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Fri 17 May 2013 - posted by Total Access

PC and contractor prosecuted despite both businesses folding

C J Deighton & Co Ltd and Julian Chard Carpentry Ltd have been prosecuted after a labourer suffered multiple injuries in a fall from unguarded scaffolding during construction of timber frames on a Wiltshire project in March 2012.

Tue 14 May 2013 - posted by Total Access

Fragile roof replacement project lacked planning

Aston Roofing North West Ltd has been fined after roofwork was undertaken without precautions which created serious risk of injury at a Flintshire project in November 2012.

Tue 14 May 2013 - posted by Total Access

Concrete firm director ignored warnings prior to fatal fall

Carillion Construction Ltd, Febray Ltd and Michael Febrey director of the concrete structures company have been prosecuted after a scaffolder died when he fell whilst dismantling a scaffold platform on a major Swansea construction project in 2008.

Mon 13 May 2013 - posted by Total Access

Worker fell through pig shed roof after firm ignored safety warnings

A York firm that fits solar panels has been prosecuted after an employee fell four metres through the fragile roof of a pig shed at an East Yorkshire farm.

Mon 13 May 2013 - posted by Total Access

Young child rescued after he used ladder to access hotel roof

It has been reported by ITV (7 May) that a toddler has been rescued after climbing onto a hotel roof in Oxfordshire. The toddler is said to have used a ladder to get to the roof at the Tree Hotel in Iffley.