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Total Access (UK) Ltd endeavour to remain at the forefront of our profession as the UK’s leading Height Safety training provider. We continue to offer state of the art training via our realistic working environments and highly experienced training staff.
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Equipment
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Equipment
Total Access (UK) Ltd is the largest independent equipment supplier in the UK with the biggest names in Working at Height and Confined Spaces Equipment. We supply a complete range of equipment to suit your needs, including fall arrest, work restraint and work positioning.
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Site Services
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Site Services
Total Access (UK) Ltd are well known for providing specialist rope access, confined space and working at height rescue services, related to work environments with access problems, most notably those relating to height, in confined spaces, under ground or under water.
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Fall Protection
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Fall Protection
The Total Access (UK) Ltd Fall Protection department offer a nationwide service specialising in the design and provision of access solutions to facilitate the safe and efficient performance of roof maintenance, abseil cleaning and other high level tasks.
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Feedback
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Feedback
Total Access (UK) Ltd greatly values the feedback that it receiving from its customers, so we have created a section of our website dedicated to both receiving new feedback from our customers, as well as showing a selection of the feedback that we have received.
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Technical Data
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Technical Data
Total Access (UK) Ltd prides itself on the depth and breadth of its technical expertise. We have collated here some of the most relevant information for those in our Working at Height and Confined Spaces industries.
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- Health and Safety Laboratory Studies
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- European and British Standards
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Asset Management
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Asset Management
Total Access (UK) Ltd can offer to manage your employees Training, Medicals, Equipment and Lifting Accessories/Inspections and Portable Appliance Testing, giving you peace of mind that your employees and equipment are fully compliant with legislation.
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Wednesday 22 May 2013
SHE 2013: Behavioural change needed in the work-at-height industry
A panel of industry experts discussed the conundrum that despite the plethora of regulations in place, and the amount of...
Read More- Tuesday 21 May 2013 (CPA) has published Tower Crane Technical Information... The Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) has published Tower Crane Technical...
- Tuesday 21 May 2013 Dismantling firm owner guilty of manslaughter It has been reported by Sky Tyne and Wear that...
- Monday 20 May 2013 Firm in court after worker's life-changing injuries Wienerberger Limited has been fined for safety failings after a...
- Monday 20 May 2013 Firms in court after worker fell from... Two firms have been prosecuted after a labourer suffered multiple...
- Friday 17 May 2013 Concrete firm director ignored warnings prior to... Directors of the concrete structures company have been prosecuted after...
- Friday 17 May 2013 PC and contractor prosecuted despite both businesses... C J Deighton & Co Ltd and Julian Chard Carpentry...
- Tuesday 14 May 2013 Fragile roof replacement project lacked planning Aston Roofing North West Ltd has been fined after roofwork...
- Tuesday 14 May 2013 Concrete firm director ignored warnings prior to... Carillion Construction Ltd, Febray Ltd and Michael Febrey director of...
- Monday 13 May 2013 Worker fell through pig shed roof after... A York firm that fits solar panels has been prosecuted...
- Monday 13 May 2013 Young child rescued after he used ladder... It has been reported by ITV (7 May) that a...
- Monday 13 May 2013 Roofing company in court for ignoring safety... A roofing company has been fined for exposing workers to...
- Friday 10 May 2013 2013 AIF Knowledge Base: Driving forward the... May 14-16 at Birmingham’s NEC – the Access Industry Forum...
- Friday 10 May 2013 Tributes paid to Deeside man who died... Tributes have been paid to a Deeside roofer who died...
- Thursday 09 May 2013 Fatality: fall from ladder Roofer died during roofline operations on domestic property
- Thursday 09 May 2013 HSE enforcement weekly update 8th May 2013 Prosecutions and enforcement included: failure to supervise work at height...
- Wednesday 08 May 2013 HSE commissioned research questions of MEWP ‘entrapment’... HSE has carried out a programme of research projects focused...
- Wednesday 08 May 2013 Man injured after falling through scaffolding trap... A man has fallen through a ladder trap door from...
- Saturday 04 May 2013 Window cleaner falls from Surfers highrise A window cleaner was left dangling after he tumbled down...
- Friday 03 May 2013 New research on Mobile Elevated Work Platforms HSE has published Research Report 961 Mobile Elevated Work Platform...
- Friday 03 May 2013 Total Access pleased to be sponsoring Eccleshall... We are happy to announce that we will be sponsors...
- Thursday 02 May 2013 HSE enforcement weekly update 1st May 2013 The latest records of enforcement notices issued and prosecutions taken...
- Thursday 02 May 2013 Total Access nominated for Volunteer Staffordshire Award... Total Access were recently nominated for a Volunteer Staffordshire Award.
- Wednesday 01 May 2013 Incident: Scaffold collapse Pavement scaffold struck by HGV left in precarious position.
- Wednesday 01 May 2013 Appeal by builder fails to overturn huge... It has been reported that the Appeal Court has upheld...
- Monday 29 April 2013 CD251 – A consultation on proposed new... The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) consulted late last year...
- Monday 29 April 2013 Latest edition of Construction Infonet - APRIL... Construction Infonet is a free eBulletin from the Health and...
- Thursday 25 April 2013 Product Recall ZIGZAG Petzl mechanical Prusik for... Petzl issue PRODUCT RECALL NOTICE: Petzl ZIGZAG mechanical prusik for...
