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Worker suffers severe head injury in barn roof fall

Worker suffers severe head injury in barn roof fallDate:19 March 2013 from: http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2013/rnn-nw-allsopshirt.htmA worker suffered multiple head injuries and was left blind in one eye after he plunged nearly five metres through a fragile barn roof in Edale, a court...

Published on 20 March 2013, 8:32 PM by WaltFH16 | 0 comment(s)

Solar panel worker falls through rooflight

from http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2013/rnn-se-gendex.htmSolar panel firm fined for worker fall in HampshireDate:7 March 2013Release No:SE/TBC/13A Dorset company specialising in the installation of solar panels has been fined for safety failings after a worker fell from a roof in...

Published on 17 March 2013, 5:37 PM by ElizabethR | 0 comment(s)

Tags: Fall from Height HSE fine Roof Solar Panel

Acrobat falls through safety net

Acrobat falls through safety netAn acrobat fell through a safety net at a circus in Moscow 14 March 2013 from: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/acrobat-falls-through-safety-net-29130129.html A Kenyan acrobat is in hospital with serious injuries after falling...

Published on 14 March 2013, 9:43 AM by AngryBird | 0 comment(s)

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Lorry driver seriously injured by fall during sheeting - firms fined

Two firms fined after worker injured in fallDate:4 February 2013Release No:SCO/004/13 form the HSETwo firms have been fined after a driver was injured when he fell from the top of a heavy goods vehicle. An employee of the haulage company Yuill and Dodds Limited, was working as a HGV driver...

Published on 20 February 2013, 8:41 AM by WaltFH16 | 0 comment(s)

Tags: Driver Fall from height fines harness HSE Lorry Sheeting

Window cleaner's fatal fall was ‘tragic accident’

Brighton window cleaner's fatal fall was ‘tragic accident’.9:47am Monday 18th February 2013 http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10234460.Brighton_window_cleaner_s_fatal_fall_was____tragic_accident___/ Hughie Windfield died after falling from a ladderA window cleaner who...

Published on 19 February 2013, 9:19 AM by AmyasC | 0 comment(s)

Tags: Fall from height Fatality Window Cleaner

Refurbishment firm fined for exposing workers to fall risk

Refurbishment firm fined for exposing workers to fall riskDate:30 January 2013Release No:HSE/M/22/13from: the HSE at http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2013/rnn-wm-2213.htm?ebul=hsegen&cr=4/4-feb-13A Willenhall refurbishment and shop fitting company has been fined for safety failings after...

Published on 4 February 2013, 5:24 PM by LeicesterMan | 0 comment(s)

Tags: Fall from Height Wolverhampton Working at Height

Another roofing contractor sufferes serious head injuries after fall

Man badly hurt in roof fall (Tasmania)from: http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2012/11/12/365867_tasmania-news.html HELEN KEMPTON | November 12, 2012 10.06amWORKPLACE Standards has put Tasmanian roofing contractors on notice after another worker fell...

Published on 3 December 2012, 9:31 AM by ElizabethR | 0 comment(s)

Tags: Fall from height head injuries Roofing Contractor Tasmania

Son, 12, tried in vain to save his father after 10m fall from barn roof

Son, 12, tried in vain to save his father after 10m fall from barn roofBy Pat Flynn from: http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/son-12-tried-in-vain-to-save-his-father-after-10m-fall-from-barn-roof-215554.htmlFriday, November 30, 2012 A 12-year-old boy tried in vain to resuscitate his...

Published on 3 December 2012, 9:23 AM by ElizabethR | 0 comment(s)

Tags: agriculture CPR Fall from height farming fatality Ireland

Man fined £20,000 after construction employee is killed falling through the roof

Fife man fined £20,000 after employee killed in 14.5m fall 5 November, 2012 | By Chris BerkinBoyd Lamont from Fife has been fined £20,000 for health and safety breaches after one of his employees fell through the roof of a warehouse in 2008. Mr Lamont, from Buckhaven, Fife, was...

Published on 12 November 2012, 8:09 AM by Bonobo | 0 comment(s)

Tags: Contractor Fall from Height Roof Safe System of Work SSOW

Contractor fined over Thomas Sturrock roof fall death

2 November 2012 Last updated at 18:19 from the BBC at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-20185713.Contractor fined over Thomas Sturrock roof fall death Thomas Sturrock fell to his death from the factory roof A self-employed contractor has been fined £20,000 after...

Published on 2 November 2012, 11:23 PM by Hastings | 0 comment(s)

Tags: Fall from Height Fatality Fine HSE Ris Assessment Roof

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