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Despite the stringent health and safety legislation we have here in the UK, falls from height remain one of the most common causes of death and serious injury in the workplace.  Working in the construction industry will often entail work at height of some sort or another and this is especially so when it comes to working on roofs.  While it may seem a safer option to work on a flat roof, there are still so many dangers involved as roofing material often becomes weaker over time, leading to fragile surfaces that present an extra danger.  Here at D-mark we specialise in rooftop safety solutio

Since the introduction of the new sentencing guidelines in February, 2016, not a week seems to go by without news reports of some fairly hefty fines and sentences being handed out to duty holders in the UK who have breached the health and safety regulations.  The total value of fines imposed have risen dramatically as a result of these new guidelines as the fines are now commensurate with the size of the company involved, the level of culpability of the company or duty holder and the degree of harm caused.