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Top Cherry Picker Safety Tips
Top Cherry Picker Safety Tips Working at height can be very dangerous, as the figures from any year in the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) statistics on injuries at work will show. Falls are by far the biggest reason for death and serious injury, across all working environments, but with care and correct training, this…
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Fines levied for ignoring potential asbestos risk
Fines levied for ignoring potential asbestos risk A leaseholder of a catering business has recently been handed down a severe fine of £10,000, plus £5,000 costs and a £500 victim surcharge after removing asbestos insulation board without taking the proper and legally required precautions. The law is very clear on the matter – it is…
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Tragic case highlights need for proper scaffold safety measures
Tragic case highlights need for proper scaffold safety measures An inquest into the death of a painter who fell from a scaffold tower on the outskirts of Dublin last year has recorded a verdict of death my misadventure, and has also highlighted just how dangerous improper use of scaffold towers is. John Kelly was an…
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Over 1.1 million MEWPs now in worldwide rental fleet
The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) recently discovered that there are approximately 1,120,000 mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) available to hire around the world. This figure is 8% higher than the previous year, and of course does not even include those MEWPs individually owned by construction firms and such. On the whole, more and more…
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London firm fined for unsafe refurbishment work
London firm fined for unsafe refurbishment work London property firm FN Property Ltd have been fined £10,000 for breaching the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. It was found in March this year that work carried out by the company at a property on Newton Avenue, Acton between July 2013 and January 2014…
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Job Opportunity – Sales Advisor
Internal Sales Adviser We are looking for an Internal Sales Adviser to work within our successful Health and Safety Training organisation. Boss Training has been established over 10 years providing training to a wide range of clients, large and small throughout the UK. We are one of the leading providers for Safe Work at Height…
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Southport firm fined by the HSE
Southport firm fined by the HSE As an employee for a company, particularly one which requires potential hazards, it is important to feel that you are as secure as possible and that every attempt is being made to safeguard your security from safety equipment to training. Legislation has been developing significantly over the last decade…
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Asbestos in schools causes concern
Asbestos in schools causes concern Concern has been raised by teaching unions, in particular the NUT, with the news that 90% of schools in Lancashire have been identified as having asbestos somewhere on the premises. The risks of asbestos are widely known and all buildings since 1999 have been banned from including asbestos in any…
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IPAF Training Birmingham
IPAF Courses in Birmingham Boss Training offers approved IPAF Training courses in Birmingham. Britain’s second city is an exciting place to live and work – and a great place to train! We offer comprehensive IPAF courses in Birmingham including PAV training, MEWPS for Managers and Scissor and Boom Training. Our training centre is easily commutable from anywhere…
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UK Health and Safety Week 2015 is Launched
UK Health and Safety Week 2015 is Launched Everyone knows that it is all too easy to sideline the issue of Health and Safety so the announcement of this year’s UK Health and Safety Week at a meeting earlier this month has been widely welcomed. The focus this year will be Protecting Worker Health. The…
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Recent HSE prosecution highlights importance of scaffolding training
In a recent prosecution brought by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) a loft conversion company has been fined a total of £6019 including costs at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. The company were brought to trial after an employee was injured when scaffolding collapsed while he was working on a home in North London. The whole…
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Free Health and Safety Conferences
Free health and safety conference in Glasgow this April There is to be a free health and safety conference staged by the British Safety Council at the Health and Safety Scotland exhibition in Glasgow, on the 22 and 23 of April. This will be an excellent opportunity for Scottish business owners to find out more…
