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NewsFirm fined 拢6K for flouting safety rules
Firm failed to address problems despite repeated calls
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NewsMansell fined 拢50,000 for asbestos failings
Balfour subsidiary and subcontractor fined after deadly substance escapes in occupied flats
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CommentCrazy heights
When working 20ft above the ground, it鈥檚 best to find something sturdy to stand on 鈥�
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CommentYou only live twice
Painting large areas can get tedious, so these two workers have decided to do it in true 007 style 鈥� teetering on a tiny ledge and leaning precariously over a drop.
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CommentThe last straw
Dean Walton spotted a disaster waiting to happen from his hotel room in Bangladesh
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Designing out risk
This is the first high-profile prosecution of an architect under the CDM regulations for a site death, and it shows how the onus is on designers to reduce health and safety risks
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NewsFirm found guilty in corporate manslaughter test case
Geotechnical Holdings failed to ensure the safety of a geologist crushed to death in a trench
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Councils call on pension funds to provide social housing
London councils say pension funds and insurance companies could help make up housing shortfall
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ODA investigation into Olympic accidents
Accident rate on the Village much higher than the park as a whole
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NewsWorker killed in mining museum
Contractor is believed to have been trapped by machinery at the museum in Wakefield
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NewsCouncil fined after OAP dies falling through access hole
90-year-old woman fell through an access hole uncovered by council workers
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NewsFirm fined 拢5,000 after three workers fall through skylights
HSE prosecutes Bizspace Investments after successive incidents leave one worker paralysed
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NewsGovernment rejects new timber frame rules
CLG rules out implementation of GLA demands to make timber-frame sites more safe
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NewsGLA calls for new rules for timber frame
Greater London Assembly wants new measures to reduce the risk of fire in timber framed developments under construction in the capital