- Thursday 25 April 2013 Smartphone technology helps safety while working at... Powered-access rental company Nationwide Platforms is using Quick Response (QR)...
- Tuesday 23 April 2013 Gloucester manufacturer in court for worker fall A Gloucester electrical products manufacturer has been fined for breaking...
- Monday 22 April 2013 Petzl issue update safety alert notice dated... This notice is additional to the notice dated 15th April...
- Friday 19 April 2013 Changes to IRATA International code of practice... Information on the 2013 edition of the IRATA International code...
- Thursday 18 April 2013 Petzl issue additional safety information Petzl issue additional safety information: Petzl ZIGZAG mechanical prusik for...
- Wednesday 17 April 2013 Workman cheats death in 7m rooflight fall A roofwork sole trader has been fined after an employee...
- Wednesday 17 April 2013 HSE investigation into scissor lift accident highlights... IPAF welcomes the conclusions and recommendations of the comprehensive and...
- Tuesday 16 April 2013 Company fined for worker's injuries A self-employed roofer has been fined after an employee suffered...
- Monday 15 April 2013 Foundry firm fined after worker's narrow escape A West Midlands’ iron foundry has been fined after an...
- Monday 15 April 2013 ActSafe PME Power Ascender used during Rescue... Alarm Central 144 engages the Crew for a crevasse rescue...
- Friday 12 April 2013 IRATA publishes two new documents IRATA has published two documents subsequent to the revised 2013...
- Friday 12 April 2013 Company fined after death revealed gaps in... Firesafe Installations Limited has been prosecuted following the death of...
- Thursday 11 April 2013 Seasonal illuminations company fined for employee fall A seasonal illuminations company in Chesham has been fined for...
- Thursday 11 April 2013 Roof fall workman will never work again Merseyside Roofing Solutions (Scott Davies T/A) has been fined after...
- Wednesday 10 April 2013 Builder in court over life-threatening roof fall A Merseyside builder has appeared in court after an employee...
- Tuesday 09 April 2013 Building firm sentenced after employee falls to... A building firm and one of its directors have been...
- Monday 08 April 2013 Worker's tree fall lands farmer in court An east Hampshire farm owner has been prosecuted after an...
- Monday 08 April 2013 Look out for us at the Facilities... Total Access (UK) Ltd will be exhibiting at the Facilities...
- Friday 05 April 2013 Building owner and sub-contractor in court for... The owner of a former Burton upon Trent brewery and...
- Friday 05 April 2013 Too many London refurb projects below par HSE checks reveal one in four sites failed to meet...
- Thursday 04 April 2013 AIF at Safety & Health Expo: Advancing... The Access Industry Forum (AIF), the forum for all the...
- Wednesday 03 April 2013 Total Access International Total Access (UK) Ltd are continually expanding services overseas!
- Wednesday 03 April 2013 Rope friction via ferrata sets - PRODUCT... Singing Rock Via Ferrata Set EASY GO XP COMPLETE +...
- Wednesday 27 March 2013 Refurb worker died following shaft fall It has been reported by the Sunderland Echo that property...
- Tuesday 26 March 2013 Refurb projects remain recalcitrant on risk HSE crackdown prompts enforcement action on one in five refurb...
- Monday 25 March 2013 West Midlands firm in court after teenage... A Halesowen scaffolding company has been fined after an inexperienced...
- Monday 25 March 2013 Housing association fined for worker's fall A Coventry housing association has been fined for safety failings...
- Friday 22 March 2013 Company and director fined after worker fell... A County Durham firm and a director have been fined...
- Friday 22 March 2013 Company fined for unsafe work at height A building repair company has been fined for safety failings...
- Friday 22 March 2013 FRAGILE ROOF FALL HIGHLIGHTS UPCOMING HSE CAMPAIGN An individual contractor has been fined after a ‘friend’ assisting...
- Thursday 21 March 2013 Client and contractor both accountable for fall A farmer and a contractor have been fined after a...
- Thursday 21 March 2013 Barnstaple building company fined for ignoring safety... A Barnstaple construction company has been fined for safety failings...
- Wednesday 20 March 2013 Boat repair firm failed to identify confined... Two workers were exposed to the risk of an explosion...
- Tuesday 19 March 2013 Forest of Dean workman fined for friend's... A self-employed maintenance worker has been fined after a friend,...
- Tuesday 19 March 2013 Council prosecuted after school caretaker injured in... A local council has been found guilty of breaching health...
- Monday 18 March 2013 Access industry free online work at height... The Access Industry Forum (AIF) has released five new videos...
- Monday 18 March 2013 Sponsors Total Access invited to exciting preview... Sponsors Total Access (UK) Ltd are delighted to have been...
- Thursday 14 March 2013 Total Access (UK) Ltd: passed Achilles Link-Up... We are pleased to announce that we satisfied all the...
- Wednesday 13 March 2013 Access industry body welcomes risk-assessment guidance The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has welcomed new risk-assessment...
- Wednesday 13 March 2013 ActSafe are proud to be official sponsors... An international group of professional tree climbers on a mission...
- Monday 11 March 2013 Designers to benefit from work at height... The Access Industry Forum has introduced a dedicated work at...
- Friday 08 March 2013 Sky hooks fail to protect solar panel... Firm fined over fall and failure to think through safety...
- Tuesday 05 March 2013 Member of public struck by falling material A firm has been fined over failure to fence off...
