News archive - August 07
- Hampshire councils seize 88 defective ladders - 29 August 2007
Ten Councils in Hampshire took part helping to take dodgy ladders out of local workplaces.
- 32 dodgy ladders taken out of workplaces in Oldham - 24 August 2007
Oldham Borough council officials net 32 defective ladders in 49 visits to local premises.
- Inquiry into Power Station Death - 31 August 2007
An inquest has been opened and adjourned into the death of a worker who fell into a water chamber at a power station.
- Construction worker dies on site - 16 August 2007
Last Monday (6) a worker died after falling from scaffolding at a construction site in Upper Thames Street in the City
- Del Boys beware dodgy ladders - 15 August 2007
There is still a lot of poor equipment out there and we will make sure we educate people and encourage them to get rid of poor quality ladders from workplaces.
- Sign of the times - 15 August 2007
An award-winning museum has come up with a clever way to maintain the upkeep of one of the region's period attractions while keeping up its image.
- Crane victims still in hospital - 14 August 2007
The two men catapulted from a cherry picker three storeys high on to a York street remain in a Leeds hospital more than a week after the incident.
- Building sites closed down - 14 August 2007
More than 30 South Yorkshire building sites have been shut down in the past month amid fears workers could be seriously injured or even killed. Risks like working at heights and electrical safety were responsible for the majority of notices issued - despite the dangers being well-known.
- Enquiry launched into collapse of scaffolding - 14 August 2007
An investigation has been launched to discover how a set of scaffolding fell down, leaving a man seriously injured.
- Trade in dodgy ladders for safer ones - 13 August 2007
A campaign has been launched in the city to remove dodgy ladders from the workplace. The Health and Safety Executive has teamed up with Speedy Hire in Peterborough to encourage bosses to help cut the number of injuries by trading in their old and faulty ladders for safer equipment.
- A helping hand - 23 June 2007
A plasterer’s new ‘hawk’ design helps people maintain three points of contact on a ladder.
- Man hurt as scaffolding collapses - 8 August 2007
A man is in hospital after falling 16ft (5m) when scaffolding collapsed from the side of a house.
- Men hurt in cherry picker crash - 2 August 2007
Two men have been taken to hospital with serious head injuries after a lorry collided with their cherry picker.
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