WORKING AT HEIGHT MUST INCLUDE TRAINING

A solar panel firm has been fined £153,000 after a worker was seriously injured in a fall through a fragile roof light at a private home in Kent. An HSE inspector said that better equipment, training and supervision should have been provided. The 32-year-old worker, from Ashford, fractured his shin …

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DANGEROUS WINDOW INSTALLATION

Company fined after carrying out dangerous window installation work eight-metres above a West End street. A company which manufactured and installed windows has been fined £36,000 after carrying out work in the West End of London with no measures to prevent the workers falling eight metres and after dropping part of a …

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Delta Comfort Harness

  Capital Safety, designer and manufacturer of height safety and fall protection equipment, has launched a new range of its Delta™ Comfort harnesses. The company say that this latest design incorporates many of the features of the original range as well as shoulder, back and leg padding and vent windows …

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