- Tuesday 05 March 2013 Total Access (UK) Ltd attending the SCITECH... Total Access (UK) Ltd will be attending to the SCITECH...
- Monday 04 March 2013 Company fined after Norfolk engineer fractured skull... A Norfolk food company has been prosecuted for safety failings...
- Friday 01 March 2013 Rope access technicians work 200ft up on... Rope access technicians have been carrying out safety checks on...
- Friday 01 March 2013 Fit-out workman fell through fragile roof Sherlock Interiors Contracting Ltd has been prosecuted after a worker...
- Thursday 28 February 2013 New warning on via ferrata sets after... Climbing experts have warned of further safety concerns about via...
- Thursday 28 February 2013 Surrey firm fined for worker fall A Surrey carpentry firm has been fined for safety failings...
- Wednesday 27 February 2013 Total Access (UK) Ltd: Approved to deliver... Total Access (UK) Ltd has satisfied the full criteria of...
- Wednesday 27 February 2013 Scaffolder airlifted after factory roof fall A scaffolder has been airlifted to hospital after falling through...
- Tuesday 26 February 2013 HSE Draft guidance published ahead of regulation... A review, commissioned by the Government and chaired by Professor...
- Monday 25 February 2013 Steel firm sentenced after worker killed by... A West Midlands steel company has been ordered to pay...
- Friday 22 February 2013 HSE ACT ON TRENCH DANGER CONCERNS Basi Construction Limited has been fined for unsafe excavation work...
- Friday 22 February 2013 We now offer IPAF & PASMA training... Total Access (UK) Ltd is pleased to announce that we...
- Tuesday 19 February 2013 HSE launches safety clampdown on construction sites Unsafe practices on construction sites are to be targeted as...
- Monday 18 February 2013 Total Access (UK) Ltd - City &... Total Access is pleased to announce that we have been...
- Friday 15 February 2013 Press Release: FAKE JSP HELMETS JSP warns on treacherous counterfeit safety helmets now in international circulation.JSP...
- Wednesday 13 February 2013 Construction firm fined for dangerous site A construction firm has been fined for exposing workers to...
- Wednesday 13 February 2013 Beware of fake safety helmets, PPE experts... A leading safety manufacturer is urging contractors to check their...
- Tuesday 12 February 2013 Unsafe work leads to fine and ban... The director of a Nottingham building firm has been fined...
- Monday 11 February 2013 Trafford scaffolding firm caught on camera risking... A Trafford firm has appeared in court after workers were...
- Friday 08 February 2013 New additions to the PPE Max LIFE... Additions and amendments to the PPE MAX LIFE Document
- Thursday 07 February 2013 Two firms fined after worker injured in... Two firms have been fined after a driver was injured...
- Thursday 07 February 2013 Scaffolding firm to be prosecuted following fatal... A North West scaffolding firm is to be prosecuted following...
- Wednesday 06 February 2013 Worker's Fall Leads To Fine For Paint... A Walsall paint manufacturer has been fined for safety failings...
- Wednesday 06 February 2013 Update: Demolition firm put workers lives at... The HSE uncovered a number of safety failings at a...
- Monday 04 February 2013 Total Access (UK) Ltd – The First... We are pleased to announce that Total Access (UK) Ltd...
- Friday 01 February 2013 Merseyside demolition firm fined after lives put... An inspector from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) issued...
- Thursday 31 January 2013 Two companies fined £320,000 following contractor’s death Tata Steel has again been prosecuted for safety failings –...
- Wednesday 30 January 2013 Construction firm failed to plan or monitor... A migrant worker suffered serious injuries when he fell from...
- Wednesday 30 January 2013 Amendments to the Total Access WAH General... New amendments and additions to the General Points of Reference...
- Wednesday 30 January 2013 Refurbishment firm fined for exposing workers to... A Willenhall refurbishment and shop fitting company has been fined...
- Tuesday 29 January 2013 Powys developer fined after worker seriously injured A site developer from Powys has been fined after a...
- Monday 28 January 2013 Builder impaled by scaffold tube after scaffolding... A builder was impaled with a metal pole when the...
- Thursday 24 January 2013 Company fined for worker fall during gym... A Kent renovation company has been fined for safety failings...
- Thursday 24 January 2013 Management failings on construction accident site A carpenter working on a house refurbishment project at Tregaron,...
- Wednesday 23 January 2013 Cardiff building company fined for ignoring safety... A Cardiff building company has been fined for ignoring a...
- Monday 21 January 2013 Building firm in court over life-threatening injuries A building firm has appeared in court after a plumber...
- Monday 21 January 2013 Worker killed by falling gatepost A landscape gardener has been given a suspended prison sentence...
- Wednesday 16 January 2013 ROPE RESCUE WORK OVER WATER Working on rope rescue systems over water can be very...
- Wednesday 09 January 2013 Steel firm sentenced after worker killed by... A West Midlands steel company has been ordered to pay...
- Wednesday 09 January 2013 Companies fined after waste centre incident Two London companies have been ordered to pay nearly £110,000...
- Wednesday 09 January 2013 HSE Review of Work at Height Guidance For those interested invitation to join an HSE online community:...
- Wednesday 02 January 2013 IRATA Issues Safety Notices technicians abreast of issues of which they should be aware...
- Thursday 20 December 2012 Hull firms in court for worker's death... Two Hull firms and a company director have been sentenced...
