Tag: scaffold
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Company fined £30k after workers climbed rungs of unsafe scaffold
A scaffolding company has been fined £30,000 after failing to ensure a tower scaffold was constructed correctly. The HSE identified serious issues with a scaffold at a block of flats in Rice Hey Road, Merseyside, including a failure to follow assembly instructions during its erection. Workers climbed the rungs of the scaffold to access it…
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Scaffold Resource Wins 2025 Scaffold Builders Competition
Scaffold Resource has proudly claimed the top prize at the 2025 Scaffold Builders Championship, organized by the Scaffold & Access Industry Association (SAIA). Held at the Las Vegas Convention Center alongside the renowned World of Concrete event, this high-stakes competition showcased the best in the scaffolding industry. Scaffold Resource’s team delivered a stunning performance, combining…
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Suspended sentence for roofer after father of three falls from scaffold
Hooper, of Brook Road, Cullompton, Devon, pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 4(1) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005. At Exeter Magistrates’ Court on 6 February 2025, he was sentenced to 16 weeks imprisonment, suspended for 12 months and ordered to complete 150 hours of unpaid work in the community. He was also ordered to pay…