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Industrial accident results in fatality


Posted by Dan Gibbs | Date Posted 20.08.2007 | Time Posted 08:36:34 | Views: 473

It has been reported that on Wednesday 15th of August the body of a workman was found in a lift shaft at Saint Catherine's House, London, WC2. It is believed the worker fell from height.

Falls from heights is the most common kind of accident, accounting for 19% of fatal injuries to workers in 2006/07. So far since the HSE released this year's statistics we have had information of 4 fatal falls from heights and 1 more none fatal accident.

Yet again it would seem that "falls from heights" will account for the majority of fatal injuries to workers in 2007/08 unless something is done to prevent these accidents from occurring.

Are you and your employees trained to select the correct access at height methods and prevent a fall from height?

Could your conscience handle the pain and anguish of a fatal accident as a result of negligence to working at height safety?

Can you provide the relevant information that HSE inspectors would require upon random inspection of your site(s)?

If you answer no to at least one of the above questions and would like to learn more about working at heights and the training that could help prevent a fatality, then please do not hesitate to contact us for information.


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