- Wednesday 19 December 2012 Fife construction firm fined for dangerous scaffolding A Fife construction firm has been fined for exposing workers...
- Tuesday 18 December 2012 HSE PROSECUTE RISKY ROOFER ‘SNAPPED’ BY PUBLIC Stormguard Roofing (Phillip McGinn T/A) of Merseyside has been fined...
- Tuesday 18 December 2012 Construction contractor plummeted through concealed void at... Two construction companies have appeared in court for safety failings...
- Tuesday 18 December 2012 Boss of decorating firm instructed workers to... The owner of a painting and decorating company has been...
- Tuesday 11 December 2012 Injury brings early end to Hull man's... A business owner in Hull has been prosecuted after an...
- Tuesday 11 December 2012 Leeds print firm fined A Leeds printing business has been prosecuted for regularly putting...
- Monday 10 December 2012 Ladder fatality costs pub owner £235k The death of a 65-year-old man, who fell from a...
- Monday 10 December 2012 Life-changing injuries for worker in scaffold fall A scaffolding company and its director have been fined for...
- Monday 10 December 2012 FIFE MAN FINED £20,000 AFTER WORKER FALLS... A Fife man has been fined after one of his...
- Monday 10 December 2012 Research reveals secrets of Olympics safety success The secret factors behind the safety successes during construction of...
- Friday 07 December 2012 Newquay building contractor fined for ignoring safety... A Newquay building contractor has been fined for allowing multiple...
- Thursday 06 December 2012 Printing company put workers in danger on... A Leeds printing company habitually allowed its employees to be...
- Thursday 06 December 2012 Firm failed to learn work-at-height lessons Two separate fall-from-height incidents a year apart left two workers...
- Thursday 06 December 2012 Chorley bottling firm in court over forklift... A bottling firm in Chorley has appeared in court after...
- Friday 30 November 2012 Carillion fined £130,000 for fatal fall Construction giant Carillion Construction and a sub-contractor have appeared in...
- Tuesday 27 November 2012 PASMA alert to unscrupulous training providers The industry body for mobile access towers, PASMA, has been...
- Tuesday 27 November 2012 Derbyshire firm fined for putting workers in... A Derbyshire company has been fined for putting employees in...
- Tuesday 27 November 2012 Leicester firm prosecuted after worker's five-metre fall A Leicester door-fitting firm has been fined after an employee...
- Friday 23 November 2012 2013 will see Camp Italy launch the... Call us for more information It will be available on...
- Thursday 22 November 2012 Lancashire builder risked lives on scaffolding A Lancashire builder has appeared in court after he ignored...
- Monday 19 November 2012 WILD COUNTRY VOLUNTARY RECALL NOTICE - WILD... For the safety of all of our customers we are...
- Monday 19 November 2012 Wet-Rope Myths Debunked By the very nature of our sport, there will come...
- Friday 16 November 2012 A West Midlands company has been fined... The 34-year-old from Walsall, who has asked not to be...
- Thursday 15 November 2012 Injured builder in dramatic crane-winch rescue An accident-response team had to deploy a crane at a...
- Friday 09 November 2012 Untrained scaffolder suffered life-changing injuries in scaffold... Paramount Scaffolding Ltd and company director Luke Jessup have been...
- Friday 09 November 2012 BUILDING OCCUPIER FINED OVER ROOF CLEANING DANGERS Hedon Salads Ltd has been prosecuted after a workman cleaning...
- Friday 09 November 2012 UAE cleaning firm scraps high-rise cradles after... DUBAI// A high-rise window cleaning company has stopped using maintenance...
- Tuesday 06 November 2012 Visit us at the Emergency Services Show! We're exhbiting at the emergency services show on stand 103...
- Saturday 03 November 2012 Cwmbran builder fined for worker fall A Cwmbran builder has been fined after an employee was...
- Friday 02 November 2012 Height and safety news summary PROSECUTIONS CONSULTANT PROSECUTED FOR NOT SPOTTING DEFECTS Client and health and safety...
- Friday 02 November 2012 Gillingham worker pays price for firm's safety... A Dartford Scaffolding firm and its director have been prosecuted...
- Friday 02 November 2012 Company fined for worker's fall in Feltham A Somerset construction company has been fined after a worker...
- Thursday 01 November 2012 You travel all around the globe looking... He has dedicated his life to exploring and photographing some...
- Thursday 01 November 2012 Maintenance contractor fell from unsecured makeshift platform A contractor’s ability to continue working is in doubt after...
- Wednesday 31 October 2012 Scaffold boss fined for fall that happened... A scaffolding firm and its director have appeared in court...
- Tuesday 30 October 2012 SafeContractor and Constructionline Total Access is pleased to have once again successfully been...
- Monday 29 October 2012 The day elf 'n' safety went out... You might think the photograph shows a burglar caught in...
- Monday 22 October 2012 You need a head for heights for... Total Access Site Services Team on camera window cleaning -...
- Wednesday 17 October 2012 SCOTLAND SITE INSPECTIONS REVEAL MIXED RISK PICTURE Significant proportion of sites working at height in a dangerous...
- Monday 15 October 2012 MEPs listen to offshore safety concerns Fears that European plans to toughen up offshore health and...
- Friday 12 October 2012 Essex truck firm in court over life-changing... An Essex firm has been prosecuted after one of its...
