HSE — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:11:23 +0000

Launched on 1 September the campaign intends to remove even more dodgy ladders. Keep up to date and subscribe to the eBulletin.

Agriculture Safety and Health Awareness Days in Scotland

HSE — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:32:46 +0000

HSE is running a number of Agricultural SHADs targeted at small farms with employees and self employed farmers. The event will cover 6 scenarios - Quads, Work at height, Tractor Safety ,Manual Handling , Animal Handling, and Occupational Health.

View health and safety related events being held throughout Scotland

Do you work with trees?

HSE — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:38:20 +0000

Working with trees can be dangerous. Most injuries happen when using a chainsaw to fell trees, but there are other causes for serious injuries in the arboricultural and forestry industries. This new website from the Health and Safety Executive tells you what the risks are and how to avoid them. The site provides lots of practical advice, videos and case studies for workers and employers. If you are a tree surgeon, forestry worker, chainsaw operator, landowner, estate worker or a forestry works manager, this site is for you.

Visit the new health and safety for tree workers website

Big brother’s star builder ‘steps up’ to promote ladder safety

HSE — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:00:30 +0000

Professional builder and Big Brother star Craig Phillips says ‘safety’ is key when working with ladders.

The construction entrepreneur and winner of the first series of the reality show today gave his support to the HSE’s ladder safety campaign for 2009.

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Midlothian roofing contractors fined after worker falls

HSE — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:52:59 +0000

HSE today warned of the dangers of working on or maintaining fragile roofs, following the conviction of a Scottish company, TQR Ltd of Dalkeith and a sub-contractor, David O’Neil of Cleland, near Motherwell, for breaching health and safety regulations.

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