LONDON ZOO SAFETY BREACH: KEEPER SUFFERED NECK INJURY IN FAULTY STEPLADDER FALL

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A London Zoo safety breach saw a keeper, who was cleaning out a hawk aviary, fall off a faulty step ladder that was wrongly retrieved from a skip. Angelina Lawson suffered neck injuries in the accident while removing droppings from a shelf under the birds’ perches. According to reports, the step ladder …

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A SOLE DIRECTOR HAS BEEN THREATENED WITH PRISON AFTER A JOINT OPERATION UNCOVERED A SERIES OF SAFETY AND HEALTH FRAUD OFFENCES

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Barrie John Henry Birch was sentenced to 18 months’ jail, suspended for two years, and disqualified from being a company director for five years after his firm, BBS Improvements, carried out unsafe and unnecessary building work. Workers were put at risk because there was no scaffolding. The fraudulent activity was …

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HSE CONSTRUCTION DUST CONTROL ‘BLITZ’ STARTS

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Regulator inspections will check ‘Health’ taken as seriously as ‘Safety’ HSE has announced on Twitter and Facebook (20/09/18) that inspectors are visiting construction sites to “see if health is being taken as seriously as safety”. Inspectors will be focusing on “builders’ lungs” and the regulator is therefore advising all to …

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