Firm fined after worker fell from dumper truck
A civil engineering company was fined after a worker fell from his dumper truck suffering a fracture to his spine. Peterborough Magistrates’ Court heard how a 50-year-old worker was operating…
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Month: January 2016
Power Tools “most stolen item onsite” in 2015
Power tools are the most stolen item from building sites and workers in the construction trade, with small traders suffering most from crime in the industry. A national security equipment…
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Redrow and Barratt homes to use electronic CSCS checks
Barratt and Redrow homes have committed to checking all CSCS cards with a new web based technology to confirm the user of the card and the card itself are genuine…
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Digger driver found 3,339 Roman coins and gets to keep share
Mark Copsey , 44, found the rare coins leveling a hockey pitch and has now been told is entitled to a third of their worth after they were declared treasure…
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Balfour Beatty fined £1 million after worker killed
A construction operative working for Balfour Beatty was killed while repairing a central reservation barrier by a mounted lorry crane. The workers were trying to remove the footings of a post…
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Builder undertakes Gas work on boiler without “GAS SAFE”
A Plymouth builder who was not registered to work on gas appliances risked the lives of a family when he carried out building works. Richard Copp was asked to undertake…
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National Grid fined after worker trapped in gas cloud
One of the UK’s largest national gas distributors was sentenced today after a worker became trapped in a ruptured gas main. On 24 June 2014, National Grid Gas (Plc) were supervising…
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Building boom creates 667,000 jobs for tradesmen
Thousands of jobs were created in England alone last year as a result of a surge in house-building activity, according to the findings of a new report. Between 2014 and…
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4615 CSCS cards revoked in CITB clampdown
Thousands of CSCS cards are being revoked because of the test centers they were taken at, the susspect five test centers have since had there licences revoked. CITB has confirmed…
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63 year old Bricklayer hospitalised by culvert collapse
A bricklayer was seriously injured when a culvert collapsed on 27 January 2012 after three men started repairs the 63-year-old Michael Skitt of Kingsnorth, Ashford suffered multiple injuries including shoulder blade…
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