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Debate | Is there a safety gap in mobile lifting?
A lack of understanding and knowledge about the safety benefits of using crane mats, combined with a need for clearer guidance on assessing working platform suitability, is creating safety challenges for lifting operations using mobile cranes on site.
Lifting operations on construction sites typically factor in a range of considerations – from the choice of crane to possible weather conditions.
But with many lifts using mobile lifting equipment positioned on working platforms, is safety adequately prioritised at ground level?
NCE recently teamed up with construction safety products firm Brilliant Ideas to discuss the safety challenges, along with the importance of having and applying suitable guidance.
Farm fined over £11,000 after worker crushes foot
28 May 2021 |
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) had investigated the on-farm incident
A farm in East Yorkshire has been ordered to pay out over £11,000 after a 17-year-old worker suffered crush injuries to hit foot.
T Cook & Son (Farmers) Ltd, based in Withernsea, has been sentenced for safety breaches after the young worker suffered the serious injury.
Bridlington Magistrates’ Court heard that on 20 December 2017 a concrete panel was dropped during a lifting operation involving a telehandler vehicle on a farm in Owstwick.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the panel was being installed to repair a pig shed.
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