News archive - September 07
- Salford council take 17 dodgy ladders out of local workplaces - 21 September 2007
- Six hurt as scaffolding collapses at university - 20 September 2007
Builders working a university’s new £23.5m art and design academy fell 30ft when scaffolding collapsed.
- Cardiff Council confiscate 16 dodgy ladders - 20 September 2007
- Vale of Glamorgan take in 3 dodgy ladders - 20 September 2007
- Council fined after ladder fall - 18 September 2007
A Shropshire council has been fined £12,000 after an accident in which an employee fell off a ladder and shattered his heels.
- Firms fined after man’s death - 14 September 2007
The brother of a man who died after falling 30ft from a farm building has said his employers would have to live with his death on their consciences.
- Tree surgeon killed by 30ft fall in garden - 13 September 2007
A tree surgeon suffered multiple injuries and later died after falling 30ft out of a tree in a Birmingham back garden, an inquest heard.
- HSS Hire extend their Ladder Exchange trade-in offer until the end of August 2007
- SGB Hire and sale extend Ladder Exchange trade-in offer until the end of September 2007
- Speedy Hire extend their Ladder Exchange trade-in offer until the end of December 2007
- Man Plunges from Crane in City Docks - 10 September 2007
An investigation was underway today after a man plunged 20ft from a crane in Southampton docks.
- Man being treated after 15ft fall - 10 September 2007
A man has been taken to hospital with head injuries after falling from a scaffold.
- Farm worker injured in fall - 5 September 2007
A man in his 50s has been flown to hospital after falling 15ft (4.5m) while working on machinery at a farm.
- Firms urged to ditch old ladders - 2 September 2007
East Midlands firms have been urged to ditch potentially dangerous old ladders in exchange for new, safer ones
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