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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.

Mon 13 May 2013 - posted by Total Access

Roofing company in court for ignoring safety risks

A roofing company has been fined for exposing workers to serious risk of injury at a site in Deeside, Flintshire.

Fri 10 May 2013 - posted by Total Access

2013 AIF Knowledge Base: Driving forward the working at height agenda

May 14-16 at Birmingham’s NEC – the Access Industry Forum (AIF) will again be sponsoring the Working at Height Knowledge Base and InformationCentre at the Safety & Health Expo (SHE 2013).