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Heightsafe respond to rising falls from height deaths

|Date: July 04, 2019

Heightsafe respond to rising falls from height deaths

Today the HSE published its annual workplace fatality figures showing that deaths due to falls from heigh ...

Today the HSE published its annual workplace fatality figures showing that deaths due to falls from height have risen 11% in the last five years, 14% from last year. In 2018/19, 40 fatal injuries to w ...

July 04, 2019
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11% of health and safety incidents on public works involve Working at Height

|Date: May 31, 2019

11% of health and safety incidents on public works involve Working at Height

Figures supplied to Heightsafe by four of the UK’s most high-profile public works projects demonstrate th ...

Figures supplied to Heightsafe by four of the UK’s most high-profile public works projects demonstrate that a high proportion of health and safety incidents are related to Working at Height. Data from ...

May 31, 2019
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Landmark Parliamentary report calls for enhanced reporting to improve work at height culture

|Date: February 26, 2019

Landmark Parliamentary report calls for enhanced reporting to improve work at height culture

Today (26 February), the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Working at Height has published a new re ...

Today (26 February), the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Working at Height has published a new report calling on the Government and industry to undertake a major review of work at height cultu ...

February 26, 2019
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Attend the Working at Height Best Practice Forum

|Date: August 06, 2018

Attend the Working at Height Best Practice Forum

The Working At Height Best Practice Forum, facilitated by Nationwide Platforms, returns to Heythrop Park ...

The Working At Height Best Practice Forum, facilitated by Nationwide Platforms, returns to Heythrop Park in Oxfordshire on 27 September. Now in its 10th year, the event brings together delegates from ...

August 06, 2018
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AFI Training is CITB Approved

|Date: July 23, 2018

AFI Training is CITB Approved

AFI’s successful Training team (UTN Training and Integrated Training Solutions) were one of the first tra ...

AFI’s successful Training team (UTN Training and Integrated Training Solutions) were one of the first training providers to achieve CITB Approved Training Organisation status in May 2018. Earlier this ...

July 23, 2018
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BSG Reports Rise in ‘Working at Height’ Safety Breaches

|Date: July 13, 2018

BSG Reports Rise in ‘Working at Height’ Safety Breaches

The Building Safety Group (BSG), has reported a 13 per cent rise in the number of ‘Working at Height’ saf ...

The Building Safety Group (BSG), has reported a 13 per cent rise in the number of ‘Working at Height’ safety breaches recorded on construction sites. The increase is based on 10,000 site inspections c ...

July 13, 2018
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Speakers Confirmed for IPAF’s ELEVATION Event

|Date: July 09, 2018

Speakers Confirmed for IPAF’s ELEVATION Event

The line-up for the inaugural IPAF ELEVATION conference and gala dinner event on 25 September this year i ...

The line-up for the inaugural IPAF ELEVATION conference and gala dinner event on 25 September this year is quickly taking shape, with the speakers confirmed and the venue announced as the DoubleTree b ...

July 09, 2018
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First Articulated Boom for Elvington Plant Hire

|Date: July 04, 2018

First Articulated Boom for Elvington Plant Hire

A York-based independent plant and tool hire company is continuing to expand its powered access offering. ...

A York-based independent plant and tool hire company is continuing to expand its powered access offering. Elvington Plant Hire has provided a wide range of tools and equipment to customers across York ...

July 04, 2018
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Boom Time for MEWPs

|Date: June 21, 2018

Boom Time for MEWPs

The global Mobile Elevating Work Platform (MEWP) rental market is booming, according to the latest analys ...

The global Mobile Elevating Work Platform (MEWP) rental market is booming, according to the latest analysis from the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) At the end of 2017, the worldwide r ...

June 21, 2018
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JLG Introduces Largest Hybrid So Far

|Date: June 12, 2018

JLG Introduces Largest Hybrid So Far

H800AJ delivers diesel like performance at 26m working height The H800AJ will be available in Europe from ...

H800AJ delivers diesel like performance at 26m working height The H800AJ will be available in Europe from the summer onwards and was exhibited for the first time at JLG’s stand at Vertikal Days, Donin ...

June 12, 2018
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