The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) will officially launch its 2019 global safety campaign at the giant bauma construction equipment showcase near Munich, Germany, 8-14 April 2019. This is an ideal opportunity to engage the European industry and promote...
A Glasgow based building contractor has been fined after an employee used a powered saw to cut through a kitchen cupboard door, accidentally releasing asbestos containing materials. Glasgow Sheriff Court heard that between 8 November 2015 and 11 December 2015, City...
A landlord and building contractor have been fined after large quantities of asbestos fibres were released from the demolition of a conservatory at a rented property. Birmingham Magistrates’ Court heard how the landlord commissioned a building contractor to replace a...
PASMA, the not-for-profit organisation representing the international mobile access tower industry, is delighted to announce that the Association’s managing director, Peter Bennett, 59, has been awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours List for his services to...
Tragic fall leads to avoidable death of Maidstone worker The need for proper planning and supervision of work at height activities has been tragically highlighted with the death of Justin Newitt, who fell five meters through an opening on the roof at Maidstone...
“These figures are a wakeup call”, says PASMA commenting upon the HSE’s annual figures for work-related fatal injuries for 2017/2018. At 144, the figure represents an increase of nine fatalities over 2016/17, despite an overall, long-term reduction in the number of...
The HSE has issued a safety alert to the construction industry, scaffolding companies and scaffolding suppliers, urging immediate measures to prevent unauthorised access onto scaffolding and other work platforms to be taken. With the school summer holidays now here,...
Less than 30 days after the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) revealed that falls from height increased in 2017 (despite an overall downwards trend), reports of two companies being prosecuted for height safety failings have been published. Firstly, PJ Livesey...
06 September 2017 New-style AMM wins approval New-style AMM wins approval NOW a combination of the traditional Annual Members’ Meeting (AMM) and Conference format, the inaugural PASMA Members’ Conference attracted a record audience comprising of PASMA members and...
Like many other organisations in the work at height sector, PASMA, the international not-for-profit authority for the mobile access tower industry, welcomed the reduction in the number of fall from height related fatalities for 2016/17 as recently reported by the...