- Wednesday 10 October 2012 Leading horse trainer in court after worker's... The owner of racing stables in North Yorkshire has been...
- Wednesday 10 October 2012 Brewer fined for ignoring safety warning A microbrewery has been sentenced for failing to take sufficient...
- Wednesday 10 October 2012 Demolition contractor fined for unsafe work at... A self-employed demolition contractor has been fined after members of...
- Wednesday 10 October 2012 Huge fine for construction firm following contractor’s... A building firm has been ordered to pay £548,000 in...
- Tuesday 09 October 2012 Builder paralysed after fall from roof A Lincolnshire farming business has been fined after a building...
- Tuesday 09 October 2012 Jeans for Genes Total Access (UK) Ltd took part in Jeans for Genes...
- Saturday 06 October 2012 Building contractor to pay 548,000pounds after worker... A building contractor was today ordered to pay a total...
- Saturday 06 October 2012 Builder Dies in Fall at 2018 World... A construction worker has fallen to his death at the...
- Friday 05 October 2012 Ladder Association - Ladder User Courses Total Access (UK) Ltd would like to offer you 40%...
- Friday 05 October 2012 Oxfordshire brewer stalled over HSE safety warnings A brewery has appeared in court for failing to respond...
- Friday 05 October 2012 News CAMP Safety Release Latest research Results... For the past two years CAMP and the Università degli...
- Friday 05 October 2012 Cheddleton bricklayer Darren Mahoney wins payout after... A BRICKLAYER suffered a collapsed lung after falling off unsafe...
- Friday 05 October 2012 Two men arrested over site fall death TWO men have been arrested over the death of a...
- Monday 01 October 2012 St Helens recycling firm sentenced over worker's... A recycling company has been ordered to pay £240,000 in...
- Sunday 30 September 2012 GROSS NEGLIGENCE MANSLAUGHTER TRIAL UPDATE HSE expert tells court that wall was not anchored into...
- Sunday 30 September 2012 Salford firm sentenced over canal boat death A Salford firm has been fined £50,000 over the death...
- Friday 28 September 2012 Total Access WAH General Points of Reference... General Points of reference Document
- Wednesday 26 September 2012 Ladder Association launches Ladder Exchange 2012 campaign which enables 'dodgy' ladders to be replaced for brand...
- Wednesday 26 September 2012 We have once again passed our quality... The auditor was thoroughly impressed with the professionalism and the...
- Wednesday 26 September 2012 Prosecution highlights impact of poorly managed low... CME Ceilings Ltd from Merseyside has been fined after a...
- Tuesday 25 September 2012 Farming family deaths prompt slurry warnings The HSENI and the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) have both...
- Monday 24 September 2012 HSE ENFORCEMENT WEEKLY UPDATE 26th SPTEMBER 2012 Prosecutions and enforcement notices weekly update and analysis
- Sunday 23 September 2012 Monmouth roof refurbishment company prosecuted after worker's... HSE had also given guidance and information on roof work,...
- Thursday 20 September 2012 Firm fined for worker's roof fall at... A Bridgend firm has been sentenced for safety failings after...
- Thursday 20 September 2012 Double scaffold fall leads to fine A Leicestershire house builder has been fined after two self-employed...
- Thursday 20 September 2012 Common work at height tasks Examples of generic good practice in the planning and assessment...
- Wednesday 19 September 2012 Shropshire firm fined for worker's fall from... A Shropshire firm, which hires out equipment for working safely...
- Tuesday 18 September 2012 Roof fall lands East Yorkshire farm owner... An East Yorkshire farm owner has been fined for a...
- Monday 17 September 2012 Solar Panel Installer fell through fragile roof Firm fined after teenager has miraculous escape following six metre...
- Thursday 13 September 2012 Court results from fall from roof of... Court Results from Fall from roof of unguarded cherry-picker from...
- Thursday 13 September 2012 Contractor falsified document to show site was... A director of an asbestos firm has been given a...
- Tuesday 11 September 2012 Double scaffold fall leads to fine A Leicestershire house builder has been fined after two self-employed...
- Tuesday 11 September 2012 Norwich firm fined after aircraft painter injured... A Norwich scaffolding firm has been fined after a self-employed...
- Tuesday 11 September 2012 Contractor fined after worker left severely brain... A Darlington contractor has been fined after a worker was...
- Monday 10 September 2012 Internal fall exposes housebuilder failures Firm fined after two bricklayers fall into first floor from...
- Monday 10 September 2012 Engineering firm prosecuted after workers fall from... A vehicle engineering, design and testing firm has been fined...
- Monday 10 September 2012 The British Standards Institution (BSI) has issued... The British Standards Institution (BSI) has issued Amendment 1 to...
- Monday 10 September 2012 Working at height put under safety spotlight Working at height put under safety spotlight to prevent death...
- Friday 07 September 2012 Journey to the centre of the earth British climbers drop nearly 4,000 feet into cave once dubbed...
- Thursday 06 September 2012 Alert as Via Ferrata Sets Recalled Some Manufacturers' of Sports Climbing Equipment Via Ferrata Sets Have...
- Thursday 06 September 2012 workman left in vegetative state after roof... Contractor fined after failing to ensure roofwork precautions in place
- Thursday 06 September 2012 Smaller sites come under HSE pressure to... Safety checks start on external repair projects in Yorks and...
- Thursday 06 September 2012 2 workers died in 10 metre fall Two workers aged 26 and 49 of an Alsatian demolition...
