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Report - Investigation into domestic use of and accidents with mobile towers

Each year around 3,000 people are treated for injuries at hospital Accident and Emergency departments as a result of accidents involving scaffolding/mobile access towers, and on average three a year are killed. This study investigates the mobile access tower market in the UK and Europe and identifies usage, accident trends and looks at any areas where improvements in mobile tower safety could be made.

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Last updated: 05 January 2005