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According to the BBC, as many as 700 workers were involved in the walk out from Staythorpe Power Station over claims that two Spanish employees had breached scaffolding safety guidelines.<\/p>\nAccording to the BBC, as many as 700 workers were involved in the walk out from Staythorpe Power Station over claims that two Spanish employees had breached scaffolding safety guidelines.<\/p>\n
Following\u00a0 a health and safety investigation, site contractor Alstom stated that one employee was potentially at fault and no longer worked there.<\/p>\n
Strikers are expected to vote later on whether to return to work.
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The second worker has been cleared of any wrong-doing. Alstom said it was disappointed with the unofficial\u00a0 action and is urging staff to return to work and use agreed channels in future to voice any grievances.<\/p>\n
Health and safety is a key responsibility for companies to address and companies have to comply with regulations to ensure that the risk of injury occurring is reduced. The legislation which deals with working on scaffolding is the Working at Height Regulations 2005. This provides that\u00a0 under section 6 (3):<\/p>\n