- Thursday 06 September 2012 Difficult rescue at height after fall from... fall from a ladder at 2nd floor level on a...
- Tuesday 04 September 2012 Unsafe system of work led to fractured... Worker sustained a fractured skull during construction work
- Monday 03 September 2012 Prince Andrew abseils down Europe's tallest building... His Royal HIGHNESS! Prince Andrew abseils down Europe's tallest building...
- Monday 03 September 2012 Firm fined after worker breaks neck and... A housing repair and maintenance company has been fined after...
- Sunday 02 September 2012 Total Access Max Life Summary Manufacturer's recommendations & guidance for Users, Owners & PPE Examiners...
- Friday 31 August 2012 Woman in her 20s crushed to death... Woman in her 20s crushed to death by falling window...
- Thursday 30 August 2012 Roofwork failures amounted to serious lapse A worker needed to wear a body and neck brace...
- Wednesday 29 August 2012 Worker dies after fall in Simplon tunnel A 56-year old Italian worker died yesterday in hospital in...
- Wednesday 29 August 2012 Safety probe after man killed in Sittingbourne... A safety probe is under way today after a man...
- Wednesday 29 August 2012 Toronto worker killed in fall from scaffold worker sustained fatal head injuries from a fall from scaffolding
- Wednesday 29 August 2012 Fall from height accident at Berne motorway... Construction worker was badly injured in a 5-metre fall
- Tuesday 28 August 2012 Principal contractor and specialist in court together Incomplete safety netting causes eight metre fall from structure on...
- Tuesday 28 August 2012 Errors end in MEWP fatality Mobile elevating platform fatal overturn triggered by uncovered recess
- Tuesday 28 August 2012 Revised code spells out ‘hierarchy’ of controls... The guide stresses that the main problems are falls through...
- Monday 27 August 2012 Worker falls down 23m hole at rail... A rebar cage was being lowered by chain when it...
- Thursday 23 August 2012 Retail-park roof fall lands two firms in... Two companies have admitted failing to ensure part of a...
- Thursday 23 August 2012 Site worker killed in fall from scaffold Overseas - Fall from scaffolding at 2nd floor level resulted...
- Monday 20 August 2012 worker died from fall into liquid waste Steel company fined £500,000 after worker died from fall into...
- Monday 20 August 2012 Power workers killed by land mine killed by an antipersonnel mine while carrying out repair work...
- Monday 20 August 2012 Solar panel installer injured in fall through... A French subcontract worker has been badly injured in a...
- Sunday 19 August 2012 HSE roofwork guide highlights client key role Revised code spells out ‘heirarchy’ of controls for fragile materials...
- Saturday 18 August 2012 Fraudsters collude to file false asbestos report Two men have admitted falsifying a record stating that a...
- Thursday 16 August 2012 Fall from height erecting scaffold Worker badly injured in a 2-metre fall during erecting of...
- Wednesday 15 August 2012 A man has died after falling from... Man dies after scaffolding collapse in Sittingbourne
- Wednesday 15 August 2012 Draper painter dies nearly a week after... A 60-year-old painter who fell off two stories of scaffolding...
- Tuesday 14 August 2012 Miner's body recovered after fall down shaft Miner falls down shaft of 460 metres
- Tuesday 14 August 2012 Badly erected scaffold collapsed Local police has suggested that the scaffold had been badly...
- Monday 13 August 2012 Timber frame firm fined following fall between... Soft landing system provided to mitigate fall was not used...
- Monday 13 August 2012 Workman critical after MEWP overturns Man severely injured after cherry picker topples on utilities project
- Sunday 12 August 2012 Worker slips on roof and falls 6... 52 year old worker falls from height when lost balance...
- Sunday 12 August 2012 Rail site worker crushed in crane boom... The victim was dragged down into an excavation
- Friday 10 August 2012 British standards code updates on work at... Specialist provider highlights revisions to fall protection equipment standards
- Friday 10 August 2012 Hertfordshire property developer prosecuted after workers put... A property developer has been fined after the routine inspection...
- Friday 10 August 2012 Worker dies in fall in milk tank Ladder failed to bear weight of 60 year old contract...
- Friday 10 August 2012 This Month's Special Offer 10% discount off any orders placed for delivery in August
- Thursday 09 August 2012 Why working at height can be lethal Pictures of working at height
- Thursday 09 August 2012 Client developer prosecuted over CDM 2007 offences Fine follows failure to notify HSE and appoint CDM-C and...
- Thursday 09 August 2012 Contractor fined for welfare and PPE deficiencies Lack of competent site management cover led to ’catalogue of...
- Thursday 09 August 2012 West midlands under HSE construction spotlight Safety drive in progress to reduce small site scaffold deaths...
- Thursday 09 August 2012 Our training facilities We offer state of the art training via our realistic...
- Wednesday 08 August 2012 Tasmanian worker dies in fall through roof Fall through roof, although wearing a safety harness it was...
- Monday 06 August 2012 Three firms fined after two men plunge... Wooden platform in shaft failed under weight of workmen on...
- Monday 06 August 2012 Platform collapse sends workers plunging down lift... Continued ... Three companies have been ordered to pay a...
- Sunday 05 August 2012 Construction company fined over multiple safety failings In addition there were two employees working at height without...
- Thursday 02 August 2012 Total Access PPE Max Life Summary Materials Height Safety etc. PPE manufacturers' summary of recommended max. life...
