Managing Health and Safety Risks (No. 7): Legionnaires’ disease

"Once is happenstance" Alastair Soane highlights the importance of identifying failure trends in order to help prevent future disasters.

Recent events This article draws attention to such topical events as the publication of the Lofstedt report, the Health and Safety Executive's interpretation of "appropriate action" and firms prosectuted over the mis-handling of asbestos.

This article focuses on the design and inspection of scaffolds. Based on UK practice and experience, the principles should be universally applicable.