News archive - December 07
- Dodgy ladders exchanged in Bury - 21 December 2007
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council carried out ladder inspections in October and November. There were 87 premises inspected and 228 ladders examined. 75 ladders were not up to scratch leading to 73 being given up and two notices issued.
- Lift plunge man has lucky escape - 11 December 2007
A building worker who fell 40ft (12m) down a lift shaft in a skyscraper escaped with just cuts and bruises.
- Lucky to be alive - 8 December 2007
Building workers are lucky to be alive after scaffolding around a block of flats in Chatham town centre collapsed.
- Probe launched into cradle left dangling in high winds on city centre office block - 5 December 2007
An investigation has been launched into how a cradle was left to dangle perilously 140ft up at the top of a city centre building.
- Lucky escape for bridge fall man - 5 December 2007
A LABOURER plunged 20ft from scaffolding on Jubilee Bridge after losing his footing in pouring rain. Fire crews spent 40 minutes winching the 35-year-old worker to safety.
- Retail giant faces major fine over worker’s coma - 5 December 2007
A retail giant could be fined more than £25,000 after a worker fell off a ladder at the company's factory and was left in a coma for almost a month.
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