- Thursday 02 August 2012 Boris Johnson left hanging Boris Johnson left hanging on zip wire during Olympic event
- Wednesday 01 August 2012 CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN COMPANY FINED OVER ROOF... Bricklayer fall though unprotected roof opening lands builders in court
- Wednesday 01 August 2012 Heroic Hugh Herr enjoys nothing more than... Climber scales 200ft cliff despite having no legs (and one...
- Tuesday 31 July 2012 BSI issue further International Standard on Use... This part of ISO 22846 gives the fundamental principles for...
- Tuesday 31 July 2012 Construction firm fined 110,000 for floor collapse A construction company has been found guilty of ignoring design...
- Tuesday 31 July 2012 Installation of abatement system exposed haphazard approach... IFZW Maintenance Ltd of Bedfordshire has been fined after endangering...
- Tuesday 31 July 2012 General Points of reference Document New Additions to the General Points of reference document
- Monday 30 July 2012 Workers forking out for own PPE, survey... More than one in five workers are being forced to...
- Monday 30 July 2012 Worker injured in access-equipment oversight Two companies have been prosecuted for safety breaches after a...
- Friday 27 July 2012 Barking Gardener fined 6000 Mr Holland, 53, has been landed with a £6,000 bill...
- Friday 27 July 2012 Hooped ladders and the use of personal... This safety notice alerts duty holders to the key findings...
- Thursday 26 July 2012 Falling workers lucky to avoid impalement Two workers fell more than one-and-a-half metres from a roof...
- Thursday 26 July 2012 Emirates Air Line Thames cable car breaks... Passengers were left suspended in the air when a cable...
- Thursday 26 July 2012 Client failed to follow through risk assessment Client and contractor fined for using stepladder rather than mobile...
- Tuesday 24 July 2012 Biggest fine yet in third corporate manslaughter... A Manchester storage-products manufacturer has been sentenced today
- Monday 23 July 2012 Untrained workmen instructed to erect tower scaffold... Workman fell 8m from a scaffold tower.
- Monday 23 July 2012 Manslaughter charges over failed bolt fatality Oil giant faces HSW Act allegations and contractor charged with...
- Monday 23 July 2012 Olympic torch Flame takes flight on London... The Olympic flame has had a bird's-eye view of host...
- Monday 23 July 2012 Workers escape impaling after inadequate wooden guardrail... ruden Construction Ltd has been fined after two workmen, investigating...
- Sunday 22 July 2012 Inadequate inspection after modification led to fall Guard rail failed following removal and replacement after passage of...
- Friday 20 July 2012 Sheer luck no one was injured in... A catalogue of failings on the part of a demolition...
- Thursday 19 July 2012 PC and Scaffolding firm fined over design... Collapse of scaffold caused by lack of design and ineffective...
- Thursday 19 July 2012 FAILED SCAFFOLD BOARD WAS IN DAMAGED CONDITION No change found in working practices following previous prosecution
- Wednesday 18 July 2012 Executive Summary extract of Research Report RR657 Investigation into the fall-arresting effectiveness of ladder safety hoops, when...
- Tuesday 17 July 2012 Teenage worker plunged to death through fragile... A Northumberland-based agricultural engineering company and two of its directors...
- Tuesday 17 July 2012 Contractor prosecuted following fall from scaffold Missing edge protection results in 5m fall and maximum fine...
- Monday 16 July 2012 TWO DIRECTORS SENTENCED OVER FRAGILE ROOF FALL... Teenager fell through fragile roof in absence of proper precautions
- Monday 16 July 2012 CONTRACTOR FINED FOR IGNORING ADVICE AND RUNNING... Failure to act on HSE advice during ‘blitz’ ends in...
- Sunday 15 July 2012 Three dead, 17 injured at art workshop... Three people were killed and 17 injured after they were...
- Friday 13 July 2012 IRATA Issue latest Work and Safety Analysis... Total working hours exceeded 10.5 million of which half was...
- Thursday 12 July 2012 Scaffolding collapse kills 2, injures 18 in... Two people dead and another 18 injured, local government said.
- Wednesday 11 July 2012 Double fall in poorly-planned maintenance job An engineering firm continued to put employees at risk for...
- Monday 09 July 2012 CLIENT FINED AFTER FALL THROUGH FRAGILE ROOFLIGHT Trip triggered 4m plus fall through rooflight during minor roof...
- Monday 09 July 2012 Data on fatalities needs to be more... HSE Provisional Workplace Fatality Figures for 2011/12 need to be...
- Sunday 08 July 2012 PASSER-BY PHOTOGRAPH TO HSE LANDS COMPANY IN... High visibility jackets and helmets served only to highlight lack...
- Saturday 07 July 2012 INCIDENT: WORKMEN LEFT STRANDED IN ELEVATED PLATFORM Fire and rescue service use hydraulic platform to reach trapped...
- Friday 06 July 2012 CONSTRUCTION FATALITIES APRIL-MAY 2012 CONSTRUCTION AND WORKING AT HEIGHT FATALITIES APRIL-MAY 2012
- Friday 06 July 2012 PASMA CALLS FOR MORE DETAIL ON WORKPLACE... Greater ‘forensic’ HSE analysis of workplace deaths would help prevention
- Thursday 05 July 2012 633,000 penalty for fatal fall in 2004 Construction giant Amec Group must pay more than £633,000 in...
