Falls from height continues to be the largest causes of major injuries and fatalities. About 4000 working at height-related accidents occur each year at work and the most common cases are falls from ladders and through fragile services. Alarmingly, two thirds of all major injuries at work
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5 Top tips for working at height Working in the construction industry can make it difficult to avoid working at heights on a daily basis. Although it may not be possible to avoid the risk you can ensure that you manage it by being aware of how
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Working At Heights E-Learning Working at heights within business remains one of the biggest causes of major injuries and fatalities. The most common causes include falls from ladders and through weak surfaces. The definition of ‘Work at height’ is working anywhere, if there were no measures in place, a person could
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Howarth Timber, the UK’s biggest privately owned timber organization, has been requested to pay more than £100,000 in fines and expenses after a worker died when he fell through a delicate rooftop at one of the organization’s sites. The roofer Howarth employed to fix a leak has
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In May 2015 the HSE reported on 44 cases involving companies that were found negligent resulting in average fines of £10k per company. The latest case being a property company in Lancashire who have been fined £14,400 plus full HSE prosecution costs of £1,276 and a victim
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