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• 'First aid management for harness suspension when working at height - Research now published - May 2009
  
  A report of the review and the full list of recommendations have now been published on the HSE website. Following completion of an evidence based review of published medical literature on the effects of a fall triggering harness suspension, HSE confirms that no change should be made to the standard first aid guidance for the post recovery of a semi conscious or unconscious person in a horizontal position, even if the subject of prior harness suspension.'
  
  View the full report RR708 [620KB]
• First aid management for harness suspension when working at height - 9 September 2008
  The sometimes quoted suggestion of recovery in a semi-recumbent or sitting position may prove dangerous through prolonging the lack of blood return to the brain.

• Building sites closed over safety - 12 June 2008
  Construction workers were ordered to down tools at seven sites on Merseyside because of serious safety concerns.
• Inquest finds roofer’s death was accident - 10 June 2008
  A popular father-of-two died after plunging through a roof light as he did casual work for a company, an inquest heard.

• Fall shatters life of carpenter - 6 June 2008
  A five-metre fall left a carpenter with serious injuries which may well have ended his career. Following the prosecution of his employers for the incident, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning companies to ensure they have safe systems in place for working at height.
• HSE warn of dangers of work at height - 5 June 2008
  The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned companies that they must control the risks from falls in the workplace. This message follows the prosecution of a company after an employee fell more than two meters from the top of a spray booth resulting in several fractures and bleeding to his brain.
• HSE warn of work at height dangers - 3 June 2008
  The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned of the danger of working at height without properly planning the work.  The warning follows a prosecution after an employee fell from a bowls pavilion and broke his arm.
• Safety warning for those using fixed rail fall arrest systems - 01 October 2007

• Lack of edge protection costs - 6 June 2008
  A double glazing and roofing firm has been fined for repeatedly exposing its workers to the risk of falling from height.
• Cradle maker’s ‘knew of its faults’ - 5 June 2008
  The manufacturers of a cradle which broke, killing a tower block painter, knew of its ‘deadly design faults but failed to act’, a court heard.
• Sawmill fined after worker is injured - 4 June 2008
  Sawmill owners have been fined £6000 after an employee broke two ribs in an accident at the plant.

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