- Thursday 05 July 2012 Fatal Injuries in the Workplace The addition of provisional data for the period April 2011...
- Tuesday 03 July 2012 Shard window cleaner stuck on 72nd floor A window cleaner was stuck on the 72nd floor of...
- Tuesday 03 July 2012 Total Access Working at Height General Points
- Tuesday 03 July 2012 Report on testing in Lithuania Back-up tests, Lithuania, interim report
- Monday 02 July 2012 Company boss fined after worker left paralysed A demolition boss has been prosecuted after a worker was...
- Monday 02 July 2012 Workman dies after trench he was digging... A 54-year-old man trapped in a collapsed trench at a...
- Monday 02 July 2012 Maintenance firm fined for unsafe working at... A company installing fans on the roof of a South...
- Monday 02 July 2012 Total Access are proud to sponsor Twenty... Twenty One and a half Legs is the name 11...
- Thursday 28 June 2012 IRATA Issue latest's test results of Back... 100 kg Abseil Position Drop Test
- Wednesday 27 June 2012 Teenage workers seriously injured after falling from... A Derbyshire manufacturing firm and its director have been fined...
- Wednesday 27 June 2012 CD239 - Proposals to remove fourteen legislative... The consultative document has been divided into annexes. You can...
- Wednesday 27 June 2012 Proposed changes to HSE approval of training... Proposed changes to HSE approval of training providers and qualifications...
- Tuesday 26 June 2012 INCIDENT: - Abseiling paramedic rescues scaffolder Video footage shows rescue services novel use of MEWP and...
- Tuesday 26 June 2012 FATALITY: - Mobile Platform death in city... MEWP arm collapse causes death and leaves second workman seriously...
- Friday 22 June 2012 Building firm failed to assess fall risks A bricklayer broke his back when he fell through exposed...
- Thursday 21 June 2012 Teenage workers fell from makeshift lifting platform A manufacturing firm and its director have been fined after...
- Thursday 21 June 2012 Construction worker buried waist-deep in trench collapse A former international kick boxer has been forced to give...
- Monday 18 June 2012 Soft landing system removed whilst risk remained Principal contractor prosecuted for premature removal of fall mitigation system
- Monday 18 June 2012 Inadequate access and unprotected joists end in... Bricklayer fractures back in fall through open joists on refurbish...
- Thursday 14 June 2012 Assessing all Work at Height What you need to do -The law link to external...
- Thursday 14 June 2012 Harnesses save two A self-propelled boom lift overturned yesterday near Reading, Pennsylvania, the...
- Tuesday 12 June 2012 Boat-building firm sinks below safety standards A worker suffered a broken arm after falling off the...
- Tuesday 12 June 2012 Key To a Successful Rope Access Door IRATAs longest standing member
- Monday 11 June 2012 Judith Hackitt's 'Risk Assessment HSE's chair Judith Hackitt looks at the some of the...
- Wednesday 06 June 2012 Wirral roofer prosecuted after lives put at... A Wirral roofer has been prosecuted after he allowed a...
- Wednesday 06 June 2012 Fines imposed following scaffolding fall death A firm, its director and a supervisor have been sentenced...
- Wednesday 06 June 2012 Falls from height in ports Many of the activities carried out in ports could lead...
- Friday 01 June 2012 Perilously-perched roofer filmed in power-tool repair job The director of a roofing firm has been prosecuted for...
- Friday 01 June 2012 Total Acces Brand New Website Total Access (UK) Ltd is pleased to announce the launch...
- Wednesday 30 May 2012 PPE saved worker from more serious burn... A demolition firm failed to ensure a gas pipe was...
- Wednesday 30 May 2012 Scaffold firm and two personnel fined over... A scaffolding company, its director, and a supervisor have admitted...
- Friday 11 May 2012 Death of retired builder in sea front Inquest hears how ‘safety gone mad’ debate delayed erection of...
- Wednesday 02 May 2012 Church fined after worker paralysed A church council in South Kensington has been prosecuted for...
- Wednesday 02 May 2012 Sponsors of Eccleshall Rugby Club Total Access (UK) Limited are proud sponsors of Eccleshall Rugby...
- Wednesday 02 May 2012 Inspection & Replace Notice The Manufacturer Alexander Andrew, Inc (doing business as FallTech) released...
- Thursday 19 April 2012 Grayling narrowly avoids falling myths Minister Chris Grayling chose a conference held on 18 April...
- Wednesday 18 April 2012 London Shard cleaned by Rope Access Fearless window cleaners abseil down London's 1,000ft Shard
- Tuesday 17 April 2012 Rope Access Standard to be scrapped Meeting of the National Committee BSI/PH/5, Personal fall protection,held on...
- Tuesday 10 April 2012 Sponsorship of ssart Total Access are proud to sponsor a great local rescue...
- Wednesday 04 April 2012 Diamond Jubilee 2012 Eccleshall in Bloom for the Diamond Jubilee 2012
- Tuesday 03 January 2012 Midlands Air Ambulance Charity Dear Friends of Midlands Air Ambulance Thank you for your...
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We have established ourselves as the UK's leading provider of Height Safety Support Services with a reputation for delivering first class Training, Operational and Technical services.
Established over 20 years we remain at the forefront of our industry due to our tireless customer dedication and unrivalled experience in providing safe, quality solutions to difficult access problems.
