http://www.safetyservices.co.uk Company and Industry Safety News provided by the Safety Services (UK) Ltd. which has now been providing Health and Safety advice and training services to industry for over 20 yrs and has full time advisers and trainers that has been recruited from a range of employment sectors namely local authority, construction, manufacturing, engineering and retail. en-us Copyright safetyservices.co.uk All Rights Reserved. Fri Apr 27 13:14:32 UTC+0100 2012 http://www.safetyservices.co.uk/images/ssuklogo150.gif http://www.safetyservices.co.uk http://www.safetyservices.co.uk/news.asp?ID=360 Seven construction workers were lucky to survive when more than 250 tonnes of wet concrete collapsed , Fri Apr 27 00:00:00 UTC+0100 2012 http://www.safetyservices.co.uk/news.asp?ID=359 Builder prosecuted after air handling unit fell during lifting operation Concentra Ltd has been ordered to pay over £40,000 in fines and prosectution costs after an incident in September 2008 when a woman was injured as she waited for a London bus. , Fri Apr 27 00:00:00 UTC+0100 2012 http://www.safetyservices.co.uk/news.asp?ID=358 A Lift manufacturer has been fined £300,000 for safety failings after an employee was crushed to death while installing a passenger lift. Fri Apr 27 00:00:00 UTC+0100 2012 http://www.safetyservices.co.uk/news.asp?ID=357 It has been reported by the BBC that two companies have denied health and safety offences arising from the collapse of a tower crane in Liverpool that left a man paralysed in July 2009., Fri Apr 27 00:00:00 UTC+0100 2012 http://www.safetyservices.co.uk/news.asp?ID=356 A Building Contractor has been ordered to pay over £25,000 in fines and prosecution costs after continuing unsafe working practices despite repeated safety warnings on a project in Croyden near London where a four-storey block of flats was being constructed. Fri Apr 27 00:00:00 UTC+0100 2012 http://www.safetyservices.co.uk/news.asp?ID=361 A demolition company has been fined after the arm of a teenage was amputated following crushing by an excavator during demolition of a cinema in Cambridgeshire in March 2010, Fri Apr 27 00:00:00 UTC+0100 2012 http://www.safetyservices.co.uk/news.asp?ID=351 Demolition proceeded despite survey revealing presence of asbestos tiles A company has been prosecuted after demolishing a building containing hundreds of asbestos ceiling tiles thereby putting the lives of workers and local residents at risk. , Thu Mar 29 00:00:00 UTC+0100 2012 http://www.safetyservices.co.uk/news.asp?ID=355 A London based company and it's director have been fined after carrying out unsafe demolition and construction work at a house in Surrey. , Thu Mar 29 00:00:00 UTC+0100 2012 http://www.safetyservices.co.uk/news.asp?ID=354 A recently published CROSS (Confidential Reporting on Structural Safety) Newsletter has raised issues in relation to PV panel installation on existing older roofs. The Newsletter included two cases of school roof collapses, unrelated to PV panel installation, that give weight to concerns regarding older roof construction and their ability to bear additional loads, Thu Mar 29 00:00:00 UTC+0100 2012 http://www.safetyservices.co.uk/news.asp?ID=353 A major change has taken place in the last few months that has seen ownership and responsibility for private drainage shift from existing householders to the water & sewerage companies. Amendments to the Water Industry Act 1991 (WIA) which came into effect last July obliged companies such as United Utilities and Severn Trent to effectively double their adopted sewerage networks overnight on 1st October 2011., Thu Mar 29 00:00:00 UTC+0100 2012 http://www.safetyservices.co.uk/news.asp?ID=352 Workman struck by heavy duty chain attachment during site prep work. , Thu Mar 29 00:00:00 UTC+0100 2012