News archive - March 08
- Worker Plunges: Rules Breached - 29 March 2008
A bricklayer smashed his head in a building site fall after a contractor failed to meet health and safety regulations.
- Window Cleaners Hurt in Crane - 28 March 2008
Two window cleaners have escaped with bruises after their lifting crane fell over.
- Safety and Health Expo - Access Live - 28 March 2008
Access Industry Forum will be hosting a number of best practice work at height solutions at the Safety and Health Expo in Birmingham on 13th and 14th May. There will also be a presentation from HSE.
- Shocking Cost of Accidents at Work - 24 March 2008
SLIPS, trips and falls at work places in Hartlepool cost a staggering £1.3m last year. Seventy six people suffered injuries - with 28 classed as serious and 48 hurt badly enough to be off work sick for more than three days.
- Tree Worker Slashed with Chainsaw - 19 March 2008
A tree surgeon has died after accidentally slashing himself with a chainsaw.
- Power Station Fall Steeplejack Named - 18 March 2008
A steeplejack who died after falling from a power station has been named.
- Workplace Injuries Cost an Arm and a Leg - 13 March 2008
This week HSE launched the Shattered Lives campaign to highlight the potentially devastating impacts of workplace injuries.
- Cracking down on workplace accidents - 13 March 2008
A campaign to highlight the dangers of workplace accidents has been launched.
And the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, provided the background for promotional photographs of a model dressed to look like a shattered porcelain doll.
- Family sue over site death - 12 March 2008
The family of a man who fell to his death on a building site have claimed damages.
- Worker who fell into cyanide vat quizzed - 10 March 2008
A worker who fell into a vat of diluted liquid potassium cyanide at a metal plating factory has been interviewed in hospital by health and safety investigators.
- Costly slipups in the workplace - 02 March 2008
Slips, trips and falls at work cost Sunderland almost £5million last year.
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