Easter egg hunt - Prizes of 50 Scissor and boom lifts to give away!

1 April 2012 Email this article

Enter our 2012 Great Easter Egg Hunt Competition for your chance to win one of 50 Scissor and Boom lifts, example as shown in the picture. There are 12 eggs to find on our web site. Click on each egg you find to reveal a clue for the next egg, we'll give you the first which is on our Home page. The clues are simple and fun, most are only one click from the home page, once you've found the 12 ... more

Lack of fall protection lands construction business in court with hefty fine

26 March 2012 Email this article

An Edgware-based construction company and its director have been fined after carrying out demolition and construction work without fall protection and other safety measures at a house in Surrey. ?The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Laxmi Developments Ltd and its director, Vijay Madhaparia, of Tavistock Road, Edgware, for failing to comply with a Prohibition Noti ... more

Free Facelift 2012 Access Guide

23 March 2012 Email this article

Our 2012 Access Guide has up to date listing of all of the Access Equipment available for hire, and a guide to range Training Courses available. Download a pdf copy of the Access Guide Request Free copies of the Access Guide ... more

Ladder training - not to be laughed at

23 March 2012 Email this article

More workers are killed by falls from height than any other type of accident, according to figures from the Health and Safety Executive and the insurance industry. With over two million ladders in use daily throughout the UK, ladder safety must be taken seriously, as a key contender to working at height. Why do you need ladder training? Tried and tested, the humble ladder may be overlooked in te ... more

Company fined due to unsafe demolition and construction work

23 March 2012 Email this article

Unsafe demolition and construction work has led to an Edgware-based construction company and its director being fined. Laxmi Developments Ltd and its director, Vijay Madhaparia, of Tavistock Road, Edgware, have been prosecuted for failing to comply with a Prohibition Notice (PN), failing to provide adequate safety protection for employees and failing to carry out an asbestos survey on a propert ... more

The City of London and working at height

20 March 2012 Email this article

The City of London classes both window cleaning and the use of suspended access equipment as a high risk activity. As such, there are annual inspections, in support of the HSE Falls from Height Priority Programme and it is involved at the planning application stage for large developments - to minimise risk to 'As Low As Reasonably Practicable', in line with the HSE policy. Being aware ... more

Keep things in check, with the Health and Safety Executive's Safe Maintenance Campaign

20 March 2012 Email this article

The Health and Safety Executive has a Healthy Workplaces European Campaign on Safe Maintenance, in partnership with the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), the EEF and the TUC. This Europe-wide campaign promotes a safe and healthy workplace - through encouraging an in depth and structured approach to maintenance. Maintenance affects each area of health and safety. ... more

Unsafe loading leads to worker's fall

20 March 2012 Email this article

An employee fell around two metres while unloading a shipping container, attached to the back of an HGV. As a result, a partner in a Leicester food company has been fined. The 18-year-old employee was asked to unload barrels, stored in layers with plywood separating each layer, from the container at Simtom Food Products factory in Merry Lees. The teenage worker was then lifted on a pallet ... more

Nine metre fall from mobile access tower

5 March 2012 Email this article

A 38-year-old employee of M-tech Engineering Limited fell from a mobile tower scaffold being used to install a steel staircase at a building in Convent Street, Nottingham, on 15 April 2009. Two Nottingham companies have been fined after a worker fell more than nine metres, injuring his back. He fractured two vertebrae and was off work for almost seven months. The building ... more

Great shot! - F100 Winner Chris Gareze

28 February 2012 Email this article

Chris Gareze is our F100 Winner for February. Chris's shot was taken at during concrete repairs to the soffit of Callowbrook Bridge, on the A38 Birmingham Rd, Rubery. Platform used was the Ascendant 17 truck mounted platform, Chris commented 'The controls in the basket allowed us to carefully move the platform in to the best possible position, to carry out the work.' View the Hi ... more

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Easter egg hunt - Prizes of 50 Scissor and boom lifts to give away!

Lack of fall protection lands construction business in court with hefty fine

Free Facelift 2012 Access Guide

Ladder training - not to be laughed at

Company fined due to unsafe demolition and construction work

The City of London and working at height

Keep things in check, with the Health and Safety Executive's Safe Maintenance Campaign

Unsafe loading leads to worker's fall

Nine metre fall from mobile access tower

Great shot! - F100 Winner Chris Gareze

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