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Half of constuction organisations do not understand their CDM2007 responsibilities(18/09/2009)
The purpose of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM2007) was to bear down further on unacceptable levels of avoidable accidents, injuries and deaths. According to the first CDM2007 Impact Survey, more than two years after the introduction of CDM2007 in April 2007, effective implementation of the regulations still looks to be some way off for a significant minority of organisations operating in the UK’s property, building and construction and related sectors. The... [more]
Construction companies warned about the dangers of semi-automatic quick hitches(11/03/2009)
The Strategic Forum for Construction (SFfC) is warning UK construction companies about the dangers of continuing to use semi-automatic quick hitches. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has confirmed that European manufacturers have voluntarily agreed to stop supplying the equipment after four fatal incidents occurred in a period of only twelve months. Currently only manual or automatic quick hitches are available whilst investigations are carried out. Many of these pieces of equipment ar... [more]
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