All blog posts tagged with ladder

Lift manufacturer fined after engineer crushed to death at Heathrow

Posted 31-03-2012

Lift manufacturer Schindler Ltd. has been fined £300,000 for safety failings after an employee was crushed to death while installing a passenger lift at Heathrow Airport.

Lift engineer Kevin Dawson, 45, was helping with the construction of Terminal 5A at London Heathrow when the incident occ…

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Ladder Exchange Initiative 2011

Posted 04-08-2011

The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE’s) Ladder Exchange Initiative 2011 will commence on 1st September and will run for 3 months, ending at close of business on 30th November.

HSE has facilitated this initiative since its introduction four years ago, over which period more than 8,000 dodgy lad…

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Photos: Interesting use of ladders!

Posted 08-07-2011

Company fined after unsafe work on roof

Posted 20-04-2011

Mr Shea of Blackmoor Roofing, based at Petersfield Road, Greatham, Liss, Hampshire has been fined after workers were spotted removing roof tiles without scaffolding or safety barriers to prevent them falling.

One man was reportedly standing on the wet roof with no safety barriers or scaffolding, ano…

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Health and Safety News - 21 December 2010

Posted 21-12-2010

Worker dies crushing aerosol canisters

Two companies and a manager have been fined a total of £440,000 after a worker suffered 90 per cent burns and died, when the aerosol canisters he was crushing caught fire.

Worker loses fingers in accident

Komatsu UK Ltd Birtley has been fined after an employee…

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