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A firm in East Lothian has been fined for serious safety failings after a worker was left paralysed when he fell almost four metres through a fragile rooflight. Neil Knox, then 69, of Pencaitland in East Lothian, is confined to a wheelchair after suffering irreparable damage to his spinal cord in the incident in March 2013 as he replaced plastic rooflights on a farm shed in Lauder, in the Scottis ... more
A building firm has been fined £10,000 after a 17-year-old mental health patient broke her back and pelvis when she fell over six metres from the roof of the Royal Preston Hospital in Fullwood. W Hughes and Son Ltd was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after an investigation found the company had failed to prevent access to the scaffolding on the site. Preston Magistrates ... more
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Businesses ought to turn over a new leaf and stop blaming health and safety for poor or over-the-top decisions, says the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The regulator launched its 40th anniversary year with a call to stop the culture of blaming anything and everything on non-existent ‘health and safety’ rules. It has also recently published research from the University of Exe ... more
IPAF has issued the one millionth ever PAL Card (Powered Access Licence) under its voluntary, industry-led operator training programme, and to celebrate, it’s calling on all valid PAL card holders to enter a prize draw. There will be five top prizes for verified operators to win a free trip to the access event of the year, the IPAF Summit and International Awards for Powered Access (IAPAs ... more
The Facelift team visited one of the most famous streets in Britain recently, after the Coronation Street production crew hired one of our Skyjack 46AJ to put synthetic snow on top of the buildings. A prudent move given the lack of a white Christmas! ... more
In a move that aims to improve site safety, all PAL cards issued from 1 January 2015 will be machine-readable ‘smart’ cards. This will further ensure that only trained operators can use mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) and mast climbing work platforms (MCWPs) on site. The Smart PAL Card is marked by a wireless icon and has a chip embedded in it. Key data is stored on the card, ... more
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Construction firms continued to recruit staff at a fast pace in December, as the sector’s growth remained robust. The latest construction purchasing managers’ index compiled by Markit and the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) shows that robust output growth was witnessed as 2014 drew to a close. A score of 57.6 was achieved, with any reading higher than 50 represent ... more
In an effort to improve safety and performance for low level work platforms, such as pulpits and podiums, all of PASMA’s manufacturing members now comply with the requirements of PAS 250. This publically available specification - expected to become a full British Standard by 2016 - is sponsored by PASMA and developed in collaboration with the British Standards Institution (BSI), along ... more
