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Construction work at Aberdeen's £107 million Marischal Square development was suspended earlier this month over concerns waste material was blocking safe access for workers. Morgan Sindall said work on the office, leisure and hotel development was halted on April 7 to review and improve procedures

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Construction firm Structural Metal Decks Limited (SMDL) has been fined after a worker was left paralysed following an accident at a building site in Kilsyth. The worker suffered injuries to his spinal cord and is now paralysed from the neck down following the incident.

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A £40 million shopping development is set to transform a derelict site in the north of Glasgow after councillors approved plans this week. Members of Glasgow City Council's planning committee gave the green light to proposals by Forge Properties to build a supermarket, gym, petrol filling station a

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Developers have submitted new plans to transform a derelict site in the north of Glasgow into a supermarket, gym, petrol filling station and business units. Forge Properties has applied for full planning permission for the development on a site at Carlisle Street next to the Morrison Bowmore bottlin

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Brian Rye A total of 43 construction workers were killed in the workplace in the year to 31st March 2016, figures from the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) have revealed.

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A Perth-based stonemasonry company has been fined after an apprentice was electrocuted by an overhead power line. T&M Stonemasonry, of Highfield Road, Scone, Perth, pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. It was fined £16,000.

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A plant hire company has been fined after an employee sustained serious injuries from falling out of a man riding basket at Wick Harbour. Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Limited, of The Harbour, Wick, Caithness pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 8 of the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regul

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Bowmer and Kirkland has been fined after a worker was seriously injured when he fell through a void. Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard how a worker employed by a sub-contractor working for the Derbyshire firm was contracted to pour concrete onto the first floor of a building that was under construction

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A contracting company has been fined after a worker suffered burns while working on a primary school refurbishment project in East Kilbride five years ago. Stewart and Shields Limited, of E King St, Helensburgh, was fined £7,500 after pleading guilty to breaching Regulation 34(3) of the Constructio

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The number of unannounced inspections to construction sites in Scotland last year has more than halved compared to the previous year, according to new statistics. Figures obtained by construction union UCATT have revealed that Scotland saw a drop of 55.7 per cent in the number of proactive construct

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Three companies have been fined a total of £90,000 after a worker was seriously injured when he fell nearly six metres from a platform with unguarded rails. Southwark Crown Court heard that on 4 March 2013 two workers accessed the top level of a unit which was to be dismantled as part of constructi

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Construction work of a new bridge over the River Don restarted yesterday after the death of a worker. Ian Walker, 58, from Dundee died at the Third Don Crossing in the Danestone area of Aberdeen on Wednesday.

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Two firms have been fined after a cold store collapsed and seriously injured two employees at a construction site in Motherwell. St. Albans based John Sisk and Son and HIL Installations of Birkenhead were fined £64,000 and £71,000 respectively after both were found guilty of an offence under Secti

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Two firms have been fined after a wind turbine technician was killed while working at a wind farm in Scotland. Siemens Public Limited Company pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Etc. Act 1974, and was fined £107,000.

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