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Health and Safety Executive Fatality Figures

July 27th, 2010 by Eurosafe UK

HSE’s latest figures revealed that 151 workers were killed in the period between 1st April 2009 and 31st March 2010.

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Roof Prosecution Following Fall of Teenage Roofer

July 21st, 2010 by Roof Aware

Randell and Janes Roofing Specialists this week pleaded guilty to health and safety breaches following an employee fall.

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Asbestos fibres may have killed McLaren

July 13th, 2010 by Eurosafe UK
The late Malcolm McLaren

Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, is thought to have died from mesothelioma as a result of smashing up his punk design store, controversially named ‘Sex’, 30 years ago.

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Employee Death Prompts £140,000 Fine

July 9th, 2010 by Eurosafe UK
The collapsed pallets which caused Mr Lages’ death

A plastics manufacturer in Rochdale has been fined £140,000 following a cleaner’s death from a 1.5 tonne pallet falling and crushing the victim.

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English teams – are they really all rubbish now? – Part 3 of 4

June 14th, 2010 by The Prawn Pundit

Well they do say what goes around comes around. A few years back Man Utd fans took great delight in singing that there is only one Peter Ridsdale during matches against Leeds. Now those same fans are being serenaded around Premiership grounds with a similar ditto about a certain Mr Glazer. However Ridsdale and Glazer, and their circumstances, couldn’t be much different.

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Failure to check Fibre Fine Hits Cornwall Firm

June 8th, 2010 by Eurosafe UK

A huge £4,500 fine has been issued to Cornish Development company, Norwegian Homes Ltd as a result of failing to conduct a survey for the presence of fatal asbestos fibres. In July 2006 they were converting Cellar Cover Hotel in Droskyn Point, into guesthouses and holiday apartments.

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Web based solution created for managing roofing works

June 7th, 2010 by Eurosafe UK

Time and again the annual accident statistics show that the majority of fatalities in the construction industry are caused by falls from height. It is also a fact that most of these falls are from roof level.

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Asbestos: The Survey Guide (HSG 264)

May 5th, 2010 by Eurosafe UK

Earlier in the year the Health & Safety Executive launched a new asbestos guidance document that includes important regulatory changes for the way asbestos surveys are planned and delivered. The publication, entitled ‘Asbestos: The Survey Guide (HSG 264)’ replaces and expands on the surveying industry standard – ‘MDHS100: Surveying, sampling and the assessment of asbestos containing materials’.

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English teams – are they really all rubbish now? – Part 2 of 4

May 4th, 2010 by The Prawn Pundit

In the second of our four part series we look at the faded giants from the Mersey. As anyone who grew up in the eighties will know, Liverpool were the team of that decade. A succession of managers followed up the work of Bill Shankly and created a true European giant that year after year would challenge for the then European Cup.

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CAD Pioneer Graebert GmbH Announces ARES

April 21st, 2010 by Mobile CAD Surveying

Graebert™ GmbH (Berlin) – one of the pioneering companies in high-performance CAD solutions for desktop and mobile devices – today announced ARES™, the industry’s first native cross-platform CAD solution. ARES provides both industry compatibility and the highest-performance features and capabilities for mission-critical design workflow.

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