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Forty found alive after Dhaka building collapse kills 220

Forty people have been found alive in a room in the ruins of a building on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, a day after it collapsed.Bangladeshi television broadcast images of the operation at the site of the collapse in the Savar area, which killed more than 220 people.It is...

Published on 25 April 2013, 4:17 PM by Alfred | 0 comment(s)

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Bangladesh Dhaka building collapse leaves 30 dead

The BBC reports that at least 30 people have been killed and hundreds are feared trapped after an eight-storey building collapsed in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, emergency services say.Frantic efforts are under way to rescue those beneath the debris. At least 200 were injured by the...

Published on 24 April 2013, 8:54 AM by Alfred | 0 comment(s)

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OSHA requests recommendations to update its construction industry standards

WASHINGTON – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is issuing a Request for Information to initiate the fourth phase of its Standards Improvement Project (SIP). The purpose of SIP-IV is to improve and streamline existing OSHA construction standards by removing or revising...

Published on 9 December 2012, 10:39 PM by slowhand | 0 comment(s)

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Wimbledon company fined for dangerous demolition site

A Wimbledon construction firm has been prosecuted for endangering workers and the public with unsafe demolition work.AA Construction (London) Ltd failed to properly plan the work at Quintin Avenue, near Wimbledon Chase tube station, in early February 2011.Local residents raised concerns that...

Published on 26 October 2012, 12:49 PM by Blazer | 0 comment(s)

Tags: HSE prosecution AA Construction (London) Ltd construction safety demolition safety

Esher company fined £110k after health and safety breaches

Esher company fined £110k after health and safety breaches7:00am Monday 6th August 2012 in Elmbridge By Louise Robertson from: http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/local/elmbridgenews/9854410.Esher_company_fined___110k_after_health_and_safety_breaches/An Esher construction company...

Published on 6 August 2012, 8:44 AM by AmyasC | 0 comment(s)

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Leadership and Worker Involvement: Learning From London 2012

Congress Centre, London, 24 May 2012Apply now for a free half-day seminar hosted by the TUC, focusing on the health and safety lessons learned from the London 2012 construction project in relation to leadership and worker involvement.The project has had an exemplary health and safety record, and...

Published on 13 May 2012, 10:42 AM by Blazer | 0 comment(s)

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Judith Hackitt’s ‘Risk Assessment’ – Olympic fever

HSE Chair Judith Hackitt writes about HSE’s work with the Olympics authorities on the London 2012 Games."There is no doubt that Britain is starting to feel the first bursts of Olympic fever.You can't watch television, listen to the radio or open newspaper without alighting on a related...

Published on 1 May 2012, 7:31 AM by Blazer | 0 comment(s)

Tags: construction safety HSE Judith Hackett London 2012 ODA Olympics

Construction firm fined for repeatedly ignoring safety warnings

Construction firm fined for repeatedly ignoring safety warnings 26 April 2012 11:43 Health and Safety Executive (London) A construction company has been fined for continuing unsafe working practices at a site in Upper Norwood, Croydon, after repeatedly ignoring safety warnings.The...

Published on 26 April 2012, 12:01 PM by Carla | 0 comment(s)

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Evaluation of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007

In September 2003, the Health and Safety Commission took the decision to revise the existing Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM 1994) with the objective of improving the management of risk. Consequently, CDM 2007 came into force on 6 April 2007.It was agreed to evaluate CDM...

Published on 13 April 2012, 10:21 AM by Blazer | 0 comment(s)

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Demolition firm fined after man's arm is severed

A West Midlands firm has been fined after a teenage worker's arm was amputated after being crushed during the demolition of old Grand Cinema in Ramsey town centre in Cambridgeshire.[1]Selector grabThomas Bird, from Lichfield, Staffordshire, was working as a labourer for UK Demolition...

Published on 1 April 2012, 4:10 PM by Blazer | 0 comment(s)

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