News archive - November 06

• Man fighting for life after warehouse fall - 28 November 2006
  A MAN was today in a serious condition in hospital after plunging 30ft from a warehouse roof.
• Horror as man falls into acid - 28 November 2006
  A worker was rushed to hospital after falling 20ft into hydrochloric acid at a Black Country factory.
• Workman hurt as stairs collapse - 26 November 2006
  A 31-year-old man was treated in hospital after he fell through a set of stone steps which collapsed and landed on top of him.
• Drivers escape scaffolding collapse drama - 23 November 2006
  Police have admitted it was "amazing" no one was killed as scaffolding crashed across a pavement and busy road on Thursday morning.
• Fall from roof costs firm £25,000 - 08 November 2006
  Companies are today reminded of the dangers of working at height following a prosecution brought by the Health and Safety Executive against a West Wales business.
• Saving lives of forestry workers - 07 November 2006
  Health and Safety Executive Wales is running a free safety and health awareness day for the forestry industry in the Clocaenog Forest today in an effort to tackle the high rate of fatal and major accidents in the industry. Safe work at height will be one of the main topics discussed.
• Event to cut forestry accidents - 01 November 2006
  A safety health awareness day is being held in Northumberland to tackle the high rate of fatalities in the forestry industry. Safe work at height will be one of the main topics discussed.
• Firm guilty after man fell - 06 November 2006
  A construction firm pleaded guilty to breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act after Richard Green, aged 17, fell off the open end of a platform.
• Factory Death - 03 November 2006
  A factory worker has died after falling into a machine. Flags were flown at half mast today at the factory in Birtley, Gateshead, following the tragic accident.
• Paul took a nasty fall - 4 November 2006
  A MAN who plunged 13ft from the top of a waste recycling lorry is back on his feet - and in business - only eight months after his accident.
• Crane worker falls to death - 1 November 2006
  A worker was killed after a double-decker bus knocked him off a cherry-picker crane and then ran over him.

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