UK : Scaffolders fined £26k after untrained worker’s fall
A scaffolding company has been up in court after a worker fractured his skull in a fall and lost his sight in one eye. Bristol Magistrates’ Court heard how an…
Read articleA scaffolding company has been up in court after a worker fractured his skull in a fall and lost his sight in one eye. Bristol Magistrates’ Court heard how an…
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Read articleA Dorset based company has been fined £27,000 after a scaffold collapsed only narrowly missed a passer-by. Poole Magistrates’ Court heard how Swanage & Dorset Scaffolding & Roofing had been…
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Read articleMajor Rescue Operation to Recover Worker from Silo A Man has been rescued following a fall onto scaffolding at Irish Cement’s plant in Limerick. The worker, understood to be in…
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Read articleFailure to maintain a storage tank has cost Yorkshire Water a £600,000 fine for a sewage leak. Yorkshire Water was prosecuted for polluting a Staithes watercourse with sewage that had…
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